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Posted by Garett Rogers @ 9:07 pm

Today at the Web 2.0 Summit, Marissa Mayer announced Google’s partnership with Twitter to bring the search engine real-time search results. Just hours before Google announced the partnership, Microsoft released their own Twitter search tool on Bing.

Instead of being simply a way to search tweets, Google is planning to improve their existing search results by incorporating real-time observations. Here is an example Marissa gave in the official blog post:

The next time you search for something that can be aided by a real-time observation, say, snow conditions at your favorite ski resort, you’ll find tweets from other users who are there and sharing the latest and greatest information.

This new feature isn’t available yet (whereas Bing made their Twitter search available immediately after their announcement). Google says it should be ready in “the coming months”.

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Google’s Vice-President of Search Marissa Mayer has just made a surprise announcement at the Web 2.0 Expo: a new Google Labs feature called Social Search. They just gave a quick demo of the new feature.

While the details are still sparse, here is what we currently know (and we’re still updating, so check back for more information):

- The bottom of search results will soon have social networking information from your friends, like their Flickr photos or their status updates. It’s a blended search integration, similar to seeing news or image results.

- These are pulled from social networks connected to your Google Profile. The more that are connected, the more social information that will appear in search results.

- They have also improved searching for images using social networks. Images become more relevant using social networking data.

- It will launch in Google Labs in the next few weeks.

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Blastoff and Pre-Paid Legal Services: All the nuts and bolts you need to know right now!

Biggest Announcement since Google, Facebook, Twitter & All Social Media Sites?

This just in. There is an incredible sound thundering through the ranks of all the people privy to this information. There is something happening that is going to absolutely revolutionary, going to change how people think about the Internet and Social Networking.

Here is what is happening. A new company is in pre-launch status called Blastoff Network. It basically brings the earning potential of the Internet to you and your social network. Everything you like to use on the Internet in one place, with all the things that you love on your homepage.

This has been done before right? The monumental difference is this— Blastoff network has partnered with over 300 businesses like Starbucks, iTunes, Target, K-Mart, Old Navy, Best Buy, CompUSA, Tiger Direct, Barnes&Nobles, Office Depot, Radio Shack, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Sears, Macys, Expedia, Best Western, Travelocity for travel, godaddy.com. AGAIN – There are over 300 current companies that are going to get you paid a commission of anywhere between 1% and 50% to buy their products through Blastoff Network. When you do buy online through the Blastoff Network, Blastoff network will literally send you a check once a month with all your cash back percentages. Think about it, you go online through your Blastoff network site, go to Starbucks.com or Target.com, buy stuff at regular online prices and Blastoff will send you a check each month for doing so. Is that not INCREDIBLE?

Now – heres where it gets really crazy. Listen up very closely, the second you sign up, you can immediately import all the names and contacts from your Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, FriendFeed, LinkedIn, or ANY social media site, your email contacts, your friends into your Blastoff network page, It is EASY. Then at the press of a button, an email will be sent out to all your contacts inviting them to get there own Blastoff network page and to join immediately. They WILL of course want to get paid to shop online! Blastoff network will now pay you a commission when all your contacts buy something through their own Blastoff network page. Did you hear that? Blastoff network will now pay you each time your contacts buy through their own Blastoff network page. AND immediately after your contacts start, they will send an invitation to all of their contacts and YOU will get paid commissions for everyone they invite, and everyone they in turn invite, in your whole network at least 10 levels deep. More in some cases.

Are you excited yet?