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Twitter Talking Separately to Microsoft and Also Google About Big Data-Mining Deals
Twitter Talking Separately to Microsoft and Also Google About Big Data-Mining Deals
Is there gold in them thar tweets? Maybe so, because–according to sources familiar with the situation–Twitter is in advanced talks with Microsoft and Google separately about striking data-mining deals, in which the companies would license a full feed from the microblogging ...
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The Next Web:  Google and Microsoft in twalks to license twitter data to improve search results

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Google and Microsoft in twalks to license twitter data to improve search results
The Next Web — ... According to sources at All Things D, Twitter is in advanced separate talks with Microsoft (Bing) and Google about the prospects of striking data-mining deals. The deals would see Twitter provide the two giants with licenses to use Twitter data to improve their respective and competing search engines. ...

Is Twitter Working a Deal with Google and Microsoft?
Search Engine Journal — ... Citing sources familiar to the situation, Kara Swisher wrote that whoever gets Twitter’s partnership nod, that company will license a full feed from Twitter that could be integrated to its search results pages. ...

Twitter In Talks With Google And Microsoft About Licensing Data Stream
Silicon Alley Insider — ... says the company is in talks with both Microsoft AND Google about licensing its tweet-stream so the companies can include "real-time search" in their search engines. The deal could include payments of "millions of dollars" from both companies and/or a revenue share on the results. Several aspects of this are very smart from Twitter's perspective. If Facebook wants to continue to try to compete with Twitter in this particular business, it will have to cut similar deals quickly. Here's Kara: [A]ccording to sources familiar with the situation Twitter is in advanced talks with ...

Twitter in talks with Microsoft and Google
PR News: — ... being integrated into companies search engine results, exactly how this will impact these search engines is hard to say but the AllThingsDigital’s article suggest that this addition could make search results more robust. Sources have also confirmed that it is a possibility that no deal will be reached, and executives at all three companies have made no comments on the possible deal. As we find out more we will keep you updated, for more information head over to AllThingsDigital. SHARE | Leave a comment | Share a problem | Get Our ...

Twitter on the verge of big search deals?
The Social — ... Are Microsoft and Google hoping to get into Twitter's treasure trove of real-time information? Yes, says Kara Swisher of AllThingsD, citing sources who indicate that the two companies are separately in talks with Twitter about data licensing deals. ...

Twitter on the verge of big search deals?
Webware.com — ... Are Microsoft and Google hoping to get into Twitter's treasure trove of real-time information? Yes, says Kara Swisher of AllThingsD, citing sources who indicate that the two companies are separately in talks with Twitter about data licensing deals. ...

Twitter Talks To Google and Microsoft About This Data Thingy
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... So Kara Swisher over at BoomTown reports that Twitter is talking with Microsoft and Google separately about how the two search giants can get their engines on a full feed of the Twitter fountain that is the real time reflection of what many people are doing and recommending. ...

Linkpost | 10.8.2009
TechBlog — ... - Hides everything but the logo and the search bar. It requires a little magic to make it work, and it may not work with all browsers. • Twitter Talking Separately to Microsoft and Google About Big Data-Mining Deals - The companies' search engines would license a full stream of Twitter's activity for inclusion in their search engines. • ...

Google, Microsoft May License Twitter Data
WebProNews Feed — ... Kara Swisher wrote earlier this morning, "Twitter is in advanced talks . . . about striking data-mining deals, in which the companies would license a full feed from the microblogging service that could then be integrated into the results of their competing search engines." ...

Twitter’s New Rumored Business: Improving Google and Microsoft’s Search Engines
Mashable! — ... However, competition might not even be necessary. According to The Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital, Twitter is talking to both Google and Microsoft about licensing deals that would allow them to integrate Twitter data into their search engines. ...

Twitter reportedly looking to cut some tweet search deals
GMSV — ... (at least as extrapolated from the most recent financing round), some impertinent observers with old-school values have continued to bring up that whole lack-of-revenue thing as if it were a problem. Millions of members, tons of user content and data, media buzz out the wazoo all great, they say, but at some point, shouldn’t there be some money coming in? Well, if the latest rumors are true, that talk should start dying down a bit. Sources are telling Boomtown’s Kara Swisher that Twitter is in “advanced talks” with both Google and Microsoft about licensing the full roaring ...

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Selling Your Tweets to the Enemy
Gawker: valleywag — ... Various startups, we're told, have already been able to buy access (for thousands of dollars, not the millions Google or Microsoft would have to pay) to tweets. Twitter is in "advanced talks" with both those companies to sell access to a full feed of tweet data for use in the companies' search engines, according to Kara Swisher at All Things D. Such a feed would presumably include all new tweets as they are posted along with public data on favorites and who is following whom. ...

Selling Your Tweets to the Enemy
Valleywag — ... Various startups, we're told, have already been able to buy access (for thousands of dollars, not the millions Google or Microsoft would have to pay) to tweets. Twitter is in "advanced talks" with both those companies to sell access to a full feed of tweet data for use in the companies' search engines, according to Kara Swisher at All Things D. Such a feed would presumably include all new tweets as they are posted along with public data on favorites and who is following whom. ...

Twitter Is Already Charging As Much As $3,000 Per Month For Data Access
Silicon Alley Insider — ... Google or Microsoft getting real-time access to the thoughts of Twitterers, but Valleywag has learned that cash-hungry Twitter is already selling access to its "firehose" of data. Various startups, we're told, have already been able to buy access (for thousands of dollars, not the millions Google or Microsoft would have to pay) to tweets. Twitter is in "advanced talks" with both those companies to sell access to a full feed of tweet data for use in the companies' search engines, according to Kara Swisher at All Things D . Such a feed would presumably include all new tweets as ...

Twitter's latest struggle leaves users confounded
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... Since becoming the latest, Twitter has rarely gone a day or two without stirring up some new point of interest. Today, for example, Kara Swisher at All Things Digital suggests that the love-it-or-hate-it website is in talks with Google and Microsoft to license its vast amount of data to them, for incorporation in their search engines. And only a couple of weeks ago, the dotcom ...

Two Reasons Why Twitter May Not Be Worth So Much to Google and Microsoft
ReadWriteWeb — ... Google and Microsoft are both in talks with Twitter to buy access to the company's full firehose of messages and shared links, according to a report this morning from Kara Swisher at AllThingsD. Could these be blockbuster deals that bring the search giants into the world of the real-time web? ...

Burst Media Buys Giant Realm
ClickZ News Blog — A few stories ClickZ's editors are reading: Burst Media Buys Giant Realm Acquisition is all about the young guys. Giant Realm represents ads for a stable of gaming, comics, and fanboy sites. Twitter in Talks With Google and Microsoft May license feeds to search giants. (AllThingsD) You Better Have Devs in Your Creative Department (Mele's Musings)

Microsoft and Google Flirt with Twitter's Data-Mining Deals
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... Just how much could billions of bite-sized snapshots of everyday life be worth? Twitter is hoping a whole heck of a lot, according to Kara Swisher of ...

Google, Microsoft In Search Engine Talks With Twitter?
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... and Microsoft to integrate those tweets in their search engines. Microsoft and Google are reportedly in advanced negotiations with Twitter to license that company's live tweet feeds on a real-time basis, according to a Thursday report in The Wall Street Journal 's All Things Digital blog, which can be read by clicking here . And because of ...

Twitter, Google and Microsoft talking over data mining deals
D' Technology Weblog — ... Kara Swisher reports that Google and Microsoft’re in "advanced talks" with Twitter over data mining deals to allow search companies to index information now flowing through Twitter. One possible structure to the deal could result in one of the tech titans paying "several million dollars" to the social media startup, while another consists of a revenue share agreement. “But doing these kinds of data deals with big search players does make a lot of sense, since it would be hard for Twitter to turbocharge its own search ...

Report: Twitter in talks with Microsoft, Google
The Microsoft Blog — Twitter is in separate, advanced talks with Microsoft and Google to bring the social network's massive heap of real-time data to the companies' search engines, All Things Digital reports . [image] Sources close to the discussions told All Things Digital's Kara Swisher that the deals would include licensing Twitter's full feed and integrating it into Bing's and Google's search results. The deals could involve millions of dollars in payment, revenue sharing, or a combination of both. From Swisher's report: Sources said a number of scenarios are being discussed to compensate ...

WWD Weekend Reading List [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... All Things Digital: “Twitter Talking Separately to Microsoft and Google About Big Data-Mining Deals” ...

Weekend Update: 10.10.09- The Textplosion Edition
Digital Daily — ... a health care site that offers personalized “care plans” and a set of tools to help users keep healthy. BoomTown dug into real-time search late in the week and came up with a story about Twitter’s recent independent talks with both Microsoft and Google, just the latest signal that Twitter intends to remain an independent player on the web. ...

Twitter’s Evan Williams Tight-Lipped About Rev Model, Notes U.S. Traffic Has Slowed [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Reports surfaced earlier this month that Twitter was in advanced talks with Microsoft and Google to serve real-time tweets in their search engines. But Williams was coy when asked onstage about these rumored search deals, quipping, “Whose deals?” ...

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