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• Wikipedia now has a definition for Real-Time Web

  Phil Leggetter 3:43 pm on July 9, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Internet (12), real-time web (29), Social Media (7), web 2.0

  A while ago a wrote a blog article called What is the real-time Web?. At this time (19/04/2009) even Wikipedia did not have a definition for what “real-time web” was. It does now.

  The definition is short and sweet:

  Real-time web is the concept of searching for and finding information online as it is produced. Advancements in web search technology coupled with growing use of social media enable online activities to be queried as they occur.

  A traditional web search crawls and indexes web pages periodically, returning results based on relevance to the search query. The real time web delivers the most popular topics recently discussed or posted by users. The content is often “soft” in that it is based on the social web – people’s opinions, attitudes, thoughts and interests – as opposed to hard news or facts.

  At present there is no mention of the technology behind the real-time web. Nothing about Twitter and FriendFeed helping to form the definition.

  Do you agree with this definition? What web 2.0 platforms do you think have helped define what “real-time web” is? What technologies do you believe have pushed the “real-time web” into such prominence?

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
   

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• Microsoft Bing.com round table thoughts

  Phil Leggetter 8:07 pm on July 1, 2009 | 1 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Bing (3), Bing.com, Google (4), Internet (12), Microsoft (5), NDCG, Search, web 2.0

  A couple of days ago I blogged that I was going to attend a Microsoft bing round table. I’ve now attended and here are the key points and interesting facts that I took from the event. You can also search for #meetbing on twitter for relevant tweets.
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• Bing.com round table

  Phil Leggetter 10:56 am on June 27, 2009 | 2 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Bing (3), Internet (12), Microsoft (5), real-time web (29), Social Media (7), Software Development (16), web 2.0

  On Monday between 19:00 and 21:00 I’m going to a Bing roundtable (round table) in London. The event is being organise by Colin Mercer and is described as:

  a small round-table event to discuss Bing and since we saw your recent tweet regarding comparative search results between Bing and Google, we thought that you might be interested in coming along. The idea would be to get your initial thoughts and you’ll get an update on the future steps for Bing which are being developed specifically for the UK. During the session you’ll have the chance to talk with Microsoft representatives and other people from social media like yourself, who have expressed some early opinion.

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• Caplin Systems Blog Post - What is the real-time web?

  Phil Leggetter 4:27 pm on April 28, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Caplin Systems (2), comet (3), Internet (12), real-time web (29), Software Development (16), web 2.0

  About a week ago I wrote a blog article at work entitled “What is the real-time web?“. I’m seeing even more tweets and posts about the real-time web and I’d love to hear if other people agree with my opinion on what the real-time web is.

  View the What is the real-time web? article here.