I have been following Google Real Time Search since it was first released, I even attended their webinar announcing it. Since then I have been wondering what metrics they use to make sure that their hallowed home page wouldn’t be over run by spammers. A daunting task indeed…
The guys over at hubspot put together this great article that helps you understand how your ‘twitter authority’ affects whether or not your tweets are displayed in their real time results.
From the Article:
Since Google rolled out the new feature, there has been a lot of chatter about the good, the bad and the ugly. And while Google’s real-time streams feature results from a variety of sources (news headlines, blogs, feeds from social sites like Twitter, etc.), there has been quite a focus on how Google will sift through all this clutter to deliver quality results, specifically from Twitter, which we all know has its share of spam and low-quality content.
So what are some of the factors Google takes into consideration when determining which tweets will show up in real-time search results? Here Are 5 Factors that Determine a Tweet’s Authority
