The other day we were asked what Real Time search meant and to be honest we weren’t totally sure. So we found out.

The answer was quite interesting. It’s a mix of social media and updates to the search patterns of the big search engines. OK (yawn) very interesting indeed. But it is, honest, and it has more relevance for graphic design than you might expect.

As social networking has become more popular the type of content on the Internet has changed, people are able to post real time information. What’s happening right now.

Combined with this the main search engines now display live content just like the content from sites submitted and evaluated. The result is that Twitter posts and Facebook pages can get just as much prominence as dedicated webpages, sometimes more because of the way they work and how they’re built. Useful information if you’re working in graphic design and web design.

On the web content is king after all. To find out more check out this article:

> Real Time Search