Real-time search is still taking its first steps. Even though the concept is exciting and offers immense scope, much work needs to be done to make it really useful. Relevancy is one factor ignored by real-time search now. The results we get now are based only on time and date.

As time/date and search queries are the only criteria for the search results, let us see how to rank well in real-time searches now.

1. Keywords: Use them not only in the content, but also in titles and updates. By doing so, the chances of the keywords appearing in tweets and Facebook updates go up.

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With Twitter introducing real-time search, many search engines have hit the panic button. Even those who were skeptical of its usefulness have jumped into the bandwagon.

To compete with real-search empowered Twitter, Facebook announced its new search recently. This comes right after the announcement of its acquisition of FriendFeed, which comes with an excellent real-time search engine.

Regarding the new search, Facebook’s Anil Wable says,

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There is so much talk about the revamped new homepage of Twitter. Let us take a look at the improvements and analyze how these benefit Twitter.

The first thing that catches your eye is the new sleek and aesthetic look of the homepage. The new additions to the homepage are ‘search capability’ and ‘popular topics’. Even though these are useful tools, the reality is that most twitters won’t even go to the homepage, let alone use this, unless they sign out of their account.

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At last, Google has implemented functional real-time search without spelling it out exactly. It is an open secret that their hands were forced due to overwhelming pressure from audience and new players in the Search field. The latest addition of Twitter Search in its homepage was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

With even Twitter going in for real-time search option in its latest revamp, Google is literally forced to think along similar lines. The audience demand for real-time search is increasing day-by-day with the popularity of real-time search engines that are practically newcomers to the field.

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Collecta, the real-time search engine that entered the Search scene barely a month back and still in Beta version, has announced tremendous improvements to its image and video handling features.

With the new features, Collecta Search includes video feeds from 12seconds, uStream and Qik. This makes good use of the ever-increasing video clips from mobile phone, digital cameras and webcams. Other enhancements enable better handling of TwitPic and yfrog, the photo and media sharing services of Twitter.

Gerry Campbell, CEO of Collecta explains these enhancements as their constant strive for user satisfaction. After its launch, Collects has seen some amazing patterns in its use. Collecta users were keeping the site open for half an hour or more, which allows the user to experience real-time action.

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