Twitter PC version (Photo : Reuters)
Google announced on August 21, Friday that tweets will now show up beside recent and related search results on desktops and laptops, just as they already do on mobile phones. The Twitter results from PC searching will differ depending on the type of search that users conduct, such as posts from a famous person's Twitter account, or NASA blog posts.
Google quietly updated its search engine for desktops on Friday. Now if a user does a search for "Taylor Swift" for instance, a tweet carousel will appear under a list of top website results.
Earlier this year Google made a similar change when it integrated tweets into mobile search results. The new service is about six months after the two tech giants announced a partnership.
However, it is not the first time they have teamed up. In 2009 the companies cut a deal in in which tweets would appear in search results, according to Mashable. However, the agreement expired in two years.
In the first deal Twitter's CEO did not renew the contract because the company sought more control of user content. However, the situation has changed.
Twitter now has 316 million active users each month, but the rate is slower than in previous years. In fact, in recent months the company has been criticized for issues including user growth and retention, and its struggling ad business.
Twitter hopes that deals like the one with Google will increase its online presence. The objective of its latest move is that non-Twitter account holders will sign up with the social media company when they see tweets from Google searches.
Google has been rolling out its new Twitter search results for a while, according to Engadget. It should be available to all users now.
