So I’m at PubCon in Vegas this week. It’s the first time I’ve been to this event, and I’m really looking forward to it. (Here is an ongoing photo album I’m posting to Posterous.)
It’s also a great time to try out the new real time search results that Google has recently unveiled.
I’ve been using the Twitter #pubcon hashtag (essentially a Twitter search) to prep for the show and keep up with events, after-parties, friends, etc. for the coming week. So I thought hey, let’s give Google’s results a try too.
Right now it’s Monday, and I’ve heard about a couple of kickoff parties and meet-ups. I remember hearing about one at the Hilton, so let’s search for that on Twitter:
Twitter real time search results
Cool, I can see some friends here that are watching football at the Hilton, and about the “meet and greet” which is actually at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the Hilton wing. Also I see people arriving and checking in, and a party that I need to RSVP for at Planet Hollywood later tonight.
Very real-time.
Ok, now let’s try the same search in Google:
Google real time search results
Ok, Google also finds information about the “meet and greet” at the convention center. But many of the other results on the page are pretty dated.
In fact, I don’t get any sense of real-time with this search. I did find one thing I was looking for, but not much about which of my friends are arriving and hanging out and getting ready to meet up later.
The Twitter results were much more relevant for me in this case.
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Not so real-time after all, eh?