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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:59 PM

Published 11/03/2009 by USA Today


Companies race to offer instant Web search, including Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO ? There's a new race in the Internet search business and, like most races, it's about speed. Start-ups including LeapFish, Factery and Aardvark hope to lap the field by supplementing conventional search results, such as what you'd find on Google, with instant access...

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...at Microsoft. "Everybody in the world is going to expect that they can find out anything, anywhere, instantly."
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"Most people don't have this burning need for immediate, precise results unless it's the Iran elections or Michael Jackson's death" says Greg Sterling...
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