We just noted that Twitter quietly rolled out an entirely new search backend over the past few weeks, and nobody seemed to notice. That's actually great news, because it means nothing went terribly wrong in the transition. But now comes the real challenge for Twitter: making search useful once again.
Twitter Search has long held the promise of something great. Original born as an�independent�company, Summize, when Twitter bought them in 2008, it seemed clear that they were about to get serious about search. But as scaling problems continued and escalated, and as the user base continued to grow, search took a backseat. I would bet that if you polled Twitter users now about one thing they'd like to see improved, it would be search.
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