Will Google Introduce Real-Time Search?

It’s been rumored for awhile. Twitter will knock down Google. Google will buy Twitter. The two will marry and live happily ever after. Yada yada yada

OK, let’s get real. Loic Le Meur, founder and CEO of Seesmic, asked Larry Page what he thought about real-time search. The Page said he thought it was a good idea. Actually, it something like, “Yeah, I know, Twitter’s kicking our ass, but I need to look good so I’m going to say we’ve always needed it and now those pogues down in future product development are agreeing with me now that they see Twitter kicking our asses.”

Or something along those lines any way.

So the big question is, will Google develop a real-time search engine? Will it use semantic technology? How will its ranking algorithms be structured? Will domain age go away? Will blogs benefit?

Stay tuned. More to come.