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Google Takes Real Time To Extremes

Rea Hoffman points to the problem of real-time spam that Google unleashed when it decided to launch the real-time Web. Testing the hypothesis, a quick search for Viagra showed the real-time results at the very top of the SERP, right under the news results.

So, Hoffman tweeted in Twitter about Viagra and dropped a link to Sugarrae.com Sugarrae.com. Sure enough, her tweet and clickable link went right at the top of the Google SERP. Aside from real-time spam, Hoffman details other real-time dangers.

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