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October 20, 2009
Is Google the Black Hole of Protected Tweets? No, Not So Much
The L.A. Times printed a sensational expose on how Google had a deal with Twitter to index and make publicly searchable protected tweets. Twitter allows users to keep their tweets private, seen just by their followers. But the Times asserted that Google had special access and that the Tweets were viewable to the public via search.
TechCrunch quickly picked up on the probability that the Tweets were searchable were likely public ones that were published before users went private with their Twitter feeds.
Then, the LA Times published an update with official comment from Twitter saying they do not have a deal with Google for access to private Tweets.
So, that happened.
Posted by Nathania Johnson on October 20, 2009 5:36 PM
Comments
I tried this with my own Twitter profile. I use to have a public profile and I did a search in Google using keywords from my tweets and found that they did rank. I have now selected the option to protect my tweets and when you search for my Twitter profile in Google, my profile comes up with the message - This person has protected their tweets. Makes sense.
SEO-Guy October 22, 2009 8:04 AM
