Google Shows Your Latest Tweet As Search Snippet … In 10 Seconds

As Tim Cohn noticed, Google has changed how it shows Twitter profiles in search results. With the new display, Google is showing the user’s latest tweet as the snippet. As you can see from my example above, it’s even keeping links from the tweet active in the snippet. And if you’re curious to know how […]

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As Tim Cohn noticed, Google has changed how it shows Twitter profiles in search results.

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With the new display, Google is showing the user’s latest tweet as the snippet. As you can see from my example above, it’s even keeping links from the tweet active in the snippet. And if you’re curious to know how quickly your latest tweet might make its way into the search results, how does 10 seconds sound? See below….

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Postscript: Google appears to only show your latest tweet as the search snippet if you’ve tweeted recently. It’s now been several hours since my last tweet and the search snippet for my Twitter profile has returned back to “normal.”


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Matt McGee
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Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.

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