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"Twitter has turned on a new feature in search that lets user filter for what the microblogging service is calling \u201Ctop results.\u201D  As opposed to strictly showing the most recent mentions of a given query, users now have an option to click a \u201Ctop results\u201D link that displays a few popular tweets on top of the page.\nThose top results seem to be based on retweets.  Search for one of Twitter\u2019s trending topics \u2013- like \u201CApril Fool\u2019s\u201D -\u2013 and you\u2019ll see some tweets that have been retweeted hundreds of times.  Most of those tweets originate with users that are very popular on Twitter, and we expect that as such, this feature will give those users a bit more pull in search results.\nAs we first reported a few weeks ago, Twitter is also rolling out this feature in its search API, meaning developers will be able to integrate it into their applications.  Overall, the change makes Twitter search a bit more like conventional search engines, using retweets as the special sauce for determining what\u2019s important.  \nFor now, the fact that \u201Ctop results\u201D are a click away as opposed to turned on by default means there won\u2019t likely be a huge immediate impact.  In the long-run, however, it\u2019s an important step in Twitter's effort to organize the world\u2019s real-time discussions \u2013 a vision that was also apparent in this week\u2019s rollout of a new homepage. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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