Google is now directly competing with the likes of TweetDeck and HootSuite with their new dedicated  real time search page. You can enter a search term or phrase and are presented with the results derived from Twitter and various other Social networks.

They have a nifty little movable time line that will allow you to look at information on a minute by minute basis. For managing you brand online this could be a useful tool. You can also dissect the results geographically and find out exactly what they are tweeting about in Chicken, Alaska.

Your move Bing.