Google is an amazing search-engine but at times it makes you feel that you are searching against a stale archive missing the real-time info. Example: Recently when i searched for “earthquake indonesia”, Google gave me info on whats earthquake & past indonesian earthquakes while twitter had hundreds of tweets about the quake which just hit Indonesia.

No wonder why Google & MS would strike deals with twitter to add tweets to its search results.

Even before Google/MS would be adding real-time results – you can get a feel of the real-time data integrated into Google page using the plugin which i wrote for the collecta API contest. Well a “Runner-up prize” was awarded for this plugin – http://blog.collecta.com/2009/10/15/announcing-the-app-master-challenge-winners/

About the Plugin:
Add real-time search results to Google using Collecta & get the best of both worlds – results from archive [Google] + real-time search results [Collecta].

Realtime search results to google using data from Collecta API & Greasemonkey [addon for firefox].

Requirements:
Firefox & Greasemonkey

Install – Add realtime search results to google:
> Top of Google search results
> Bottom of Google search results

How to use the script:
1. Click on any of the 2 options above to install the script in Firefox.
2. Just search in Google & experience the power of realtime search results.

What is Greasemonkey:
Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox add-on that allows users to install scripts that make on-the-fly changes to HTML web page content on the DOMContentLoaded event, which happens immediately after it is loaded in the browser (also known as augmented browsing). As Greasemonkey scripts are persistent, the changes made to the web pages are executed every time the page is opened, making them effectively permanent for the user running the script. Greasemonkey can be used for adding new functions to web pages (for example, embedding price comparison in Amazon.com web pages), fixing rendering bugs, combining data from multiple webpages, and numerous other purposes.

Download Greasemonkey Firefox addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748

What is Collecta:
Collecta is not like other search engines.
The web is alive with real-time information. So why search a stale archive? Collecta monitors the update streams of news sites, popular blogs and social media, so we can show you results as they happen. Give it a try.

Thanks to folks @ Collecta for the wonderful APIs & Greasemonkey for making it happen….