engine - 2:42 pm on Jul 7, 2010 (gmt 0)

Twitter Search Queries Rise 33pct To 800 Million Per Day [social.venturebeat.com]

Twitter is supporting 800 million queries a day, or 33 percent more than it said it was handling back in April, according to co-founder Biz Stone, who spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival today. That means the company, which is trying to brand itself as an “information network” rather than a social network, is handling 24 billion queries a month. The last time the company reported daily search volumes was back in April at its inaugural developer conference, Chirp, when it said it was supporting 600 million queries a day.