Google Realtime Search is nothing new . For months it has existed as its own area within the search engine's navigation to search for things happening in realtime. But up until now, that has meant mainly Twitter (thanks to Google's data deal with that company). But earlier today, it appears Google flipped the switch to make Realtime Search a lot more useful. Namely, they've added results from services like Quora, Buzz, Gowalla, and yes, even Facebook. As pointed out in this Quora thread , it looks like Google flipped the switch to include the data from the services listed above (as well as others) this afternoon. The fact that Quora co-founder Adam D'Angelo and CFO Marc Bodnick voted up this Quora posting suggests this did in fact just happen today.