Foursquare in Talks with Major Search Engines [REPORT]

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“Our data generates hugely interesting trends which would enrich search,” Crowley said to Telegraph. “We can anonymise data and use it to show venues which are trending at that moment. Twitter helped the world and the search engines know what people are talking about. Foursquare would allow people to search for the types of place people are going to – and where is trending – not what.”

This reminds us of Twitter's search deals with Google and Microsoft, which brought Twitter users' status updates to Google Search and Bing.

Microsoft in particular has been very interested in adopting third-party data into Bing, and it wouldn't surprise us to see Foursquare making a deal with the Redmond, CA-based technology giant first. The two companies already have a deal which puts tips from Foursquare users on Bing Maps. On the other hand, Crowley has connections with Google reaching back to 2005, when he sold the text messaging app Dodgeball to the search company.