Twitter has a big search and discovery announcement today, according to a tweet by the company's Personalization and Recommender Systems Chief Pankaj Gupta.
"Search & discovery in @twitter set to change forever after tmrw," tweeted Gupta Thursday, without giving away any other details.
It's a long shot, but today's possible announcement could be somehow tied to Twitter's recent criticism of Google, after the company tightly integrated Google+ into its search results.
“As we’ve seen time and time again, news breaks first on Twitter. We’re concerned that as a result of Google’s changes, finding this information will be much harder for everyone,” said Twitter at the time.
Search & discovery in @twitter set to change forever after tmrw. Team - congrats and enjoy the enormity of ur impact few understand today!— Pankaj Gupta (@pankaj) July 6, 2012
Twitter's last significant change in this area was last year's launch of the Discover tab, which displays trending topics, hashtags, recommends stories and suggests people to follow.