On Monday, the online microblogging website, Twitter, announced its acquisition of Summize, a search engine for online conversations. According to the Twitter blog, “there is a perfect technology fit, vision fit, and cultural fit.” Twitter is one of the fast approaching social networking websites that keeps you instantly in touch with co-workers, family, and friends. I personal enjoy the text messages from ESPN, so I’m always informed on the daily sports news. But, with all the information Twitter accumulates, for new users it sometimes becomes very cluttered and unattractive to use. With the addition of Summize, built from the passion of three designers, having a search capability that accumulates relevant information to you will be the next step in the development of Twitter.

“In 2008, we discovered Twitter as a source of the most timely and relevant opinions on trending topics.  We immediately embarked on a plan to develop the best Twitter search and discovery application to serve the Twitter community and burgeoning Twitter ecosystem,” says co-founder Jay Virdy.

With the addition to Summize it will be interesting to see the response and potential growth of Twitter. It’s a great tool for teams scattered across the US, because remember in Web 2.0 people are always connected no matter where they may reside.