Google Ties Social Service Closer to Search Engine – Wall Street Journal

BY JOHN LETZING

Google Inc. said it has further tied its new social-networking service to its dominant search engine, a move that Twitter Inc. challenged as anticompetitive.

Google said starting over the next few days users of its search engine will receive photos and messages posted by their contacts on its Google+ social network. It will also display Google+ profiles of people users are interested in.

“We’re transforming Google into a search engine that understands not …