You forgot about http://twoogel.com, the Google-Powered Twitter search engine...
Ari Herzog
· 7 months ago
I hadn't heard or come across that before, but a quick browse of some keywords--and it seems to have slightly different results than running a google.com web search specific to twitter.com, e.g. site:twitter.com. Different engine running Twoogel?
Currently still under beta invites though.. just send a message on twitter.com/micrplaza to get one:)
Cheers!
metm
· 7 months ago
Tweetdeck search beats all of these. It allows you to keep several different searches open for as long as you want...all updating in real time. Am disappointed Tweetie only lets you search one thing at a time.
Mike Sabandijas
· 7 months ago
Thanks for the info. everyday more tools arrive about twitter. the thing are i guess use it and see wich ones are for you.
MrGoogleAlerts
· 7 months ago
Personally, I couldn't live without TweetDeck for Twitter search. I can have up to 10 real-time searches in side-by-side columns, and reply to or follow anyone I find in them. Here's a great example of how I was able to use it recently. I keep the search column for Google Alerts visible all the time, and I saw a series of tweets in that search with the hashtag #lma. A bit of research showed it to be the Legal Marketing Association convention going on. This tipped me off to a potential market for our http://AlertRank.com product. I was able to set up a search in Tweetdeck for #lma, follow the people who used it, and then post some tweets with tips for doing legal marketing searches with that hashtag. This whole procedure took about an hour, and I got some great followers and plenty of retweets from it. It brings a whole to meaning to real-time, conversational marketing.
interesting because it searches the media that people are sharing on twitter. so it's like performing a google search but limited only to the part of the web that people are sharing links to on twitter.
Ari Herzog
· 7 months ago
Thanks, Rob. I initially had OneRiot, SocialMention, Twendz, and a few other places on the list, then whittled it down for various reasons. But you're right; OneRiot has a unique view.
David Thomson
· 7 months ago
http://www.twittbook.com. It allows you to search only your own twitter stream, or even allows you to search other user's twitter streams if they have signed up too. There is a feature called "coview" that allows you to browse and see what other people see on Twitter, which is really useful to find out new people to follow. Then, it also allows you to search inside the links themselves, turning Twitter into a sort of custom google search engine just for your links or the links of the people you follow.
Matt
· 7 months ago
I've used twitshop.com before with good results. It searches for classified ads / sale items.
tobiaspeggs
· 7 months ago
Hey there. Would love your take on http://twitter.oneriot.com We're alpha-stage right now and looking for feedback. Check out the community wiki here: http://oneriot.pbwiki.com/ The front page of that wiki has a good descritption on how we're different. Enjoy!
Your readers may also be interested in the new site http://www.twindexx.com. It focuses on the people behind the tweets, areas of expertise and like-mindedness - as sourced by the crowd. Many more enhancements to come. (disclosure - I am co-founder).
dangercharlie
· 7 months ago
One of my favourites is http://tweetgrid.com/ Real-time search with up to 9 grids of search query's. Easy to use and you can save various phrases into one link, perfect for adding to a bookmark bar for updates on topics that interest you.
mocy
· 7 months ago
Thanks for the twazzup mention and the good words!!
For the record, twazzup can PLAY / PAUSE the realtime feed by clicking the button in the Realtime Tweets title bar. You can also manually REFRESH when in PAUSE mode.
Give twazzup a try, and send us feedback @twazzup or on our uservoice forum and help us build a great twitter search!
Favorite is #1 Twitter Search with the advanced functions. Plain and simple. Good results.
DebbyBruck
· 7 months ago
I like #1 Twitter Search using the advanced functions.
Irene Koehler
· 7 months ago
Thanks for the excellent overview of the options for search on Twitter. We all know that it is through search that the real value of Twitter is realized. I've so fallen for Twazzup; it's got features I never knew I wanted.
my favorite is Twazzup for a variety of reasons. nice user interface and they bring interesting data to the surface that is relevant
thelostagency
· 7 months ago
mate thanks for this nice post, i think Twazzup although a little slow is one of the better/more advanced search services.
Adarsh Pallian
· 7 months ago
Also - don't forget to check out http://www.tweetizen.com where we let you save you search and add them into streaming real-time groups
wschampheleer
· 7 months ago
Great post. As an alternative to searches, there is now Twibe groups. Blog'd about it on http://bit.ly/13XCCe.
Charlie Kalech
· 7 months ago
Comments and Questions about finding older posts:
I use search to find old posts not just what is happening now. I think this will become more the case as Twitter is around for a longer amount of time.
I did not like Twazzup because instead of displaying the date it says "16 days ago"
I don't like Tweetdeck search because it does not go past about a month ago
Q: Often when I use search tools, I can not find an older post (for instance yesterday I looked for a post from Feb with the hashtag #TwestivalJM to find something about the Twestival in Jerusalem. I searched and did not find it. I remembered who posted it, went to their profile at http://twitter.com and just kept scrolling to the bottom and clicking on "more" until I got to Feb and found the post I wanted. I'm lucky I could do this bc I was looking for a specific post and I knew who wrote it.
Isn't there a way to get search results for older posts?!
Ari Herzog
· 7 months ago
Good question, Charlie. Maybe there's a smarter person than both of us who can answer.
My solution--the only one I know that works reliably, despite cumbersome, is if I know a person or a keyword/daterange to search, I use Google's web search. For instance, I just ran a search focusing on your tweets for the keyword Gaza.
Can anyone recommend how I can put in a complicated search query (keyword withing x miles of location) into an RSS feed and post on a website? I am currently doing this using the original search.twitter.com but each tweet shows up as a full link on my website. I would like the link portion to be restricted to an intweet link.
Erwan
· 7 months ago
You forgot http://TwitExplorer.com which allows to keep 4 searches auto-updating in parallel ;-)
Martin Wright
· 7 months ago
There is also Twitseek which is a variation on a theme and allows you to view links posted on Twitter as if they were results on Google.
luca filigheddu
· 7 months ago
Hi Ari, thanks for mentioning Tweefind. We'll keep your suggestions in mind. Thanks!
Craig Hughes
· 7 months ago
Thanks for the inclusion and coverage of tweetzi... The service is just over a month old and so far the majority of feedback has been very positive - usage has grown nicely too. We have a couple of things planned and have also taken on board the feedback with regard to the user interface...
We now have a slew of tools and a slew of lists on who to follow, can someone generate a list of what we can do with twitter? 1) Event Notification system, 2) Alerting system, 2) listening to Customers 3) promoting your product etc. is there a list slew of lists on this and I am not looking or is it that obvious to everyone that a list is not needed?
There is also Twearch at http://twearch.notlong.com/. Twearch uses the operators of Advanced Twitter Search with those of Tweepz. With one interface you can look for resuls in Twiiter, Tweepz and Wikipedia. You can also combine the Twitter trends in your advanced searches.
Thats interesting that people are creating websites to search when twitter has its own built in search....
Twitter Loco
· 7 months ago
I've tried using a few and they all seem to get the same results returned?
elliesiegel
· 7 months ago
I like monitter [http://monitter.com/]. Streaming, real time, and 3 side by side searches. Not the best of the best but it's another one to throw in the mix. I tend to just use the built in search for Nambu.
Sharon McPherson
· 7 months ago
Although it is not really a "search service", I came across a service today called, Tweetmeme, http://tweetmeme.com that updates the most popular links being tweeted on Twitter in real time. Also has a widget that you can add to your blog showing either the most recent or most popular links.
Great article Ari, nice to have these twitter search applications in one place for easy referencing. Lately, I have been using Twitzap, which not only allows me to update from the application, but continually run searches that will populate as I tweet. As a community manager it allows me to not only post updates regarding our content, but address users that are talking about out product and the industry in general - in real time. You can adjust the real-time update speed, and set as many searches as you wish. I recommend checking it out, if you haven't already!
Thanks!
Mark Ray
· 7 months ago
My favorite is BoilingPage (http://www.boilingpage.com) that brings the hottest pages on the web based on how popular they are in Twitter. In fact, I found this article through BoilingPage and it shows how popular this article is among Twitter users.
Sparkie
· 7 months ago
There's also http://interceder.net/content/Mashable that shows Twitter results alongside mainstream news and youtube results and then attempts to identify common themes using Open Calais.
Joel
· 7 months ago
Twitturly ( http://twitturly.com ) has an interesting search too. It only returns tweets with links in them, but it lets you search for keywords, specific URL's (shortened or the final destination) and it lets you search for domains.
I'd like to see more about the backend of open Twitter search engines.
wchingya
· 7 months ago
Third party Twitter search apps continue to mushroom due to the ever-growing Twitter mania on the web. Personally, I was overwhelmed by all of these search services, so I ended up creating a Twitter Search Apps comparison chart to make my and some readers' life easier.
Twazzup and Tweetzi were not in my list but I do find them unique, may put these 2 in my follow up posting regarding the search apps in times to come. Thanks for sharing.
@wchingya Social Media/Blogging
baconinja
· 7 months ago
There can be only one www.twitterfall.com ... real-time, color-coded searches ...
Melissa Taylor
· 7 months ago
Oh, this is what I was missing! Thanks for the tips. I still don't get how this is going to help my business but I'll keep trying. Thanks, again.
seo
· 7 months ago
I guess twitterbased search services will have continuation to semantical plane, to instant powerful operations
SpilltoJill
· 7 months ago
Rockin list- thanks!
Tim Aldiss
· 7 months ago
Do any of these services give you the number of results returned? i.e. total mentions?
surendra kapur
· 5 months ago
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surendra kapur
· 5 months ago
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Matt.mmwine
· 5 months ago
search.twitter.com (Summize or Twitter Search) would earn a spot on this post if it actually worked. I used to use the advance search to go back in my stream quickly and find specific threads. For example, back on June 5th I did a virtual wine tasting event. We used the hashtag #TTL and it was regarding the Clos Lechance winery. Try to find anything from @mmwine older than 5 days, no less specific enough to include the #ttl tag. Nothing shows up. It's been like this for 3-4 weeks now. Sad that twitter's own search engine doesnt work.
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Currently still under beta invites though.. just send a message on twitter.com/micrplaza to get one:)
Cheers!
interesting because it searches the media that people are sharing on twitter. so it's like performing a google search but limited only to the part of the web that people are sharing links to on twitter.
Real-time search with up to 9 grids of search query's. Easy to use and you can save various phrases into one link, perfect for adding to a bookmark bar for updates on topics that interest you.
For the record, twazzup can PLAY / PAUSE the realtime feed by clicking the button in the Realtime Tweets title bar. You can also manually REFRESH when in PAUSE mode.
Give twazzup a try, and send us feedback @twazzup or on our uservoice forum and help us build a great twitter search!
twazzup has been live for a week now, we've been blessed by our early adopters response. http://twitter.com/twazzup/favourites THANKS EVERYONE!
Mike Willett
http://www.willettcorpcomm.com
http://twitter.com/irenekoehler
I use search to find old posts not just what is happening now. I think this will become more the case as Twitter is around for a longer amount of time.
I did not like Twazzup because instead of displaying the date it says "16 days ago"
I don't like Tweetdeck search because it does not go past about a month ago
Q: Often when I use search tools, I can not find an older post (for instance yesterday I looked for a post from Feb with the hashtag #TwestivalJM to find something about the Twestival in Jerusalem. I searched and did not find it. I remembered who posted it, went to their profile at http://twitter.com and just kept scrolling to the bottom and clicking on "more" until I got to Feb and found the post I wanted. I'm lucky I could do this bc I was looking for a specific post and I knew who wrote it.
Isn't there a way to get search results for older posts?!
My solution--the only one I know that works reliably, despite cumbersome, is if I know a person or a keyword/daterange to search, I use Google's web search. For instance, I just ran a search focusing on your tweets for the keyword Gaza.
Google query: http://is.gd/u2A6
Sample result: http://twitter.com/CharlieKalech/status/1094933994 (from Jan 4, 2009)
I'm sure there's a better mechanism...
http://twitdom.com/tag/search
Regards Jonas, http://twitter.com/jonasl
thanks for mentioning Tweefind. We'll keep your suggestions in mind. Thanks!
Watch this space!
Craig
http://tweetzi.com
It's still in beta, though
http://www.peoplebrowsr.com/
I actually like http://twoogel.com as well and use twazzup and a German Service
http://www.deutsche-twitter-trends.de/ well.
Thanks!
For example, here are all of the Mashable.com links: http://twitturly.com/domain/mashable.com
And here is a keyword search for Mashable: http://twitturly.com/search?q=mashable
To do a search, just go to our site, and search in the top right search box. It'll automatically determine what type of search you are doing.
Twazzup and Tweetzi were not in my list but I do find them unique, may put these 2 in my follow up posting regarding the search apps in times to come. Thanks for sharing.
@wchingya
Social Media/Blogging
a whole new way of analyzing relevant twitter tweets.
it magically organizes the relevant results for any user query, along a variety of interesting dimensions.
get the live pulse of what twitter users are messaging about ant topic through htttp://www.feeltiptop.com
a whole new way of analyzing relevant twitter tweets.
it magically organizes the relevant results for any user query, along a variety of interesting dimensions.
get the live pulse of what twitter users are messaging about ant topic through htttp://www.feeltiptop.com