One of these days, one of these twitter search apps will have to come up with twitter authority search... so instead of just showing every tweet, it shows tweets based on rankings (similar to google).
Adam Ostrow
· 7 months ago
that seems to be the premise of tweefind (one of the apps I mentioned). I imagine at some point we'll at least see the ability to search only within those you follow, much like friendfeed does.
swag
· 7 months ago
In other words: reinventing Technorati in Twitter clothing.
AndyFinkle
· 7 months ago
WOW...So according to that logic - no one should ever build something for any ecosystem (including Twitter) ...what a hoot! Twitter (let alone Twitter Search) is in the 1st inning. Not only WILL great money be made...It is being made currently ... Just look at unboundtech.com as just one example of mining social data from Twitter and others ... They get anywhere between $3k to $50k a pop from their agency and brand clients ... Now go back to your Twitter search box and search for "Do we really need search alternatives" so you can monitor the buzz your article gets.
That's not what I'm saying at all ... but the Twitter search engines compete directly with Twitter ever since Twitter bought Summize. Other areas, like clients, mobile apps, or niche communities (ie - Stocktwits) are areas Twitter likely won't touch, making them better investments imho.
AndyFinkle
· 7 months ago
Hi Adam - no I did understand your comment, I just do not agree. Personally I think the ultimate winner will NOT be Summize (Twitter), more likely will be Google - or a 3rd party who can do *live search* but not limited to the Twitterspere.
PS - in answer to your other comment - One can already search within Twitter and limited to only certain follows using powertwitter
Andum
· 7 months ago
Good article. My partner and I are just finishing development of a twitter site (www.tweetRSVP.com) focused on posting tweets that include a question or call for a response. We know that there is a chance somebody with better funding and more resources may come along, copy the best features of our site and dwarf us. So, why did we work so hard, neglect other projects and take on the extra fees of a VPS host plan? We developed the site because of the challenge of building a site that visitors will appreciate and, just maybe, that will become one of top twitter related sites.
Chris Le'cand-Harwood
· 7 months ago
Alternative options are good. People have their preferences when it comes to browsers (I'm a Chrome fan) and this has been good users. The same can apply to Twitter search. Twazzup looks like a great alternative to Summize.
Edwin Khodabakchian
· 7 months ago
Twitter search is good when it comes to monitoring mentions about a brand and company (ie a use case where you want to scan every result) but it is terribly weak if you want to get a synthesis of what is going on regarding a specific event or topic (too much noise). What I like about twazzup is that it keeps the noisy river but adds value to it by automating the extractions of things the use might care about: retweet patterns, pictures, links, music, video, people). You are right that twitter might go in that direction over time but between now and then I think that the choice between twazzup and twitter search is no brainer: twazzup offers a better experience. No?
helen
· 7 months ago
you are right
Kevin Martin
· 7 months ago
I think that Twitter has so much going on already, but they are the new darling it seems. Anything they do now will not surprise me, they probably have so many surprises in the future to unfold. Only time will tell!
Has anyone--if not Mashable--compared the pros and cons of each of these search engines in terms of usability, features, cross-browser performance, etc? That would be very useful to me and I'm sure countless others.
Soph Guellard
· 7 months ago
I totally agree. An objective comparison of the various "search engines" would be invaluable to professionals and novices alike.
Adam Ostrow
· 7 months ago
I don't think we've done this one yet ... perhaps we will :-)
Craig Hughes
· 7 months ago
I don't think it is a question of providing some 'big' alternative to Twitter search, for me it is more about helping users surface useful information from the real-time web and finding new and innovative ways of mining and leveraging Twitter data.
In March, I launched a Twitter search tool called tweetzi which I feel has an optimized interface for searching Twitter, along with controls that allow users to PLAY and PAUSE the tweet stream.
The more search alternatives, the better IMO. Constantly pushing the envelope is how new ideas are born and you never know what is possible until you are pushed to try.
I saw in a video that the recent Moldovan protesters used multiple twitter search alternatives to co-ordinate and plan the protests. As a result "more than 10,000 people turned up at this protest.”
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PS - in answer to your other comment - One can already search within Twitter and limited to only certain follows using powertwitter
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In March, I launched a Twitter search tool called tweetzi which I feel has an optimized interface for searching Twitter, along with controls that allow users to PLAY and PAUSE the tweet stream.
http://tweetzi.com
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I saw in a video that the recent Moldovan protesters used multiple twitter search alternatives to co-ordinate and plan the protests. As a result "more than 10,000 people turned up at this protest.”
Here's the link: http://www.newsy.com/videos/twittering_a_revolu...