"Meanwhile, if Summize’s publisher strategy is successful, it also stands to drive a lot of mainstream adoption to Twitter."
I think HuffPo's adoption is both an indicator and a driver of mainstream Twitter adoption. I am more convinced than ever that non-techies will use Twitter, especially with the largely untapped teen/sms market.
Elliot
· 1 year ago
Here's another contextual Summize.com widget, for those wanting the same sort of "show me Tweets for tags on my blog" functionality the HuffingtonPost is now offering.
This widget automatically analyzes the content of the referring webpage, extracting contextually-relevant keywords, and shows Summize.com search results for that keyword.
For instance, if your blog post is talking about "barack obama", it might show Tweets that also mention this.
Congrats to the Summize team. Worth noting, of course, that Ken Leher is a very active investor in both companies (former CEO of HuffyP and investor in BetaWorks, where Summize was developed).
Matt
· 1 year ago
Huffington Post at it again... getting content on their site without having to pay a dime to the content creator.
Not sure how I feel about this deal until Summize makes this freely available for all sites to use. I really think Summize has a phenomenal search service for Twitter and I'm glad to see them be able to monetize their technology... but I'm not a fan of how Huffington is ganking OUR tweets to enhance THEIR website. Shouldn't Twitter be getting paid somewhere along the way, too? I don't like seeing the tweeters and Twitter itself left in the dark on this deal. :(
Abdur
· 1 year ago
Matt, Great comment, all our services are freely available via our API (http://summize.com/api), with the widget coming soon. All our links go directly back to twitter bringing them fully into the loop.
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Here's another widget created for Summize.com, "Tweets in your Location".
It uses geo-location to detect the physical location of any visitor to your website, and shows Tweets via Summize for their City/Region.
You can grab it here:
http://grid.orch8.net/clippings/summize.com/etu...
I think HuffPo's adoption is both an indicator and a driver of mainstream Twitter adoption. I am more convinced than ever that non-techies will use Twitter, especially with the largely untapped teen/sms market.
This widget automatically analyzes the content of the referring webpage, extracting contextually-relevant keywords, and shows Summize.com search results for that keyword.
For instance, if your blog post is talking about "barack obama", it might show Tweets that also mention this.
http://grid.orch8.net/clippings/summize.com/etu...
A fun widget that I'm using on my personal blog.
http://tinyurl.com/6h5jva
Not sure how I feel about this deal until Summize makes this freely available for all sites to use. I really think Summize has a phenomenal search service for Twitter and I'm glad to see them be able to monetize their technology... but I'm not a fan of how Huffington is ganking OUR tweets to enhance THEIR website. Shouldn't Twitter be getting paid somewhere along the way, too? I don't like seeing the tweeters and Twitter itself left in the dark on this deal. :(
Great comment, all our services are freely available via our API (http://summize.com/api), with the widget coming soon. All our links go directly back to twitter bringing them fully into the loop.
Hope that helps,