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Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Steave — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:48:27 -0000

Of course, if Twitter keeps failing it will go down very fast. They should think in outsourcing the IT :P.....

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Jim — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:26:51 -0000

Does it really matter who wins? each have it's own unique content and user context... the real winners will be social aggregators, like StatusSearch.net (although really slow lately, but amazing ly useful).

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Hero-Business — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:47:49 -0000

powerful analysis...great article..i share this on my facebook and twitter

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

followginger — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:03:30 -0000

Twitter filters real time searches more than you think Its probably in the thousands now so you can not say it is truly a representation of real-time search they do this because there is so much spam on twitter and they don’t want you to see that! a lot of tweeters do not know they have broken one of the #spamrules and are filtered out of the search along with the spammers. Getting them to fix it is as difficult as contacting eBay once your flagged (ignoring problems is certainly becoming a part of twitter) good luck working it out.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

realgdog — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:54:40 -0000

Who gives a flying frenchman about real time search. What complete bull shot. The fact that two companies who lose kaboodles of money each month are able to dominate headlines is a sad comment on the state of discourse in this industry (my own quasi vulgarities aside of course).

To the all who have never had to make a dime save the charity of venture capitalists, silly marketers, and just plain... , know this. When it comes to search, Google is all the matters. Microsoft gives a twatter about anything else. They make a lot of money, and money is what matters in this game.

Screw facebook, screw twitter, I have seen others come for more, and go for a lot less. They too will die. Google will battle Microsoft, and oh what a battle it will be.

The lines have been drawn, choose your sides, and nothing else really matters.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

brad Hogan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:59:49 -0000

Twitter v. Facebook. ... The LA Galaxy v. Manchester Utd. ... The Detroit Lions v. a Division I football program ...

If you wanted to write the sequel to War and Peace, would you search the libraries of the US only or would you like access to libraries of the world (Russia, EU, etc.), museums, interviews, ... ?

Keep in mind, if you have more room to search, there is a lot more to sift through as well... luckily with the internet you can just click. My example could get pricey with airfares these days.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

benjaminjtaylor — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:52:39 -0000

Google.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

zzdinko — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:14:08 -0000

Myspace kicks them all to the curb dude!

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Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

James McMullen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:33:40 -0000

Neither. Http://www.yauba.com and other third party sites will be the winners, since Yauba and their kind overcome the problem of having to go to both twitter AND facebook.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

jehzlau — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:25:35 -0000

Twitter for the win! :)

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Kevin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:22:36 -0000

I think it boils down to habit. As with most things people continue to do what they are used to. Which ever you are normally on FB or Twitter, that is the one you will use out of habit.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Dewii — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:06:41 -0000

Twitter also offers fictional humor profiles such as http://twitter.com/filthyri...

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

therealjosh — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:36:55 -0000

I think the Facebook version will have some cumbersome aspects to it vs. the Twitter live search. I can only imagine how doing a search on Facebook and having to add a person as a friend to be able to talk to them. That would burn up the 5k friend limit in a hurry just trying to communicate. Facebook does have a wide reach and more barriers to entry hopefully adding to the usefulness of the content being searched, but the downside the slowing the process of "real-time" search. Give and takes on both sides.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Your Name*lisa — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:17:13 -0000

i thk facebook will tk it up.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Josh Tucker — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:02:32 -0000

Twitter is all the rage right now but I see it fading out very soon. FB I see staying strong for a long time to come.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Francesco Paciocco — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:01:28 -0000

Great article and side-by side comparison. I think people will begin to migrate to Facebook search as the opinion/content created by their friends is of value, however, I don't think Facebook or Twitter search will surpass Google/Bing--the data indexed there is just so much more and far-reaching.

With Twitter, I'd like to see them improve upon their search features. Third parties are starting to offer quality alternatives in addition to the standard Twitter search--look at Twazzup.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

People Search — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:39:05 -0000

Unfortunately for Twitter, though, Facebook has more to offer its users than just microblogging and real-time search.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Facebook Application Developer — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:00:22 -0000

I think facebook will win in real time search because facebook users are more than twitter.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

ffoucaud — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:40:55 -0000

"The market's big enough for both of them"
What I have understood is that twitter is public blogging with followers whereas facebook is more private with friends. The search is done in different scopes.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

josephgelb — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:34:37 -0000

My bet is with Twitter

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

skykid — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:31:53 -0000

I support Twitter since its very first days. Facebook is such a bore

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Mark Sorsa-Leslie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:23:27 -0000

Google wave...trust me...real-time means something we actually constantly...with the best will in the world, both FB and Twitter are still systems you need to choose to use...email, IM and other RT chat tools are now tools of the trade. Wave will bring them all together in a glorious RT mash-up...

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Σχολή Χορού — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:15:46 -0000

There is no doubt in my opinion that twitter will win real time search, the future of reporting as successfully defined in other posts, everyone at its own field.

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

andrewmueller — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:38:37 -0000

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

Dusan Vrban — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:38:10 -0000

Andrew: yes. I've put it in one line above. :-) Anyway, currently there's money in talking about twitter and FB. :-)