I’ve used in Twingly in the past but, for some reason, it’s never resonated as a blog search tool that I would use as a replacement for Google or Technorati.
That, however, may changed with the launch of a new “federated microblog search” engine that indexes micro-blogging services. For now, it features Twitter, Jaiku, identi.ca and the now-defunct Pownce. Over time, Twingly wants to index every micro-blogging service. That’s assuming, of course, whether there are micro-blog service other than Twitter with enough critical mass to be interesting.
From a quick test, Twingly produces solid results. As you imagine, pretty much every result comes from Twitter, which means Twingly is, for the time being, competing against Twitter’s own search tool.
I like how Twingly gives you the source of each search result, as well as ways to search a particular micro-blogging service that it’s indexing.
Twingly is also offering a widget that you can put on a blog to give people a way to do micro-blog searches.
If anything, Twingly is putting the spotlight on the vertical search market and how it’s still a fertile areas for start-ups that don’t want to go head-to-head with Google.
As well, it also illustrates how Google has ignored the micro-blogging search market. You could also make an argument that Google has missed the micro-blogging boat given the disappointing showing of Jaiku, which is acquired to much acclaim in 2007.
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Twingly Tackles Microblog Search
I’ve used in Twingly in the past but, for some reason, it’s never resonated as a blog search tool that I would use as a replacement for Google or Technorati.
That, however, may changed with the launch of a new “federated microblog search” engine that indexes micro-blogging services. For now, it features Twitter, Jaiku, identi.ca and the now-defunct Pownce. Over time, Twingly wants to index every micro-blogging service. That’s assuming, of course, whether there are micro-blog service other than Twitter with enough critical mass to be interesting.
From a quick test, Twingly produces solid results. As you imagine, pretty much every result comes from Twitter, which means Twingly is, for the time being, competing against Twitter’s own search tool.
I like how Twingly gives you the source of each search result, as well as ways to search a particular micro-blogging service that it’s indexing.
Twingly is also offering a widget that you can put on a blog to give people a way to do micro-blog searches.
If anything, Twingly is putting the spotlight on the vertical search market and how it’s still a fertile areas for start-ups that don’t want to go head-to-head with Google.
As well, it also illustrates how Google has ignored the micro-blogging search market. You could also make an argument that Google has missed the micro-blogging boat given the disappointing showing of Jaiku, which is acquired to much acclaim in 2007.
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