Comments on: Twitter Friday: Twitter Search Craze

By: Graham Cluley, Sophos

Graham Cluley, Sophos — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:50:01 +0000

I am finding the Twitter/Google search GreaseMonkey script very useful in my line of work – but it’s less obtrusive if it’s placed to the side of the search results rather than directly above them.

You can find details of how to change the script to do this here: http://mt-hacks.com/20090302-realtime-twitter-search-results-on-google.html#comment-324511

I’d really recommend this script if you’re regularly Googling your company’s name, researching news stories etc..

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:48:24 +0000

Twitter is my newest obsession in the world of micro-blogging. I think that twitter is going to fade out rather quickly though, as something new will come along. Oh well, lets make the best of it while we can…

By: Seo consultant

Seo consultant — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:24:59 +0000

Google will not allow Twitter to take over in search, I agree. But I don’t think that full-fledge blogging is either under serios threat, as microblogging has its charm, of course, for people who just interested in facts and value their time.

However, Twitter is also open to misuse, as when lots of people start using to promote their brands and products/services, it may eventually acquire reputation of marketing-hype or (even worse) spammy source of info.

By: PPC Search Engine Promotion

PPC Search Engine Promotion — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:09:06 +0000

Twitter is slowly making it up but I doubt it’s ripe enough to level with the broadness of Google.

By: James Gurd

James Gurd — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:45:10 +0000

Yes agree that the current obsession with defining twitter as the new is amusing. Google has nailed the search market and there is no way twitter will compete directly. However, twitter can offer a facet of search that Google can’t and that is brand conversation monitoring at an individual level. Yes I’m sure if you paged through hundreds of results on Google you could find forum traffic but that is not viable. Twitter can help you get to the heart of your community and understand who is saying what, when, enabling you to respond. So let’s lose the comparison fetish and embrace different tools for different reasons. Good blog post, interesting reading as always.
Thanks
james
twitter.com/einbusiness_JG

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