Finally, Twitter Adds Search

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1. Jimmy Huen
   

   August 21st, 2007 at 7:38 pm

   Is it just me or is Twitter’s momentum built from SXSW has been deflating for a while? I haven’t used it in a while and unless something really compels me to, you can only update so much about what you are having for dinner.

2. David Mackey
   

   August 21st, 2007 at 8:05 pm

   I am not using Twitter yet, but having built-in search is a good feature - even if it is just using Google Coop.

3. Rune Sandberg
   

   August 21st, 2007 at 8:09 pm

   If facebook just updated their “status” feature a little, they could totally be the Twitter killer. At least for those who’s not interested in broadcasting to the world, but only to your trusted network!

4. xxdesmus
   

   August 21st, 2007 at 8:40 pm

   Twitter is like crack. You keep coming back even if you don’t fully understand why. Sure, those other services might be prettier and fancier, but you always come back to the crack that first got you addicted.

5. Rajesh Shakya
   

   August 21st, 2007 at 8:43 pm

   On People search Spoke is doing much better. Twitter is doing best in broadcasting. Focusing on its core functionality will help to retain image. If you want to compete mean, not necessarily you should compete is non-core business.

   Rajesh Shakya
   http://www.rajeshshakya.com
   Helping technopreneurs to excel and lead their life!

6. Jeff S
   

   August 21st, 2007 at 8:50 pm

   respectful prognostication: Twitter is yet to realize its potential.

7. Aaron B. Hockley
   

   August 21st, 2007 at 10:09 pm

   What I can’t believe nobody has mentioned is that Twitter having search isn’t entirely new. They had it a long time ago, then it disappeared: http://www.anotherblogger.com/.....e-existed/

8. Andrea Wilson
   

   August 21st, 2007 at 11:27 pm

   The marketing potential of Twitter and other similar services is huge. 1) Post a link to your Web site or blog and watch the traffic increase. 2) Pay attention to what people are complaining about or talking about and start a blog, Squidoo lens or HubPage on the topic to test the market potential. 3) Answer people’s questions and become the expert in your field on Twitter. 4) Watch for people wanting/needing what you offer, or what you could offer, and Tweet them.

   I have nearly 160+ people following me, so every time I post something it keeps me and my services in front of them, so to speak. And I have found many cool tools and resources from my Twitter friends that save me time every day.

9. Torsten
   

   August 22nd, 2007 at 12:24 am

   Is it possible to find someone who is using the restroom?

10. Chris Laux
    

    August 22nd, 2007 at 4:40 am

    > The wonders of competition

    Funny you should mention that, I just launched a 3rd party Twitter search 3 days ago (http://terraminds.com/twitter/) using their public API. Their people search is more inclusive as I only have the users who posted recently on index, but I also offer search in the updates (tweets).

11. mrshl
    

    August 22nd, 2007 at 6:31 am

    I’d been hoping for something more useful, like the “friend finder” features now standard among the big social networks, including Myspace, Friendster, Facebook, Last.fm, etc. Having to search piecemeal for people is a pain. I’d rather just leverage my email contacts and see who among them is signed up.

12. eugene
    

    August 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 am

    Video interview with Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, talking about new features et al

13. pc-guy
    

    August 22nd, 2007 at 6:49 pm

    In China,there are a few websites like Twitter,but most of them are not good.

14. Otis Gospodnetic
    

    August 26th, 2007 at 9:13 pm

    Implementation? Ferret? Lucene?

15. Wayne
    

    August 27th, 2007 at 3:51 am

    Wow! We Are Observing!

    We are new start-up that does micro-blogging and feel free to drop us a line!