Comments on: Search: Google vs. Twitter

By: Primary Work at Home

Primary Work at Home — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:04:21 +0000

I like the twitter search too, it is easy to search the interested topics in twitter but of course I like Google search because it has info about everything.

By: Web Design Web Development Company

Web Design Web Development Company — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:28:15 +0000

Great Comparison. But Google is the ULTIMATE. :D

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:50:16 +0000

Interesting comparison. I’ve recently found myself using Twitter for searches more lately, although certain search terms tend to yield a lot of spam. Thanks for the info on the Firefox script.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:35:59 +0000

Twitter would obviously be a better place to search what people are talking about on Twitter. But all you to do is change the question just a little bit and twitter search becomes mostly no help. “What are people saying about 24 on IMDB?”

Most searches on google are not “what are people saying”? Lets try “What’s the price of Tea in China?”

The twitter search gives me one person saying it 2 dollars US for 25 bags. What level of confidence should I put in that one post?

Searching google I found a range of answers including links to places I could buy said tea.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:56:34 +0000

I liked your analogy. Showing how to effectively use Twitter for searches vs Google. I’m new to Twitter and found this helpful. and yes I’m a little slow being I just started tweeting

By: Jane Blogs

Jane Blogs — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:28:23 +0000

I’ve only recently started searching through Twitter, and it’s been a good way to find new people to follow, answers to questions & questions to answer.

TwitterSearch sounds good, and as an avid Firefox fan, I’ll definitely be looking into the addon you mentioned. :)

By: The Dane

The Dane — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:02:34 +0000

Twitter Search still has a long way to go before being anywhere near as useful as Google’s search (not that Google’s search is near perfect either). Twitter Search doesn’t have any means of sorting or valuating its results save for one: recent-ness.

You can get a little better filtering via Advanced Search (I will admit the Attitude Quantity is intriguing), but a) who wants to do that, and b) there’s still no ranking of results.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:45:58 +0000

Thanks for the heads up regarding Twitter Search.

By: David Lano

David Lano — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:18:58 +0000

@Stakker – You’re absolutely right. Maybe I should have clarified that a bit more. I’m not trying to convey the similarities between Google and Twitter – quite the opposite really. I’m simply analyzing their differences and pointing out the benefits of each. Sorry for the confusion. :/

@Allison – Again, I couldn’t agree more. I think the emphasis here is on the conversation not the website content.

@Ashwin – Yes!

By: Ashwin

Ashwin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:11:05 +0000

Google is a great search engine when the query is for information, opinionated or not. But the information has to be a lot more generalized than about a particular episode of 24 or a movie. Twiiter search is indeed great at getting you opinions on a particular/specific thing.

So I’d consider the two complimentary rather than competitive search facilities.