Real-time search is one of the hottest mini Web trends out there, promising new ways to help users tease out current information they want from the digital information glut. The ability to seek out what everyone is discussing or looking for in the moment captures the imagination. Twitter's search capability does this for its tweets, but some find it insufficient. While Facebook is just beginning to help users surface the latest information and Google is thinking about this area, several startups have come to the fore to help Web searchers tease out bits on specific topics. Here is a beginner's list of newcomers intent on helping you ferret information out of the noise.
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Real-Time Search Startups That Deliver What Google, Twitter, Facebook Can't
by Clint Boulton
TweetMeme
As the name implies, TweetMeme funnels all the popular links on Twitter to determine which links are popular. The search tool categorizes these links into categories and subcategories, "to filter out the noise to find what you're interested in." Users leverage the TweetMeme button, which includes its own URL shortener and the story or pages title. Each link that is posted on Twitter adds one link to the link count on that story. Once the story reaches a critical mass of votes, it makes it into the top 10 on the front page and gets tweeted by Twitter.
OneRiot
OneRiot crawls links people share on Twitter, Digg and other social sharing services. Then it indexes the content on those pages in seconds. The result? Fresh Web search results on OneRiot. OneRiot claims that while other real-time search shows you a stream of chatter happening around that subject, it's not necessarily the news stories, blog posts or Web pages that started the chatter. If you were to search for that same popular subject using OneRiot, you'd find the actual content people are talking about, the site claims.
CrowdEye
Another Twitter searching engine, CrowdEye scans tweets, retweets, twitter links and more to help users "slice, dice, summarize and categorize the data to answer your questions."
Topsy
The more inclusive Topsy claims it "listens to the conversations taking place all the time on the living, social web," including Twitter, blogs, Flickr, Digg, Yelp, Identica and many other communities. People use these communities to share reviews, opinions, messages, comments and discussions about things, which Topsy indexes. Topsy indexes what people are talking about.
Monitter
Monitter is, yes, a live monitor for Twitter, helping you check for keywords and watch what people are saying. To start, download the widget and type three words into the three search boxes where it says "monitter" now.
Twazzup
Another Twitter search tool. This one requires no download and finds tweeters on a topic and related photos, and offers keywords based on your search results.
Collecta
The just-launched Collecta sifts through recent blog posts, news stories, tweets and comments for fresh info.
Scoopler
Scoopler indexes live updates from Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Delicious and other sites. The site's home page has a very Google-like, easy-to-use search box where you type in your query.
Omgili
With a different twist from its peers, Omgili focuses on user-generated content from 100,000 platforms, such as forums, discussion groups, mailing lists, answer boards and others.
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Real-time search is one of the hottest mini Web trends out there, promising new ways to help users tease out current information they want from the digital information glut. The ability to seek out what everyone is discussing or looking for in the moment captures the imagination. Twitter's search capability does this for its tweets, but some find it insufficient. While Facebook is just beginning to help users surface the latest information and Google is thinking about this area, several startups have come to the fore to help Web searchers tease out bits on specific topics. Here is a beginner's list of newcomers intent on helping you ferret information out of the noise.