Comments on: Google was NOT invited to the Twitter Party http://www.tourismkeys.ca/blog/2009/05/google-not-invited-to-twitter-searchparty/ Tips & Tools to help you make the most of the mobile and social Web Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:43:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Microsoft and Google search results to feature Twitter Tweets — Internet Marketing for Tourism http://www.tourismkeys.ca/blog/2009/05/google-not-invited-to-twitter-searchparty/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Microsoft and Google search results to feature Twitter Tweets — Internet Marketing for Tourism Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:27:44 +0000 http://www.tourismkeys.ca/blog/?p=1375#comment-869 [...] May this year I reported how Google was not invited to the Twitter Party, and that Twitter search was indeed a critical piece of the search puzzle for Web 3.0 – the [...] [...] May this year I reported how Google was not invited to the Twitter Party, and that Twitter search was indeed a critical piece of the search puzzle for Web 3.0 – the [...]

]]> By: Josiah from HotelMarketingStrategies.com http://www.tourismkeys.ca/blog/2009/05/google-not-invited-to-twitter-searchparty/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Josiah from HotelMarketingStrategies.com Sun, 10 May 2009 14:49:50 +0000 http://www.tourismkeys.ca/blog/?p=1375#comment-713 Nice summary of the difference between these two platforms, Todd. I think it goes back to your purpose for searching. If you want a pulse on your customers, you need the real-time updates that Twitter provides. However, for more substantial resource-type content I still prefer an algorithm like Google's. Yes, it takes a few weeks to perform the content value scoring, but it seems that is necessary for determining which content is more relevant & useful. Nice summary of the difference between these two platforms, Todd. I think it goes back to your purpose for searching. If you want a pulse on your customers, you need the real-time updates that Twitter provides.

However, for more substantial resource-type content I still prefer an algorithm like Google’s. Yes, it takes a few weeks to perform the content value scoring, but it seems that is necessary for determining which content is more relevant & useful.

]]> By: Eric Hoffman http://www.tourismkeys.ca/blog/2009/05/google-not-invited-to-twitter-searchparty/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Eric Hoffman Thu, 07 May 2009 17:58:01 +0000 http://www.tourismkeys.ca/blog/?p=1375#comment-708 Great point about Twitter search and how it differs from Google search. Another interesting point in this <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10235360-2.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> is that Twitter search is potentially getting a reputation ranking system too - how cool is that?! Great point about Twitter search and how it differs from Google search. Another interesting point in this post is that Twitter search is potentially getting a reputation ranking system too – how cool is that?!

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