Twitter search for “Twitter client”

October 26th, 2009

Here’s what people are saying about Twitter clients on Twitter:

RT @RIRIKODB: @Mixirinn @tana1192 http://t.co/MG5jjlJv—@Mixirinn (2/5ã¯èªçæ¥ã§ãã)
Just installed #MetroTwit .. WOW what a beautiful app. Just found my new default twitter client for Windows—@captaincaple (Andrew Caple)
@Mixirinn @tana1192 http://t.co/MG5jjlJv—@RIRIKODB (Q10)
This shoutout done in .41 seconds Using @LazyShoutOut at http://t.co/howKSSpY. IPhone App Now At http://t.co/9co8xUr9 .—@SeymoneSoSweet (Boss [...]

Twitter search for “Twit Menulet”

October 24th, 2009

Here’s what people are saying about Twit Menulet on Twitter:

Twit Menulet’s Twitter search for “twitter client mac”

October 22nd, 2009

Twit Menulet is a powerful, Mac-native Twitter client that displays tweets in a scrolling “ticker”. Click the menu to see the whole tweet stream, to visit links, or to post your own tweets. Twit Menulet is designed for Twitter users who like to stay connected, but who use their computers constantly for other [...]

The “best” Twitter client

October 20th, 2009

As a Twitter developer (my product, Twit Menulet, is here), I’ve often been asked what I think is the “best” Twitter client for Mac. And, in fact, a significant minority of folks searching for twitter clients include the word “best” in their search. Look at this Google Trends graph comparing searches for “twitter client” [...]

The solution

October 13th, 2009

My last post detailed the frustration I now feel when searching Google, using a search for “twitter client mac” as an example.
This post will explain the solution.  I don’t think it is too complicated and certainly it is simpler than the original PageRank algorithm itself.  Unfortunately, the solution involves people, which means it is messy.

Fix [...]

Google is the new AltaVista

October 6th, 2009

I was an early search engine buff.  I was right there using boolean searches on AltaVista to catch plagiarists in my wife’s classes.  And I started using Google in 1998.
Google was a miracle in those days.  To get anything relevant out of AltaVista you had to be a complete AltaVista kung-fu master.  You had to [...]