Comments on: Why hasn’t Google built a Twitter search?

By: This Week’s Links on Ma.gnolia | ::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon

This Week’s Links on Ma.gnolia | ::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:02:10 +0000

[...] Go Big Always – Why hasn’t Google built a Twitter search? [...]

By: Jay Virdy

Jay Virdy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:42:18 +0000

Thanks for the great post and favorable review of Summize, Sam. We’re working very hard at Summize to exceed people’s (tweeple’s?) expectation on what a state-of-the-art twitter search engine should be. We are rolling out new innovative features on a near daily basis, so please check back often to see what we’re up to.

By: GeekMommy

GeekMommy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:43:08 +0000

Great post… haven’t seen Summize yet – checking it out now.
We’re all still so hooked on Twitter!

I think the simple answer to your question about why Google hasn’t built a search for Twitter yet may just be that they are in the camp who believes that Twitter is still on the bubble when it comes to survivability or not. As it has yet to monetize, has had stability issues, and has seemingly divided into two very different camps (those who use it obsessively v. those who use it ‘averagely’) I understand where they might hesitate.

After all, the ‘average’ Twitter user tweets 3x a day and follows <10 people according to Ev & Biz. So why would those folks want/need a search engine for it?

It is the ‘power users’ who keep the drive for the new API tools going and currently, we are in the minority.

By: Where’s Google Twitter Search? - Covering All That's Social All the Web

Where’s Google Twitter Search? - Covering All That's Social All the Web — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:43:10 +0000

[...] and post yet another post about Twitter. I just read a post by Sam Lawrence about the current Twitter search tools available. He mentions that for some reason Twitter statuses aren’t showing up in Google. I would argue [...]

By: Alan Lepofsky

Alan Lepofsky — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:47:47 +0000

never drive intexticated

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:47:06 +0000

Prefer PockeTTweets and Google is indexing Tweets

By: Rachel Happe

Rachel Happe — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:38:25 +0000

I agree with @jstorerj that Twitter may indeed be the ‘gateway drug’ for social media…and I see huge advantages to something like this in the enterprise…so the real question is: Why does Jive not have a micro-blogging tool?!?