CNET’s List of Twitter Search Sites

In his blog this morning, Rafe Needleman of CNET posted an impressive list of search tools for Twitter.  It forced me to realize the puniness of my own Twitter search list, which, as a result, is now seriously pumped up.

If you are hooked on searching for more dynamic, more real-time content, don’t miss these three selected by Needleman as top alternatives to Twitter’s own standby, SearchTwitter.com:

Twazzup offers columns of algorithmically generated results such as most influential tweeters on a topic, related photos, and a great list of keywords based on your search results that you can use to refine your query.

Collecta scans Twitter and many other sources, including mainstream media sites (CNN, etc.) and blogs. Its best features are its super-clean and simple interface, and the fact that it lets you run multiple searches at once, so it’s great for monitoring a bunch of topics during the day.

 

Scoopler combines raw chronological results with a column of results ranked by popularity.

Needleman lists quite a few more cool tools:

OneRiot
Tweetmeme
Monitter
Topsy
CrowdEye
Itpints
Twitority
Twitalyzer Search
Twitmatic
Yauba
Tweefind

If you are gearing up to use Twitter with your students and teachers, Needleman’s post is a must-read!