Comments on: Here’s how you make money out of Twitter – charge £495 for a search interface

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By: SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 20, 2009

SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 20, 2009 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:02:07 +0000

[...] Here’s how you make money out of Twitter – charge £495 for a search interface, TechCrunch [...]

By: @jimwolffman

@jimwolffman — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:55:09 +0000

There’s definitely a gulf between hard-core Twitter users and larger companies who know there’s value in real-time analysis but just can’t get their heads round it.

Tweetabits looks like it’ll do a great job in bridging that gap, and cheap at the price, considering how much it would be to get a ‘social media consultant’ to explain and manage their Twitter account for them.

By: Munir

Munir — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:36:58 +0000

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By: Edinburgh’s Tweetabits get TechCrunched « StartupCafe

Edinburgh’s Tweetabits get TechCrunched « StartupCafe — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:30:32 +0000

[...] 19 July, 2009 by Kate Ho Tweetabits, a web-based twitter search interface which allows you to tag and analyse tweets according to a narrow search criteria, got TechCrunched on Friday. [...]

By: Jakob Lundstedt

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:41:14 +0000

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By: Colin Gilchrist

Colin Gilchrist — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:23:08 +0000

It’s not such a bad idea when it’s a product… and developed for a fee paying franchise owner – who is now happy for it to be opened up for general use.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:33:45 +0000

just like seesmic and all the others, these guys are part of a dangerous ecosystem reliant on the whim of 1 player = Very bad business

By: GeekGuy

GeekGuy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:17:54 +0000

I was a geek and dread returning to it, because of the people who do that job. (Or what the job does to people)

By: GeekGuy

GeekGuy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:13:27 +0000

This sentence puts me off instantly:

“effectively a Tweet-deck style interface layered of Twitter search”

Its a geeky sentence with the usual no-meaning and tying to sound super technical clever clever clever. We are so clever, and you are stupid OK? >> arrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhh. Geeks are basically sick people.

By: Gemma Went

Gemma Went — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:34:29 +0000

There is already a tool that allows you to narrow searches to a certain area (say within 10 miles of London) which is free, and very useful for targeted searches: http://monitter.com/

Obviously you don’t get the ‘support’ bit, however I would need to understand exactly what you get for that before coming to a final conclusion about this. But on the face of it, a good idea.

By: Mark Nagurski

Mark Nagurski — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:34:00 +0000

Having had a (very quick) look at it, Tweetabits comes across as much a prospecting tool as a customer service / brand tracking one.

From their site:

“Tweetabits lets you select the best targets in your market, so your business can score more hits and waste less time and ammunition.

With a clear list of which users are most ready for your product as well as a valuable overview of the general trends in the market, you’ll be ready to make contact with your leads. ”

The screenshots displayed also use generic terms like ‘tax’ ‘accountants’ etc…

Perhaps I’m taking it up the wrong way but, used to that end, I’m not sure how effective a strategy it would be (I personally dislike getting tweets from brands when I happen to mention one of their target words).

On a more general note, I do think there’s a market for ‘paid for’ interfaces but guess that it’ll be more of a bespoke service.