Twing-alicious searching
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In the search world, competition is fierce. Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo pour millions of dollars into advertising their search engines to gain every last user on the internet. There is a new player in the business now thought, and it looks like Twing is going to hit the ball out of the park.
Twing is an “alternative search engine” that I found while perusing the farthest corners of the internet (yes, the internet is square). By alternative, Twing is just “not one of the big 5″. That’s catchy. But the important question to ask any new search engine is, “Does your search work?”
I was pretty skeptical about Twing when I first arrived at their homepage. Supposedly, it searches forums and forum posts, rather than searching plain old static pages. Interesting, haven’t ever seen that before. This is what Twing has to say about itself:
We’re dedicated to the world of online communities and forums. Our intent is to enable you to quickly find highly relevant communities and discussions pertaining to your interests, as well as keep you informed on the latest trends influencing communities. Members of Twing also can track activity on their favorite forums and stay informed on updates via custom alerts.
Again, you can promise the world, but can you deliver? Let’s see what Twing can find for me…
Me: Simpsons Bartender
Twing: 255 results, first one included ‘Moe’
Not bad….
Me: 1980 Olympics
Twing: 2100 results, second one was about the USA hockey team - exactly what I was looking for
Very nice
Me: Tetris creator
Twing: 312 results, first one including Alexey Pajitnov.
I am extremely impressed
Overall, Twing did a great job handling search requests and providing an easy way to find information without following deep link trees. The user interface is also very nice and easy to use. Twing is definitely going to make an impact in the search engine world, watch out Google.
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Brian said
am May 25 2008 @ 11:27 pm
Try searching for Bill Clinton’s wife. Great results.
silvermoon said
am May 25 2008 @ 11:33 pm
Even better search: Funniest Viral Video
Sometimes I wonder why people even go online.
Yan said
am May 26 2008 @ 6:02 am
My first impression of its inteface is not quiet I expect it to be. It looks pretty outdated IMO. Are we now in the era of Web 2.0?
admin said
am May 26 2008 @ 8:56 am
Thats a good point, they need to get rid of some of the clutter, and make everything have the same color palette.
abby42901 said
am May 26 2008 @ 11:00 am
I am interested in how many searches they are getting per day. Technorati says 500 people are talking about Twing.
Ben said
am May 27 2008 @ 3:08 am
Check out Omgili.com - it searches forums, mailing lists, reviews, and other discussion based sources. The number of results you get are complete discussions and not separate posts (each discussion can have hundreds on posts).
It has buzz comparison for trend tracking, and advanced search where you can get results from discussion with minimum number of replies, users, engaged users and more…
Janice said
am May 27 2008 @ 1:35 pm
Twing is a good concept, but is rather cluttered.
Trackbacks said
am January 6 2009 @ 3:02 pm