This Twitter Search Engine is doing it Right!
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When I first wrote my impression of Twazzup, it felt like they were doing a better job than the rest of Twitter search engines out there. But lately I've noticed they've taken another step forward by collaborating with several events/conferences' organizers, such as Google I/O | JavaOne | WWDC09 and a few more, to build a personally customized Twitter search page.
The event pages have all the Twazzup search and real-time analysis features, but applied to a configurable sub-tweet stream (all tweets matching #javaone for instance, but it could also be any more complex query).
Featured queries can also be configured to make it easy for conference attendees to find information to specific sub-topics
Twazzup also has some specific modules that can be enabled on any event page:
Speaker Module
Feature the tweets from specific subject experts. It enable conference organizers & speakers, to make announcements using twitter.
Video Module
To feature official videos from the event (can be configured to pull content from any given users and hashtag)
UStream Module
To feature follow the UStream from events
Contributor Module
This module featured the people tweeting on the specific Twazzup query. By default for a conference it will show all the tweep tweeting about the conference. If you drill down to a sub-topic, it will show the people tweeting about that topic.
TV Mode
Twazzup also worked on an optimized mode for TV screens. This already enabled the organizers of Google I/O and JavaOne to feature the event tweetstream on a flat screens - you can see an example here.
In my opinion, it is way better to show only the tweets without additional models on the sidebar when showing on a big screen, it only causes distraction.
I believe that the more partnerships Twazzup will have, the more they'll add features and models to expand their service, but the real question is: can they back-up the tweets on the event page so it'll live longer than it live on Twitter today?
Update:
I've asked Twazzup a few questions about their event page availability, and here's what they had to say:
Q) For how long whould you keep the event URL?
A) Currently we can run up to 8 custom events in parallel, so we have been redirecting the old event URLs to www.twazzup.com as needed. In practice the traffic to an event page tends to die down quickly once the event is over.
With the new solution we are working on, we will make the process of creating an event page self-service, and we will not be limited with the number of concurrent events we can support.
Q) Twitter is not saving updates more than a year (maybe less), what about you? For how long the content will be available?
A) Currently, we have the same restriction as twitter. In practice so far, it seems like the interest is really more in the real-time access during the event, and traffic to the event page dies down quickly once the event is over.
On the other hand, conference organizers have been interested in getting metrics, and better reporting from what was said during the conference, so we are looking at an archiving solution that will most likely be targeted at reporting.
The event pages have all the Twazzup search and real-time analysis features, but applied to a configurable sub-tweet stream (all tweets matching #javaone for instance, but it could also be any more complex query).
Featured queries can also be configured to make it easy for conference attendees to find information to specific sub-topics
Twazzup also has some specific modules that can be enabled on any event page:
Speaker Module
Feature the tweets from specific subject experts. It enable conference organizers & speakers, to make announcements using twitter.
Video Module
To feature official videos from the event (can be configured to pull content from any given users and hashtag)
UStream Module
To feature follow the UStream from events
Contributor Module
This module featured the people tweeting on the specific Twazzup query. By default for a conference it will show all the tweep tweeting about the conference. If you drill down to a sub-topic, it will show the people tweeting about that topic.
TV Mode
Twazzup also worked on an optimized mode for TV screens. This already enabled the organizers of Google I/O and JavaOne to feature the event tweetstream on a flat screens - you can see an example here.
In my opinion, it is way better to show only the tweets without additional models on the sidebar when showing on a big screen, it only causes distraction.
I believe that the more partnerships Twazzup will have, the more they'll add features and models to expand their service, but the real question is: can they back-up the tweets on the event page so it'll live longer than it live on Twitter today?
Update:
I've asked Twazzup a few questions about their event page availability, and here's what they had to say:
Q) For how long whould you keep the event URL?
A) Currently we can run up to 8 custom events in parallel, so we have been redirecting the old event URLs to www.twazzup.com as needed. In practice the traffic to an event page tends to die down quickly once the event is over.
With the new solution we are working on, we will make the process of creating an event page self-service, and we will not be limited with the number of concurrent events we can support.
Q) Twitter is not saving updates more than a year (maybe less), what about you? For how long the content will be available?
A) Currently, we have the same restriction as twitter. In practice so far, it seems like the interest is really more in the real-time access during the event, and traffic to the event page dies down quickly once the event is over.
On the other hand, conference organizers have been interested in getting metrics, and better reporting from what was said during the conference, so we are looking at an archiving solution that will most likely be targeted at reporting.
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