Four #real-time search options leave Google behind
The bottom line for journalists is that Google no longer has the best answer to the simplest question: ‘What are people saying about [my query] right now?’ For those of us steeped in Google search experience – it’s a scarey thought.
Twitter monitoring – Tweetgrid
Another powerful monitoring tool that gives you the heads up on up to 9 terms in real-time. All the monitoring is done automatically and Tweetgrid let you customise the layout and search windows depending on the number of terms you want to cover. For more on Twitter monitoring.
Twitter monitoring – Tweetbeep
Monitor brands, competitors, names or any specific term using tweetbeep. Tweetbeep says the tool is like ‘Google Alerts for Twitter’. Like Google Alerts the service lets you keep track of terms mentioned on Twitter without having to visit the site or consult other monitoring tools. For more on Twitter monitoring.
Twitter monitoring tools
Headsup on a range of tools that lets you monitor Twitter posts in real-time.
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Twitter for Journalists – Webcast
The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism recently organised the webcast: Twitter for Journalists, or everything you wanted to know about Twitter but were afraid to ask.
The event set out to answer questions such as:
How can journalists use it in their day-to-day work?
What are best practices for journalists?
Whose work is, in Twitter terms, worth “following”?
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