Google's "In Quotes" Search Helps the Spin Go Round and Round
Just in time for the debates (whenever they happen), Google has released a political search engine called "In Quotes." The search engine helps people find what John McCain or Barack Obama have said about a variety of issues. (For elections in Canada, India, or the UK, see the drop-down menu in the top right hand corner.)
Sad but true, elections are often won and lost on one-liners, whether they be gaffes or zingers. Now, "In Quotes" will help passionate politicos perpetuate the sound bites fast and furious.
Interestingly enough, the "quotes" that appear on the front page are already soundbites culled by reporters. It would be a little more helpful if the search results provided excerpts from speeches posted on the candidates' websites so that people could (finally) start investigating the context of what was said.
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On Friday, comScore announced that Google retained its lead in the U.S. core search market capturing 61.5 percent of the searches conducted in June 2008. By and large, the press coverage focused on the fact that Google's share of core searches was down slightly from May, while Yahoo! and Microsoft's share of core searches were up slightly from the previous month.
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Hubspot Releases State of the Twittersphere Report
Hubspot has released a report it dubs the "State of the Twittersphere" which they say is akin to Technorati's "State of the Blogosphere." It uses data from Twitter Grader (a very vain way of showing who's "popular" on Twitter) to offer the following interesting stats about the popular social networking tool:
What's missing from this data is how many user accounts are active. With so many users following or being followed by 25 or fewer people, it has me wondering if many people try Twitter but not really getting how it's useful. I was that way when I first tried Twitter in 2007. Of course, that was before you could do good searching of Twitter and when there were fewer people using it.
I started up again when I heard Peter Shankman speak at a local interactive marketing luncheon. He explained how to network on it and how to participate in the conversations going on via Twitter, and I've been a avid user ever since.
Now, I'll pass along the advice. Here are some great blog posts on how to make the most of Twitter.
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