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October 15, 2008 1:47 AM PDT

Twitter accidentally reveals search integration?

by Harrison Hoffman
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Twitter Search integration?

(Credit: Twitter on Get Satisfaction)

We've assumed that Twitter would be integrating Twitter Search (formerly Summize) into the main site for a while now. It seems that Twitter has accidentally confirmed this integration. A topic on Get Satisfaction, talking about new behavior for nudges, shows a screenshot of a newer version of the site, featuring Twitter Search. According to this shot, Twitter will implement keyword search via a box on the right side of the page. There is no word yet on when this update will go live.

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Biz Stone, from Twitter, tells us that the screenshot comes from an admin account where they try different things out from time to time. Even though he doesn't give a timeframe for the update, Biz says that, "...we'll definitely be integrating the search.twitter.com goodness into Twitter proper soon."

Harrison Hoffman is a tech enthusiast and co-founder of LiveSide.net, a blog about Windows Live. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
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by mDotAlmighty October 15, 2008 6:15 AM PDT
http://search.twitter.com/
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by miketempleton October 15, 2008 6:35 AM PDT
Twitter has had a plan for integrating Twitter Search into their interface for quite some time. Biz Stone told us what it would look like back in July when they purchased Summize.

http://microblink.com/2008/10/15/twitter-reveals-search-integration-by-accident-not-really/
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by CannonGod October 15, 2008 7:27 AM PDT
There's a userscript that does this already if you use GreaseMonkey: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30720

Probably a screen grab of someone using it on a Mac. Also, didn't Twitter ALWAYS have a Nudge function? I never really used it but I'm 99.9% sure it was there before the redesign. Maybe someone scripted it back in. Not that I've looked because Twitter killed SMS in the UK ¬_¬
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by miketempleton October 15, 2008 7:39 AM PDT
They aren't adding the nudge function, but rather giving it new behaviors. Thanks for the GreaseMonkey script link.
by MitchBaldwindotcom October 15, 2008 2:59 PM PDT
Thanks for the update Harrison,

It will be nice when search is integrated within Twitter.
I use Twhirl and FriendFeed.
Get Satisfaction is a great way to communicate with your customers and they with you, so nice that they are also brought into this conversation.
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