http://louisgray.disqus.com/A Silicon Valley Blog for Early Adopters and Tech GeeksenFri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:38 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12087611Nowadays, people are getting more and more interested in real-time results instead of traditional search results. FriendFeed will surely succeed for its innovative features that help people getting more precise real-time results. However, there are strong competitors like <a href="http://aafter.com/" rel="nofollow">http://aafter.com/</a> that also provide real-time searches from Twitter and FriendFeed has to compete with them. <br><br>Regards,<br>SharonHillSharoHillFri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:38 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12076134It's really awesome and thanks for the great review.SakibFri, 03 Jul 2009 13:23:27 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12074861OK - so that's insane.<br><br>FriendFeed is solidfying itself as the centre of our social profiles and even social research. Still the question for me is, what about the mass market? What will be the next social media tool to enter into the mainstream - and how do we facilitate this, as opposed to sharing content between ourselves till the cows come home...<br><br>Thoughts?<br>SGscottgouldFri, 03 Jul 2009 12:16:39 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12072924You're absolutely right. This type of search is the base upon which a <a href="http://almightylink.ksablan.com/2009/06/lifestreaming-why-not-a-storystreaming-platform/" rel="nofollow">storystreaming platform</a> can be built. Though the raw feed is useful, it contains many issues that make it difficult for many to follow a story: content repetition, spam-flagging, lack of context around individual posts, etc.<br><br>Automated systems could leverage the wisdom of the crowd to try to create "stories" out of real-time search, but even Techmeme added a human editor to their team.<br><br>Social media-savvy bloggers and journalists can handle the task and create those stories in new blog posts, but that post would not reflect real-time changes.<br><br>With a smart editing and real-time publishing platform, experienced journalists with social media skills, or social media ubergeeks with journalism skills, could address some of the issues I listed above:<br>- Repeated content could show up as one item, and given proper prominence. <br>- Spam could be identified and filtered out.<br>- Individual posts could be visually tied to related content.ksablanFri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:15 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12069473As someone that runs multiple conference series, that's a really interesting concept. We had a dashboard created that pulls in blog posts, Twitter Search and Flickr. But, with this addition you could pull in everything, you''d just need to find a way to display it nicely.justinlevyFri, 03 Jul 2009 09:29:16 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12069442This is a really interesting update from FF. I wonder how long it will now be until Facebook releases FB search and how similar it will be to FF...justinlevyFri, 03 Jul 2009 09:27:24 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12066380Friendfeed continues to add new and exciting features for the userbase, the site offers considerable value and potential with the real-time capabilities. I feel it's only a matter of time before the site experiences a real hockey stick moment in terms of its growth just shooting up!!twitter-3292401Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:10:21 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12062232But if no one uses friendfeed it's all a little irrelevant no?BobFri, 03 Jul 2009 00:50:21 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12062118Nice! I think there are some real interesting implications here, particularly for stories involving breaking news.Brandon MendelsonFri, 03 Jul 2009 00:43:04 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12053199When I think about everything friendfeed has done including today; it's clear who the visionaries are of the realtime web. They just get it, and they also have the skills to pull it off. It's very impressive.michaelfidlerThu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:58 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12050846A couple of observations:<br><br>(1) The search capabilities are not perfect. I have been unable to determine why <a href="http://friendfeed.com/empoprises/33a8220c/so-if-i-mention-louis-gray-will-this-friendfeed" rel="nofollow">this FriendFeed entry</a> never showed up in the window above. But when search works, it truly works in real-time. <br><br>(2) This probably goes without saying, but the "Spanning 50+ Social Sites" in the title needs to be clarified. FriendFeed only searches the information that was input into FriendFeed. So if you enter a blog post title, all that FriendFeed knows about is the title. But if you then append portions of the post (or the entire post) as one or more comments, then FriendFeed can search that also (provided you're not using an "intitle" search or something like that). One ramification is that if you really want people to see your blog post content, and it's not critical that they go back to the original source to do so, then you should append your entire blog post as a comment - and coincidentally, FriendFeed recently expanded its commenting capabilities to allow long comments.empoprisesThu, 02 Jul 2009 18:25:22 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/04/twitter-caps-following-limits-denting.html#comment-12046730Thank you for the insight Louis...<br><br>I find it highly irritating that twitter can't even <br>eliminate the programming glitches in their front<br>end, much less the goofy limitations...<br><br>it's awful confusing, but you shed some<br>light on it, thanks...<br><br>Jeff Davis CEO<br><a href="http://WorkAtHomeJobsNow.com" rel="nofollow">WorkAtHomeJobsNow.com</a>blujamThu, 02 Jul 2009 16:52:04 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12046675Admit it, you just wanted to leave a comment so you could see it pop up in the box. :)louismgThu, 02 Jul 2009 16:50:34 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12046953A bit heavy, indeed, but I don't know of any other real-time search service that comes close to providing the ability to navigate so much info so quickly and efficiently. Monitoring dozens of feeds on what is essentially a single screen is a breeze.Sean McBrideThu, 02 Jul 2009 16:35:00 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12046952@ sean - using Peoplebrowsr for the same thing. seems a little heavy though.nicefishfilmsThu, 02 Jul 2009 16:29:00 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12045598Its bizarrely recursive to be reading an article about real-time search, whilst in the middle of the article a real-time search box merrily shows people linking to and discussing the very same article on real-time search.DGentryThu, 02 Jul 2009 16:25:25 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12044730Why I am using Peoplebrowsr for real-time search: I can quickly click through 16 searches with four keystrokes using the right cursor key in just a few seconds. Bam. Zap. Mainlining the net with zero friction. I like it like that.Sean McBrideThu, 02 Jul 2009 16:00:00 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12044728Real-time search is a great feature.. Yeah!John SerraThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:50:00 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12044729FF FTW!ShaneThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:50:00 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12044726you lost your ego? :o/Rob Sellen :o)Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:46:00 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12044134I don't have any more insight than you do, but I bet they take tomorrow off and have a 3-day weekend. That said, this team can code better while sleeping than most companies do while awake. So I never count them out.louismgThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:45:22 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12044103Nice blog post, Louis! I see you've done your research, could this be the beginning of new updates? I mean just yesterday they added the themes. What are they going to add tomorrow?iMJRThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:44:09 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12044099this is another major step forward for FriendFeed; now FriendFeed can e.g. be used during conferences to track #hashtags on a realtime basis.twitter-11439022Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:58 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/07/friendfeed-debuts-real-time-search.html#comment-12044725ego search is fun againDobromir HadzhievThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:42:00 -0000http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/06/five-blogs-under-radar-june-2009.html#comment-12031445Upon reading the post I couldn't help not to giggle, since I just recently discovered Jorge Escobar's excellent blog a few days ago. The rest were totally in the dark for me, which is quite a shame considering I've been missing out on such well authored blogs like <a href="http://brandimpact.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">http://brandimpact.wordpress.com/</a> or <a href="http://blog.owengreaves.com" rel="nofollow">http://blog.owengreaves.com</a>.Tibi PuiuThu, 02 Jul 2009 10:08:17 -0000