In chapter 19 of Engage, Brain Solis describes some search engines for social media. Most of these tools were new to me since I always turn to Google first. Here are a tools that I thought were worth highlighting.
Search Engines:
Like I said I typically use Google to do all of my searches. But Solis discussed another search engine called Collecta. “Collecta is the first true real-time search engine that monitors not just Twitter but the update streams of new sites, popular blogs, and social media sites” (Solis, 235). To me it seems like a Yahoo pipe for the entire internet through one search.
Microblogs:
“FriendFeed is a microblog that aggregates content from multiple networks into one easy-to-follow collective system” (Solis, 236). From what I ready, FriendFeed is similar to TweetDeck, except owned by Facebook. The microblog makes it easier to share, follow, comment and like you and your friends activity on a variety of social media sites. So if you don’t want to have multiple tabs open on a web browser, this microblog is for you.
