Here’s a search tool that you can use to see what people are talking about on social media sites. WhosTalkin is a great way to find out what others are saying about your business or your field. Just type in your search term and WhosTalkin will search all the social media site for matching conversations and return results in a few minutes. Social Media Search Engine, WhosTalkin, Recently Integrated Facebook’s New API, Giving The Search Tool Unrepresented Reach. Pawleys Island, SC (Content by PRWEB) October 5, 2010 Social media search engine, WhosTalkin, recently integrated Facebook’s new API, giving the search tool unrepresented reach. WhosTalkin is a social media search engine that searches real time conversations from around 60 different social media gateways. Adding Facebook, marks a significant step for the almost 2 year old search company. Along with the Facebook addition, WhosTalkin, is also launching a new aggregation engine, a new real time metric, and the ability to export results directly from the search tool. Joe Hall, founder and CEO says, "We knew that in order to integrate Facebook, we would need to change the way we aggregate data to facilitate large scale searching." As a result, WhosTalkin has launched a new aggregation engine that now powers their service. Hall says, "We are very happy with initial test." The new engine will allow WhosTalkin’s developers to easily add new social media gate ways over time. "The social web is constantly changing, so we wanted our new system to be able to change and grow with it." says Hall. The new aggregation engine has opened doors for Hall to launch other features as well. "We are also launching a new metric that we think gives a very accurate picture of the level of conversations in social media." states Hall. TalkRank is a new unique metric that gauges the level of conversation in social media. TalkRank is different than other social media metrics because its based on live data. Users can continually check TalkRank to monitor trends. Along with the new aggregation engine, the search tool now also allows for instant exporting of results. The search results can be directly exported into Microsoft Excel. In the future the search company plans to provide other formats. ### For the original version on PRWeb visit: http://www.prweb.com/releases/prwebsearch/facebook/prweb4592424.htm
Find New Customers Using Twitter Search
Most people think of Twitter as a place others post what they ate for breakfast or tweeting ones every move. Millions of people send tweets every day and tweet about everything from an experience with a company, complaints or even a request for information. Twitter Search is a powerful tool you can use to connect with potential customers. Perform your search depending on the type of business you own. If you own an online flower shop type in “flowers” to see all tweets where the word “flowers” appears. If it’s a web hosting business enter “web hosting” to display all tweets mentioning web hosting. Just typing in a search term like “web hosting” could possibly yield several hundred tweets. You might have a flower shop business located in Boise, ID and only interested in local customer. With advanced Twitter search you can plug in your search term, specify a location and the distance from that location. You even have the option to filter tweets by specific dates or even someone’s attitude (smiley face or a frown in the tweet). Now that you have your list of potential customers you can consider sending them a tweet or put in a request to follow them. Below each tweet is the option to reply to the sender or view just that tweet. Just hit reply and start typing your tweet right after the @username. You might consider posting a link (use a URL shortener like bit.ly) to a special offer for Twitter users or recommend your business. Be careful not to make it look like you are spamming them. But most people looking for information will welcome your tweet. If you entice them with the right offer you might find some new clients. Keep in mind that you need to have a Twitter account to reply to or send tweets. The other advantage of using Twitter search is finding dissatisfied customers. Finding those who are unhappy with your business can save you heartache. Major companies like Qwest and HP are using this to connect with those who might be unhappy but don’t contact the company. Instead they post their displeasure with a company in the form of a tweet. Do a search of your company’s name to see what others might be saying. It might save you from losing a customer or a chance to correct a bad situation. You don’t need a Twitter account to perform a search so check it out today. How have you used Twitter Search to promote your business? Happy searching!