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Summize ties itself to Twitter, introduces local search

Search engine Summize has officially refocused its business model on Twitter search, according to Masahable. It has also just introduced local search. “For example, search for ‘McCain near:’phonix az’ and you can see what people in the GOP’s Presidential Candidate’s home state are tweeting about him. You can also access the local search via the Advanced Options page of Summize so you don’t have to memorize the syntax.” Does it make good business sense to tie your business model to Twitter? Read the story.

Study reveals top five words on Twitter, interesting trends

New media blog ReadWriteWeb teamed up with search engine Summize to study who exactly is on Twitter and what they tweet. One interesting finding: Five percent of all tweets are produced by the top 100 active accounts, and many of these are not people, but rather feed bots, like the one we use at Twitter Gossip.

The top five words people send on twitter? “Test,” “lol,” “working,” a smiley emoticon, and “sleeping.” They also found “that there are three main types of conversations going on.” First are status messages like “going to sleep.” Second there are short-term memes like an episode of a TV show or the death of a celebrity. Finally are long-term memes like the presidential race. Read the story.

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