Twitter as a search engine?
July 16th, 2008 by David Stone. 6 Comments »Here’s an experiment. Since Twitter acquired & integrated Summize ($15m Cash+Stock) they’ve had search. A better search then Twitter had previously. So, why not try it as your default search?
For Safari:
- Open Terminal
- Run:
perl -pi -e 's/%@.google.com\/%@\?q=%@&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8/search.twitter.com\/search\?no=%@,%@&q=%@/g' /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari(this should all be on one line within Terminal)
For Firefox:
- Install Twitter Search
- Or, get more in-depth instructions:
http://prototypes.builtbydave.co.uk/twitter-search/
Maybe I’ll do a follow up blog with any effects I notice.