Recently, I came across the Twitter search engine over at http://search.twitter.com. It's an okay alternative to doing an online search and getting the most recent postings, in this case tweets, about something you're looking for in the Web. It would return search results for posts no older than a few days only. In this way, it's a trending tool more than anything else.
To see the latest trends, Twitter Search would be a good starting point. But there are other search engines for Twitter posts out there. Two of the more popular ones are Topsy and CrowdEye. If you want to check out other similar search services visit David Lee King's blog post here.
In what is probably an attempt to duplicate this service and to boost its own Google Buzz product, the Web's top search firm also came up with Google Real Time Search last December 2009 which is now housed at its own website. Apart from Twitter postings, the real-time search results will also list the latest Google Buzz entries as well as an abbreviated list of "mentions" from top websites. Status messages from other social networks also come out i.e. FriendFeed, MySpace and Facebook.
How do you know if you are on Real Time Search or just on plain-old search? Google's Real Time Search has a "Pause" link in case you want to temporarily deactivate the stream of latest tweets and buzzes. By the way, you may also access Real Time Search from any search results page. Just click "More" on the left menu and then "Updates".
Twitter Search Engines and Google Real Time Search will give you only the latest, most up-to-date resources for your searches. It doesn't mean that the content will be relevant but it sure beats getting dead links and outdated content. Go give it a try.
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