I think you will find the video use case illustrative…what people are watching right now is valuable and complementary different than what YouTube search offers.

http://www.twitmatic.com

I think you will find the video use case illustrative…what people are watching right now is valuable and complementary different than what YouTube search offers.

http://www.twitmatic.com

Nice post. I agree that there need to be a lot more concrete examples of real time search before people “get it.”

one here http://bit.ly/nzz0L

I mainly use it when I know there is a large internet marketing conference going on, or occasionally something like FOWA in Miami.
I search on the hashtag for the event to see who is tweeting about it first hand.

In the case of internet marketing conferences, sure in information is sometimes useful, but I gain 3 very useful and specific pieces of information I couldn't get anywhere else.

1. What excites the audience – the soudbites they tweet are valuable for anyone looking to sell into the niche
2. Players with money – conference attendees who pay out $3000 for a few days, +hotel and travel are a profitable demographic to target
3. People with lists to build relationships with

Hashtag searches can be applied to almost any niche, though with twitter currently the primary users are early tech adopters and marketers.

p.s. You need a different Adsense block in the sidebar as that one is hidden by the CSS.