May. 2, 2009 - Twitter Search Box Feature

I am very excited about the "new"er Search Box feature in the sidebar on Twitter.

Caroline McCarthy of cnet news posted Search Box starts popping up onTwitter back in March, but said, "I unfortunately don't have access to it yet..." She posted this screen shot

The Twitter Search Box on my Twitter page accessed via @ARDELLd  shows the search box further down in the sidebar. Often you will see things "pop up" in Twitter briefly, as they test out new formats, only to have them disappear when you next log in.

I noticed the search box during the tremendously exciting Game 6 of the Celtics vs. the Bulls, particularly during the final stages and into the 3 overtimes. Tweeting about Ray Allen among my normal Twitter-friends was...well, boring.  Only a few were watching the game, though one turned the channel to the game as a result of my tweet:

"Recommend you watch the last 7.5 minutes of the Celtics and the Bulls. The Ray-Ray is hot! 12 pt lead is down to 5 with some heavy action".6:28 PM Apr 30th from web

I put Ray Allen in the search box and found all the Chicago fans lamenting the skill of Ray.  Then I put in Ray-Ray and Jesus (from Ray Allen's name in "He Got Game" and found all the Celtics fans.  Then I mentioned that I am really a Seattle-Ray Allen fan and found a Sonics die hard Tweeter.. Something seems to be wrong with his tweet stream as it appears differently everytime I view it, unless he's deleting his own updates.

You can read Caroline's article to learn about the importance of Twitter having it's own features, decreasing the need for so many Twitter apps and expanding the number of people using the web access to Twitter vs. TweetDeck and other applications.

For now, the search box is working for me, and I find it invaluable! Especially coming up on Game 7 tonight of the Celtics and the Bulls.  I happen to like Boston and Chicago equally, but I will follow Ray Allen anywhere he may go.

May. 12, 2009 - RE: Twitter Search Box Feature

Wow, a Jesus Shuttleworth reference.... nice. I haven't noticed this search feature yet. I'll keep an eye out for it. Thanks!