ITPints: Real Time Search Engine
June 12, 2009
A happy quack to the reader who told me about ITPints.com, “the new real time Web search engine”. You can try out the beta version here. The developer of the system is Javier Arias, and you can find information about the system here. I liked Javier Arias’ style. He said:
itpints you can know what is people publishing on internet about anything of your interest, at the same time you’re searching for it. The relevancy of any result is given by when it was posted on internet. The possibilities are infinite, you can use it to follow what is happening on a concert of your favorite band, or search for news that are not even in the newspapers yet!
He also points to other services offering somewhat similar functions. Again: upfront and clear. The new system will soon feature an API. The ITPints.com site is compatible with the Firefox Ubiquity extension.
I ran several test queries on the system and found some useful links. For example, the query for “Beyond Search” returned Twitter references to my somewhat negative write up about a search engine optimization course that provided paying attendees with a “certification”. Definitely fresh results in my opinion.
My query for “text mining” returned several interesting links related to the use of text mining to “identify quality issues.” I was surprised that there was current activity around what is a niche technology. Text mining without analytics and behavior tracking is not the the main event. I found the flurry of posts about a PubMed text mining project quite useful and to me new information. I followed the ITPints.com hit to 7th Space and bookmarked the site.
The addled goose awards a happy quack.
Stephen Arnold, June 12, 2009
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