Filed under: Internet, Text, Google, Search
Userscripts add real-time Twitter results to your Google search
One of the knocks against Google is is the fact that is doesn't currently provide real-time results - which is why some media outlets were calling Twitter a possible threat to Google last month. I'm pretty confident Google will be around for a while, but I do like the idea of consolidating the two engines I utilize most.
Movable Type consultant Mark Carey has put together a handy userscript that displays the 5 most recent tweets matching your Google query. It also adds a link to the Twitter search results in case you want to dig a bit deeper. [ download from userscripts.org ]
Or you could install a second userscript that adds fulls results to a tab on the Google results page:
Developed by Franz Enzenhofer, this script adds a simple Twitter link next to Web that displays results with the Twitter user's avatar on their own page. This one's also CC licensed so you can hack it up anyway you see fit. [ download from the author ]
[ via ReadWriteWeb ]
Movable Type consultant Mark Carey has put together a handy userscript that displays the 5 most recent tweets matching your Google query. It also adds a link to the Twitter search results in case you want to dig a bit deeper. [ download from userscripts.org ]
Or you could install a second userscript that adds fulls results to a tab on the Google results page:
[ via ReadWriteWeb ]
Get a WordPress.com Blog
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Christian said 7:55PM on 3-02-2009
I fear that spammers in twitter will exist more on twitter now if they know they can easily be searched in google.
Reply
Dolores Parker said 11:09PM on 3-02-2009
I'm a fan of this script. It turbo charges results.
Reply
Aalaap Ghag said 2:44AM on 3-03-2009
Marvelous! Can't wait till Google Chrome starts supporting User Scripts (I'm running 2.0 beta, but it's user script installation procedure is not very exciting).
Reply