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Twitter search alternatives & tools (now we don’t have Topsy)
Twitter search alternatives & tools (now we don’t have Topsy) |
Twitter search alternatives & tools (now we don’t have Topsy) Posted: 18 Dec 2015 03:55 AM PST (Editors note: With the sad demise to Topsy on the 15th of December, we thought it a pretty good time to update our list of alternative tools for searching Twitter. The original was written back in April 2010 by Tad Chef, and sadly, it's not just Topsy from our original list of 30 alternatives that has since disappeared or stopped being updated). Back in 2010, Twitter added a mechanic to it's then creaky search mechanism that added the most popular tweets as well as the latest, but it's fair to say it didn't impress. So, we collated 30 of our favourite Twitter search tools as a handy reference. Now, Twitter has vastly improved it's internal search tool in the proceeding five years, and also offers some basic analysis tools such as Twitter Analytics (https://analytics.twitter.com). However, most digital marketers still make great use of third-party tools to make the most of searching Twitter. I personally have been recommending Topsy for several years to clients, colleagues and peers. Topsy's ability to search conversations back to 2006 and it's speed made it the most complete option. It's excellent layout, strong search functionality, granular filtering options and of course the excellent Topsy Analytics to compare different topics all made it my tool of choice. So much so in fact I even recommended it in my webinar for Kerboo, pretty much only a few hours before it was shut down by Apple. So, as well as looking for a more powerful Twitter search alternative, we now need alternatives to Topsy… So whether you're doing keyword research, PR or outreach research, looking for articles to aid your learning or any other type of Twitter search, here are some alternatives for you. Twitter search alternatives:
Twitter user search:
Twitter analytics with search functionality:
Visiting topsy.com now redirects you to an Apple support page on new search functionality within iOS9. This suggest Apple's reported $225 million purchase of Topsy in 2013 was all about it's search architecture rather than interest in it as a service. But, as you can from the list above, there are plenty of other ways to search Twitter for the data you need. What are your go-to methods or tools or searching Twitter? Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter and we'll add them to the list! The post Twitter search alternatives & tools (now we don’t have Topsy) appeared first on White.net. |
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Seth's Blog : The crowd, your work, and a choice
The crowd, your work, and a choice
The crowd prefers sweets.
The crowd gets on its feet when your band plays the big hit, and sits down for the new songs.
The crowd will pay far more for a steak dinner than a vegetable one, regardless of cost or effort or value.
The crowd will always pick the movie over the book.
The crowd would rather wait in line for the popular attraction.
The crowd likes to be chased.
The crowd likes explosions, resolved plots and ample lighting.
The crowd would prefer a digest.
The crowd never liked Ornette Coleman very much.
The crowd's favorite words include fast, easy, cheap, fun, now and simple.
The crowd needs a deadline.
The crowd is the group of people who don't get what you do, who loom on the horizon as the reward for making your work more popular.
And yet, the crowd continually gets more than it deserves, because people like you make work that matters. Work that you're proud of.
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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis |
- Denmark "Temporarily" Tightens Border Controls; Trains Cancelled; Cascade of Border Controls Grows; Understanding the Problems
- Government "Processing Error" Sinks Housing Reports for Entire Year; Where to From Here?
- Flattening of the Yield Curve in Pictures; Is an Inversion Necessary to Signal a Recession?
- Manufacturing ISM Sinks to January 2009 Low; Don't Count on Services or Housing to Save the Day
Posted: 04 Jan 2016 06:33 PM PST There are so many "temporary" border controls in the EU I have lost count. Fences, train checks, walls, payoffs to Turkey, pressure on Greece, are among the methods. Today we can add another "temporary" measure to the list as Denmark Tightens Border Controls with Germany. Denmark has imposed controls on its southern frontier with Germany in a move that is intended to stem the flow of migrants but will also deepen concerns about Europe's fraying commitment to the free movement of people.Cascade of Border Controls Grows The Wall Street Journal reports Sweden and Denmark Step Up Border Controls in Bid to Slow Flow of Migrants Sweden began enforcing tighter border controls Monday to curb the influx of asylum seekers, prompting Denmark to begin similar checks in a further weakening of Europe's principle of open borders.Schengen Agreement Not the Problem Problems are many, but the Schengen agreement that allows free movement between participating countries is not one of them. Here is a synopsis of the key issues. Six Fundamental Problems
Given there is an unlimited demand for free services, free food, and free shelter, the refugee crisis will not go away until those six fundamental problems are fixed. No key political leader in Europe understands the problem, especially chancellor Merkel. This refugee crisis will be her downfall. Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Government "Processing Error" Sinks Housing Reports for Entire Year; Where to From Here? Posted: 04 Jan 2016 12:47 PM PST Huge "Processing Error" in Government Housing Data When I saw some of the upwardly revised GDP estimates in 2015 I thought they were too good to be true, and that downward revisions were coming. I had almost given up on that idea, but I was correct all along. Last month, construction spending was reported to be up 1%. Today we see it was only 0.3%. Economists, being perpetual optimists, came up with a consensus estimate for this month of +0.7% The actual result is -0.4%, over a full percentage point below the consensus and nearly a pull point lower than the lowest estimate of +0.5%. Construction spending had been a highlight of the U.S. economy but less so with November's report where the headline fell 0.4 percent, far below the Econoday consensus for plus 0.7 percent. The year-on-year gain for spending, at 10.5 percent, is the lowest since April last year. Today's report also includes sharp downward revisions to prior months, the result of a processing error going back to January last year. October's initial 1.0 percent monthly gain is now cut 7 tenths to 0.3 percent while September is now at plus 0.2 percent vs an initial plus 0.6 percent.GDP Revisions Coming Up As a result of the discovery of a "processing error", huge by even government standards, not only will GDP estimates for the current quarter sink, so will reported GDP from prior quarters. Downward revisions are coming. The next GDP reports will reveal by how much. Bloomberg puts a positive spin on things pointing out the year-over-year gains. The more important question is: Where to from here? Total Construction Spending Total Construction Spending: Nonresidential Total Construction Spending: Residential Breakdowns
Nonresidential Breakdown
Where to From Here? It's difficult to judge many of those categories.
Certainly there are a lot of questions, but risks seem way skewed to the downside. It's looking more and more to me like the economy has already peaked. Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Flattening of the Yield Curve in Pictures; Is an Inversion Necessary to Signal a Recession? Posted: 04 Jan 2016 10:24 AM PST Curve watchers Anonymous has an eye on the yield curve. Here is a snapshot of year-end-closing values from 1998-12-31 through 2015-12-31. Yield Curve Year End Closing Values 1998-2015 Unlike 1999-2000 and again 2007-2007, no portions of the yield curve are inverted today (shorter-term rates higher than longer-term rates). Inversion is the traditional harbinger of recessions, but with the low end of the curve still very close to zero despite the first Fed hike, inversions are unlikely. Yield Curve Differentials: 3-Month to Longer Durations Yield Curve Differentials: 1-year to Longer Durations Yield Curve Differentials: 2-year to Longer Durations In general, albeit with some volatility, the yield curve has been flattening and spreads shrinking since 2013. If the economy was truly strengthening, one would expect the yield curve to steepen, with rates rising faster at the long end of the curve rather than the short end of the curve. But that's certainly not happening. Is an Inversion Necessary to Signal a Recession? Many believe no recession is on the horizon because the yield curve is not inverted. Pater Tenbebrarum at the Acting Man blog dispels that myth in A Dangerous Misconception. One popular theme gets reprinted in variations over and over again. Here is a recent example from Business Insider, which breathlessly informs us of the infallibility of the yield curve as a forecasting tool: "This Market Measure Has A Perfect Track Record For Predicting US Recessions" the headline informs us – and we dimly remember having seen variants of this article on the same site at least three times by now:I captured the charts at the beginning of this post on December 31. With the 2016 opening equity carnage today, the curve will be flatter at the end of the day. The yield curve does not believe the economy is strengthening, and neither do I. Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Manufacturing ISM Sinks to January 2009 Low; Don't Count on Services or Housing to Save the Day Posted: 04 Jan 2016 09:59 AM PST The perpetual optimists who month after month believe a manufacturing recovery is at hand are wrong once again. The Econoday Consensus Estimate called for a bit of stabilization following last month's damaging report. Instead the reading dipped further into contraction, below the lowest estimate of 48.5. ISM's manufacturing sample is reporting the weakest conditions since July 2009. At 48.2, December is much lower than Econoday's 49.2 consensus and is only the third sub-50 reading of the recovery. Yet the story, nevertheless, is much the same as it was in November which came in at 48.6 with both months showing slight contraction underway for both new orders and production. Employment in the sample, however, is noticeably weaker than November, at 48.1 for a more than 2 point decline and the second sub-50 reading in the last three months. A sizable 4.5 point rise for new export orders to 51.0 is a positive in the report. Inventories are steady and low but the sample still say inventories are a little bit high which betrays caution in their outlook. Prices for raw materials continue to contract, a reminder that low oil and commodity prices are making it difficult for the Fed to reach its 2 percent inflation target. This report points to ever softer conditions for a sector that, held down by energy and weak foreign demand, showed very little life during 2015.ISM 2013 to 2015 Don't Count on Services or Housing I have been pointing to this same chart for months. Something clearly turned late third or fourth quarter of 2014. The consensus opinion was manufacturing did not matter and the service economy and housing would carry the day. I did not buy that theory then, and I sure don't buy it today. Housing has been weakening for many months, and the Chicago PMI, a measure of both services and manufacturing points to upcoming carnage in services in my opinion. December 31, 2015: Chicago PMI Crashes, New Orders and Backlogs Plunge to May 2009 Level; Service Economy Headed for a Slowdown? September 30, 2015: Chicago PMI Unexpectedly Dives to Negative Territory; Production at Lowest Since July 2009; Emanuel's Tax Hikes Will Make Matters Worse Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
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