Twing: So Long, It's Been Good To Know You

Pete Prestipino — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:23:00 GMT

My absolute favorite forum search tool Twing.com is apparently no longer active. Website Magazine has covered Twing several times in the past, and it was one of the best tools I had come across for Web professionals. It's a sad day in the world of forum search.

Twing was a very useful tool for following the conversation about your industry and your own brand. As such, the owners should not have any problem finding a buyer for the technology itself, which is as solid as solid gets. Twing allowed users to search by keyword, search particular forums, exclude terms, search by media and language among other filtering tools. Users were also able to submit their own forums to the Twing directory to generate traffic and become part of the Twing community, which is why it will probably get snapped up pretty quickly. It would be a shame otherwise.

If you know of another forum search we can add to our master list of forum search resources, please don't hesitate to let us know. Just send an email to editors@websitemagazine.com.

Monitoring Forums with Twing

Mike Phillips — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:30:00 GMT

Online forums are loaded with content - and it's not always easy to find or indexed by the search engines. As more users participate in these online communities and forums, more content is being overlooked. Twing.com (in beta) is a new search engine focused on discovering and filtering the online chatter.

“Online forums are an established medium people have been using to communicate since the early days of the internet, even predating the web. The number of users of these forums has been consistently growing year over year, and recent estimates of U.S. users alone exceeds 50 million,” said Kevin Shea, General Manager for Twing.com.

Twing could be a very useful tool for following the conversation about your industry, or even your own brand. By searching these forums you could discover what people are saying about your site - it's no secret that online discussions can spread rapidly, for better or worse. Find out what you're doing right and where you need to improve. There's only one true test for the value of your brand, and that's your audience or consumers.

Twing allows you to search by keyword, search particular forums, exclude terms, search by media or even language, among other filtering tools. You can also submit your own forum to the Twing directory to generate traffic and become part of the Twing community.

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Twing: So Long, It's Been Good To Know You

Monitoring Forums with Twing