Twing searches online communities

The Internet is a huge buzz machine, a place where gossip, trends, fashion and the latest news is analyzed, shaped and spread. And a lot of that buzz originates in online communities… chat rooms and forums.

There’s a brand new tool that does to online forums what Google does for Web pages.

It’s called Twing and what it does is search the postings in forums and discussion groups. A lot of the content found in these active online communities is missed or not indexed by the traditional search engines like Google and Yahoo and the like.

Twing concentrates on them and returns listings from dozens of categories and thousands of online forums. Type in your phrase and you can search by posts, topics or forum.

This is a great way to see what online users are saying, an instant reality check on hot topics or subjects you want information on from real people. The site is free to use, though if you register - also free -“ you can save your favorite searches and forums.