Comments on: Where Are the Comment Search Engines? http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:23:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Christopher Golda http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190496 Christopher Golda Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:10:47 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190496 I wouldn't worry about us not having any competition right now. While building a comments search engine is relatively difficult — it took us months to reach the scale we're at now (hundreds of thousands of properties) — in the future, it will become easier to access comment-like data from popular services. For example, WordPress.com recently made all their comments searchable: <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/comment-search/" target="_blank">http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/comment-s...</a> I'd love to hear how you think we can improve search on BackType. You'll definitely start to see some improvements soon :) > Who knows, it may be there’s no viable business model around comment search. It's been fairly easy for us to make money from comment search — more than enough to operate the service without any "sales" etc. I wouldn't worry about us not having any competition right now. While building a comments search engine is relatively difficult — it took us months to reach the scale we're at now (hundreds of thousands of properties) — in the future, it will become easier to access comment-like data from popular services. For example, WordPress.com recently made all their comments searchable:
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/comment-s...

I'd love to hear how you think we can improve search on BackType. You'll definitely start to see some improvements soon :)

> Who knows, it may be there’s no viable business model around comment search.

It's been fairly easy for us to make money from comment search — more than enough to operate the service without any "sales" etc.

]]> By: GeekLad http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190494 GeekLad Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:32:10 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190494 I recently put together a search engine to identify blogs with dofollow comments: <a href="http://geeklad.com/dofollow-blog-search" target="_blank">http://geeklad.com/dofollow-blog-search</a> Basically, I crawl for blog comments, identify those that are dofollow, and build a list of blogs to use for a Google custom search engine. I once attempted to build a custom search engine to search Disqus comments but wasn't very successful. Backtype definitely has a monopoly on it right now. In my initial attempts to build my dofollow search engine, I tried to duplicate what they had done on some level, but was unsuccessful. After taking a different approach I was finally able to do it. I recently put together a search engine to identify blogs with dofollow comments:

http://geeklad.com/dofollow-blog-search

Basically, I crawl for blog comments, identify those that are dofollow, and build a list of blogs to use for a Google custom search engine. I once attempted to build a custom search engine to search Disqus comments but wasn't very successful.

Backtype definitely has a monopoly on it right now. In my initial attempts to build my dofollow search engine, I tried to duplicate what they had done on some level, but was unsuccessful. After taking a different approach I was finally able to do it.

]]> By: GeekLad http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190495 GeekLad Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:32:10 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190495 I recently put together a search engine to identify blogs with dofollow comments: <a href="http://geeklad.com/dofollow-blog-search" target="_blank">http://geeklad.com/dofollow-blog-search</a> Basically, I crawl for blog comments, identify those that are dofollow, and build a list of blogs to use for a Google custom search engine. I once attempted to build a custom search engine to search Disqus comments but wasn't very successful. Backtype definitely has a monopoly on it right now. In my initial attempts to build my dofollow search engine, I tried to duplicate what they had done on some level, but was unsuccessful. After taking a different approach I was finally able to do it. I recently put together a search engine to identify blogs with dofollow comments:

http://geeklad.com/dofollow-blog-search

Basically, I crawl for blog comments, identify those that are dofollow, and build a list of blogs to use for a Google custom search engine. I once attempted to build a custom search engine to search Disqus comments but wasn't very successful.

Backtype definitely has a monopoly on it right now. In my initial attempts to build my dofollow search engine, I tried to duplicate what they had done on some level, but was unsuccessful. After taking a different approach I was finally able to do it.

]]> By: dean collins http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190493 dean collins Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:20:52 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190493 lol it's a total hack application and not a 'search engine' but if you want to track keywords for twitter you can check out <a href="http://www.MyTwitterButler.com" target="_blank">http://www.MyTwitterButler.com</a> lol it's a total hack application and not a 'search engine' but if you want to track keywords for twitter you can check out http://www.MyTwitterButler.com

]]> By: Allan http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190492 Allan Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:55:56 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190492 Sounds easy enough to build. I think you'll see some pop up soon now that you've started the conversation and seeded ideas. What use case implies a willingness on some parties to pay? Sounds easy enough to build. I think you'll see some pop up soon now that you've started the conversation and seeded ideas. What use case implies a willingness on some parties to pay?

]]> By: Alecia O'Brien http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190491 Alecia O'Brien Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:40:22 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190491 Hi Mark, You've certainly identified a hole in the social media monitoring space. Here at dna13 we are currently looking at providers in the space, and evaluating them for potential partnerships - as soon as possible. Having visibility into how blog posts engage other people is really important for big and small companies alike. In the interim, I'm using Backtype too after meeting them at a trade show in the SV, and while the notifications are sometimes a little delayed - overall I'm found it quite useful. Cheers, Alecia O'Brien @aobrien @dna13 <a href="http://www.dna13.com" target="_blank">www.dna13.com</a> Hi Mark,
You've certainly identified a hole in the social media monitoring space. Here at dna13 we are currently looking at providers in the space, and evaluating them for potential partnerships – as soon as possible. Having visibility into how blog posts engage other people is really important for big and small companies alike.
In the interim, I'm using Backtype too after meeting them at a trade show in the SV, and while the notifications are sometimes a little delayed – overall I'm found it quite useful.
Cheers,
Alecia O'Brien
@aobrien @dna13
http://www.dna13.com

]]> By: markevans http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190490 markevans Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:06:06 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190490 Mitch,<br /><br /><br />With comments happening all over the place, don't you think there's a need/appetite for a meta-comment search engine?<br /><br /><br />Mark Mitch,

With comments happening all over the place, don't you think there's a need/appetite for a meta-comment search engine?

Mark

]]> By: Mitch Joel http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190489 Mitch Joel Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:00:36 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190489 The general idea is that the conversation is everywhere. Most of us online evangelists are talking about Blog postings on Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and beyond. I think it's important to have the open platform, but I think it's more important to have the conversation where it's most likely to be interacted with by the most passionate people. The general idea is that the conversation is everywhere. Most of us online evangelists are talking about Blog postings on Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and beyond. I think it's important to have the open platform, but I think it's more important to have the conversation where it's most likely to be interacted with by the most passionate people.

]]> By: markevans http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190488 markevans Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:39:05 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190488 I'll check out Boardtracker. Thanks for the suggestion.<br /><br /><br />Mark I'll check out Boardtracker. Thanks for the suggestion.

Mark

]]> By: Benjamin Koe http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-190484 Benjamin Koe Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:45:29 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/03/where-are-the-comment-search-engines/#comment-190484 Sorry, forgot the link: <a href="http://en.search.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://en.search.wordpress.com/</a> Sorry, forgot the link: http://en.search.wordpress.com/

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