The rumors have been around for a while, but it’s finally been confirmed: Twitter has bought Summize, the ever-popular Twitter search tool. And it’s official official here, folks – the Twitter logo has replaced the Summize logo on Summize.com

I have some reservations about this, but not because I don’t like Summize. I love Summize. In fact, it’s the only thing that’s ever really worked for me when tracking the most important term on Twitter (mseasons) 100 percent. Everything else has let me down time and time again. Let’s go through the list, shall we?

  • Twitter-based text alerts for “mseasons” barely ever work now (except for direct messages). In fact for the last two months I think I’ve received two texts, despite the fact that I’ve checked that I’ve done my tracking correctly at least 10 times.
  • After text proved unsuccessful, I used TweetScan. I used to laud it, but then it started randomly leaving Tweets things out.
  • Then I moved on to Quotably and Flaptor, but mainly because I felt like I had to use more than one tool to cross-reference for accuracy.

Four different avenues and I wasn’t really happy with any of them. So, left with nothing to do but search for a new alternative, I found Summize, which never seems to miss a thing.

However, with Twitter’s not-so-stellar reputation for reliability and the fact that they’ve hired five out of six Summize employees, it makes a bit worried that Summize will start to go the same way.

**UPDATE** And now Summize/Twitter search has not reported any of my Twitter activity for the last 24 hours. I was sooooo right.


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