When we launched Twitmatic six weeks ago, we knew we could answer the question "What are you watching?" But since then, we've been asking the question "Do you care?" The 1200+ following us @twitmatic are the most vocal of the group, responding emphatically "Yes!" Beyond that though, you told us Twitmatic has potential to be a regular stop on your social media day (thanks for all the emails & DMs!), and that's why in this version were trying take Twitmatic from a novelty to a truly useful tool. Based on all our users' feedback, here's what we've added to this latest version:

- Real-time video search
Instead of "all videos shared on Twitter" or just filters for Twitter Trends, you can now perform your own search (results sorted by recency) and save those searches to track in real time.

- Integration of "Log in with Twitter"
By logging in with your Twitter account, you can save your searches, mark videos as favorites, and follow people who share interesting videos. In our testing experience, this has been a very helpful tool
to discover new people on Twitter.

- Toggle between video and tweet view
You can now see a Twitter-like list view of the 20 most recent results that match your search (If only so you can easily see how distinctive our results are from other video search engines you currently use)

So what's the answer to "What are you watching?" Twitmatic.com, of course. If like the direction we are headed with this (even if the implementation is still rough around the edges), please tweet "What am I watching? Twitmatic.com, of course"

This entry was posted by Patrick on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 at 6:00 am and is filed under Mashups, New Media, News, Press Releases. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.