# Twitter Trends: Twist - Host: [techcrunch.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/techcrunch.com/) - Saved: April 23, 2008 (2008-04-23T15:08:05Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/383823ace932/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/383823ace932.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) The popularity of Google Trends, which lets users compare the relative popularity of words and phrases based on the quantity of search queries on Google over time, is starting to spawn similar services based on different data sets. Facebook now has Lexicon (launched April 15), which shows trends based on Wall posts. Twitter doesnt have an official in house trends product of their own, but Flaptor just released one called Twist. Like the related Google and Facebook services, Twist looks at mentions of the queried terms in messages and graphs them over time. Users can also click on any of the terms and go directly to the recent Twitter messages containing that term. Flaptor also has a good Twitter search tool, as well as a number of other projects. Brand owners, researchers and others are always looking for more data, and these tools are very useful for that. Startups like Scout Labs are also emerging to help aggregate and make sense of as much of this data as possible. My guess is well see them integrate as much of it as possible. CrunchBase Information Twist Information provided by CrunchBase Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [TwittEarth Makes Twitter A Global Experience](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/79b1ecbb9c73/) (techcrunch.com, April 21, 2008) - [Who Are The Biggest Users of Amazon Web Services? Its Not Startups.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d80fc1f6ac1d/) (techcrunch.com, April 21, 2008) - [CBS SportsLine Founder to Launch OPEN Sports Network](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/77d6dab962ee/) (techcrunch.com, April 25, 2008) - [Mint Moves Into Investment Tracking](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6df2c46bfeb3/) (techcrunch.com, April 30, 2008) - [Zenbe: Next-Generation Webmail, With A Platform Twist](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e4cd3eb9bfb1/) (techcrunch.com, April 30, 2008) ## Saved the same week - [TweetDumpr](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d6a1807a9ebe/) (bradkellett.com, April 22, 2008) - [Muxtape With Coverflow Using Fluid](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a2edfd9702d5/) (internetjogging.com, April 22, 2008) - [Identicons from Gravatar](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bb150338e05b/) (ma.tt, April 23, 2008) - [Flickr: 704 API Calls per Second](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b57bffd23441/) (programmableweb.com, April 23, 2008) - [5 Simple Ways To Keep Up With The Rails Community](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3068ac32e48b/) (draconis.com, April 23, 2008) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://techcrunch.com/2008/04/23/twitter-trends-twist/