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Twing is a new forums search tool that's getting ready to officially launch next week. When I first read the email Twing sent over, I was immediately reminded of a forums search I covered a few days ago, Dipiti, though I must say there are a few notable differences between the two search engines.
Dipiti has a large focus on user interaction for the purpose of modifying the search results based on human feedback. Twing, on the other hand, is hoping to flex its algorithmic muscles and serve up the best forums search results on the web, with personalization options. With these personalization options, like email alerts and following options, Twing is inadvertently collecting data that can be used for improving its algorithm, but it appears that the new search site is decidedly avoiding the human-filtered approach.
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That being said, I was happy to see a rather extensive filtering sidebar that's present for narrowing down all of your search results. Modify existing searches by category, forum name, exact phrase inclusion or exclusion, and more. This is helpful in the sense that it lets you sift through the forums without having to read through all of them. I hate sifting through forums in order to find one measly answer, even with Google caching and Firefox's "Find" function. That was one issue I brought up during my review of Dipiti, and one worth mentioning for the review of Twing as well.