Always know the top story for your interests.

We just launched Scoopler Top 10s on twitter. Scoopler Top 10s make it easy to keep up with the latest info about what you care about.  When something hits the top of one a category on Scoopler.com we'll tweet it out to you right away.  On average, it's just about 10 tweets a day.  If you're tired of checking back constantly to a website to know what's happening or if you're tired of getting every last tweet of your favorite blog jamming your feed, then try this out.

Follow these twitter IDs:

@Top10WorldBiz - Top stories in World and Business
@Top10Gaming - Top stories in the Gaming universe
@Top10Technology - Top stories in Tech
@Top10Entertain - Top stories in Entertainment or just to entertain you
@Top10Sports - Top stories in sports
@Top10Lifestyle - Top stories in Lifestyle interests
@Top10Politics - Top stories in Politics
@Top10Science - Top stories in Science
@Top10Scoops - Top stories from across the real-time web

or see them all here:

@scoopler/topten

Check it out!

As always, we love to hear from you.  Let us know if you like it, how to make it better, or anything else you want. Email feedbackATscooplerDOTcom or leave your comments below!

Enjoy!

I am stoked to have joined Scoopler, so after months of staring at realtime results, I'm proud to blog my first thoughts on the world of realtime search...

Recent positive feedback and honest smackdown of a large, multi-colored competitor has spurred me to comment on the state of realtime search and reaffirm the visionary position of Scoopler.

Let's be blunt, most of the live information being posted through twitter, digg, justin.tv or elsewhere isn't relevant to you. If you were to stand in front of the jet-engine equivalent of the real-time web, not only would the noise be deafening, you couldn't hear anyone telling you good information like "it's probably not safe to stand in front a jet engine." What's beautiful about the breeze though (to force the analogy) is that there really are people speaking those good tidbits of information amongst all the noise; signals that we can hear if filtered smartly. And that's the lofty goal of real-time search engines: be the noise-cancelling headsets of the real-time web.

So what does it take? A lot of attempts seem to take an algorithm based on tweet count and then display the results like a standard search engine. That's great, but real-time search isn't used the same way as static search. Realtime information is constantly shifting to the next important development. Think Tiger Woods accident, to attack, to scandal. How fast did that happen again? I still have whiplash from the car crash. Real-time search isn't just about the algorithm, it's also about the delivery. It's the difference between the cheapo earphones and the best noise isolating headphones (yeah, they're better than bose).

For any developing search topic, Scoopler delivers the complete picture based on our three principals: filter, live-update, and live-feed.  Scoopler Popular shares has the filtered, noise-cancelled goodness you'd expect.  Popular shares also updates live right when something changes (something we're working on making more obvious). Finally, the Live Posts column allows you to see the next bit of info right when it's first share.  Take all three together and you get the full picture.

So open Scoopler, search for your flavor of the moment and tune in with high-fidelity to the real-time web.

-- Ben

P.S. We'd like to tune into you. Share your thoughts to feedback[at]scoopler[dot]com or send them direct to me ben[at]scoopler[dot]com.  Alternatively, leave us your comments below!

We have some awesome news here at Scoopler HQ:

We have just hired Ben Tauber to join our founding team as Chief Operations Officer.  Ben has been a close friend and advisor to Scoopler since we first interviewed with YC in April 2008.  Ben was previously Product Manager, Platforms, Operations and Saas at Adobe and we're excited to be leveraging his skills and experience here at Scoopler.  He will be working with on product management, hiring, operations and overall strategy as well as adding to our Engineering efforts.  

Here's Ben getting his hands on some Python:

You can find out more about Ben on his LinkedIn profile: 

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/benjamin-tauber/2/505/b00 

Follow him on twitter:

http//twitter.com/btaubster

Or email ben[at]scoopler[dot]com

Would you like to join Ben and become part of the Real-Time Revolution?  

We're looking for talented individuals to join our growing team and help us remain at the cutting edge of this exciting new field.  If you want to join our young and ambitious start-up, please check out our job postings here: http://scoopler.com/jobs.

What's New

1. RSS feeds for searches and categories
2. Peek is the now default for links, images and videos

Easy RSS feeds

Another handy way to keep up to date with the latest content you care about, Scoopler’s easy RSS feeds make, well, easy. Available for custom searches and categories, the feed will push what’s popular right to your reader.

The two-step how to:

1. Search for your or click a category
2. Click the RSS button and copy the URL into your favorite RSS reader

Customize the content type

Only want to see video, images or links in your RSS feed? Scoopler does that too. Choose the content type you want to view first in the popular column, then click the RSS button and you’re set.

Quick Peek

With Quick Peek you can rapidly view lots of content without browsing away from Scoopler. Click any link and a preview of the page loads directly in Scoopler while keeping your search results fresh in the background. Peek a link, check it out, then move on. This was already the default option for video and images, by popular demand it’s now default for links as well.

To view the link in a separate browser, click the new window button to the right of the link, though we think this is so handy you won’t need to.

* Why does peek sometimes send me directly to the page? Because some providers, such as hulu.com, force their content to only load in a separate page as is their prerogative.

Enjoy!

We're excited to announce that we've just closed our seed round of funding from an awesome set of investors including Ron Conway, Michael Birch, Avalon Ventures and XG-Ventures.

Check out the full article on TechCrunch.com:

We've been working hard over the last few weeks on making search faster and the upgrade is now live.  Our aim is to really speed up our page load time and this has brought us one step closer.  We hope you notice the difference!  

We've just launched an exciting set of new features on Scoopler to help make it easier for you to discover the most interesting real-time content:

The Discovery Bar & Channels:

The new Discovery Bar at the top of every page on Scoopler is where you can find out what's hot in real-time right now.  The bar is the new home for the Hot Topics list and your recent searches list - just hover over the black area to see the lists in full.  Below the Hot Topics is the feature we're most excited about introducing you to in this new release: Scoopler Channels!   

Scoopler Channels give you the most relevant real-time content in Entertainment, Technology, Sports, World & Business, Science, Gaming, Politics and Lifestyle.  Whether you want to know the latest in Celebrity Gossip, get updates on the Monday Night Football or you just want to keep up with current affairs, check out our channels for second by second updates.  You can still see the trending content from across the whole site in the All Trending channel.

Videos and Images on the homepage:

You can now see the top 5 videos and images trending on Scoopler on the homepage along side the Hot Topics.  Clicking on a video plays it in a preview window on our site, so you don't even have to leave the page!

New Layout for Search Results:

We've switched around the Popular and Live columns and made them wider to make it easier to browse the results.  The "Popular Shares" column on the left shows you the links, videos and images for your search term which have been shared the most across all the feeds that we index.  The "Live Results" columns shows you the most recent results for your search and updates in real-time as you watch it!

That's all for now folks!  We've got some more exciting stuff in the pipeline coming soon so watch this space. 

Enjoy!

Read the full article here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10272370-2.html

Scoopler featured on the The Telegraph's Bright Ideas column by Richard Tyler:

Read the full article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/brightideas/5526217/Scoopler-Real-time-search-brings-events-to-life-online.html

[Update] Scoopler is now back up and at 100%.  The intermittent down time has been resolved and we're watching things closely to make sure it doesn't happen again.  Thanks for your patience.

--AJ.