LeapFish Integrates Topsy Into Real-Time Search Results

PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- LeapFish, an evolved search engine, announced today the integration of Topsy into its real-time search results. Consumers can now identify the most popular, relevant and influential results on the real-time web.

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Topsy is a search engine that finds the most talked about links on Twitter and organizes them by popularity and influence. Topsy's index is available via its extensive open API called Otter, which powers LeapFish's integration.

LeapFish's real-time search empowers consumers with immediate access to live news, video and imagery for any real time topic. Now through the integration of Topsy, LeapFish curates the Twitter stream into a powerful list of the most popular and influential links being shared in the real-time web.

"Real-time search just became a lot better," said LeapFish CEO, Behnam Behrouzi. "With Topsy's aggregation intelligence, LeapFish users now have the most popular and influential links on Twitter identified for them," said Behrouzi.

"LeapFish's integration of Topsy's ranked results provides a great example of the power and potential of the Otter API," said Vipul Ved Prakash, CEO of Topsy. "Topsy is excited to support LeapFish's innovative approach to providing users access to the hottest and best content," said Prakash.

To learn more about the newest additions to the site, visit http://www.leapfish.com.

About LeapFish:

LeapFish is an evolved search engine that captures the traditional, multi-media and real-time Web, through a single, connected search platform for both searching and sharing content. LeapFish is a privately held corporation headquartered out of CARR America Corporate Center in Pleasanton, California. For more information, visit blog.leapfish.com.

About Topsy:

Topsy is a next-generation search platform powered by the social web. Based in San Francisco, Topsy is a privately held company founded by Vipul Ved Prakash, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, and Gary Iwatani. For more information, visit labs.topsy.com/about/.

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