Twitter

[Mike Ungerman]

Post all things related to Twitter in this discussion by replying in the text box. Don't post a seperate discussion for each observation or question. Let's keep this organized folks.

[Mike Ungerman]

The Ten Top SEO Twitter Tips

With all the rumors suggesting that Google will soon offer real-time search capabilities, indexing Tweets and other real-time web data, now is a good time to take a closer look at your Twitter (Twitter) presence. Even now, what you tweet can be held against you on the engines, although it can also work to your advantage.

But, never fear, you still have time to start optimizing your Twitter presence before your random tweets about what you ate for lunch start appearing in searches for your name. By following these ten Twitter tips, you, your company or your brand can build up more prominent links in high places on the engines.

Full story: http://bit.ly/18yEGj

[Hewie Poplock]

Twitter Guide Book
"Twitter is a social network used by millions of people, and thousands more are signing up every day to send short messages to groups of friends. But where's the user manual for Twitter? Where do new Twitter users go to learn about Tweeting, retweets, hashtags and customizing your Twitter profile? Where do you go if you want to know all about building a community on Twitter, or using Twitter for business? How can you find advanced tools for using Twitter on your phone or your desktop? To answer all these questions and more, we've assembled The Twitter Guide Book, a complete collection of resources for mastering Twitter. Happy Tweeting!" - Pete Cashmore, @Mashable

Take a look at the Twitter Guide Book for lots of info & help with Twitter
http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

[Mike Ungerman]

HOW TO: Create Custom Twitter Backgrounds

Since the early days of Twitter (Twitter), users have had the ability to upload their own background images. From photos of cute kittens to jaw-dropping mosaics, the Twitter background has been a key medium for self-expression, personal branding, and personal fulfillment.

Full blog here: http://mashable.com/2009/05/23/twitter-backgrounds/

[Hewie Poplock]

Tweeting from the Web? Nine Alternative Web Clients

from http://tinyurl.com/mcd4ms
There is a guest post on Tech Crunch by Israeli blogger Orli Yakuel, who has apparently spent a significant amount of time testing every single way of accessing Twitter. In this post she shares her experiences with nine of her favorite web interfaces for the Twitter service (we have one more that we like, too - tunein, that just launched a week ago). The tenth, of course, is Twitter.com - but the cool kids always want to be a little different. You can read more from Orli on her blog, go2web20.

Believe it or not, almost 50% of Twitter users, prefer to tweet directly from Twitter.com. This isn’t surprising, but most heavy Twitter users agree that Twitter.com is actually the poorest user experience among the plethora of alternative web applications to access the service. But there’s one thing Twitter.com has going for it (besides being the default way all new users access Twitter) - it’s simple and easy to use.

But after few months of using Twitter you begin to look for the retweet button, the auto-refresh updates, or a way to create groups, and moreover, you are looking for a better way to navigate through your endless list of friends and/or content. You won’t find these features on Twitter (although the Power Twitter Add-on gets you most of the way there), but here’s a list of alternative web applications that will let you monitor your Twitter account from your browser in a much richer way than the Twitter site itself. Read more...