In the recent past, “realtime” has become one of the most overused buzzwords around (right up there with “social” and “community”). And nothing realtime has been more talked about than search.twitter.com. It’s been touted as a Google killer, though in it’s present state Twitter‘s search is an entirely different beast. For one thing, it currently…continue reading.
Twitter MentionsTwitter has made a change to the way users can track when they are mentioned by other Twitterers. The Replies page is no longer, and instead has been replaced by Mentions. To be more accurate, the Replies page has been changed into a Mentions page, though the URL twitter.com/replies remains the same. What does…continue reading.
Whrrl has hints of Brightkyte, Twitter, and many other microblogging or location based social networks. The key as Jeff Holden (CEO of Pelago the Makers of Whrrl) explains, “is the organization of the content.” Whrrl V2.0 (Which has yet to be released to the public) threads everything and turns it into a story rather than…continue reading.
If you’ve been on Twitter for a while, you’ve probably seen someone with an elaborate background that’s designed to work around the text elements of the Twitter layout. Maybe it’s got a photo and some contact information on the side, or maybe it just frames the main text field in some creative way. When you…continue reading.
Guest Post by Brooks Bayne of That’s What He Said Last night, fellow Los Angeleno, Jason Calacanis (@jasoncalacanis) tweeted about several folks acquiring 30k+ new followers in 6 days. I know Jason pays attention to numbers since part of his business is watching the numbers. Jason’s an industry leader using SEO to promote his business,…continue reading.
If you’re at all interested in technology or social media it is almost guaranteed that you have had some interaction with Twitter. Twitter, the 140 character ‘microblogging’ site, is interrupting our traditional online social interaction at a record pace. I personally couldn’t be more thankful. What used to require endless amounts of nurturing and attention…continue reading.
