Topic: Microblogging

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What is Twitter?

Twitter is a social media platform that is based on conversation topics rather than connections. Anyone can post their opinion on any topic by simply using a hashtag (#) to categorise their message (eg #Cats). Unlike other social networks, connections on Twitter are essentially one way. Each user on Twitter has a feed, which contains […]

| Mar 16, 2019 at 4:17 pm ET
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Twitter Hits 100 Million ‘Active’ Users

Started just 5 years ago, Twitter announced today at the “State of the Union” that they have officially reached their 100 millionth ‘active’ user.  Of the active users, 55% use Twitter on their mobile devices.  Each month over 400 million unique visitors use Twitter.com alone.  Today Twitter is posting a billion tweets every five days, about […]

| Sep 8, 2011 at 1:21 pm ET
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Twitter Says Activity Levels Are Soaring

With the five-year anniversary of the first tweet approaching, Twitter says user activity is soaring. In a blog post that details tweet and account activity, Twitter says it’s “growing at a record pace.” Here are some of the details: Users are now sending one billion tweets per week. Over the last month, users posted an […]

| Mar 14, 2011 at 4:38 pm ET
Content

Super Bowl Sparks Twitter Record For Sporting Event

Fans watching the final few moments of the Super Bowl last weekend set a new record for Tweets-per-second (TPS) for a sporting event: 4,064 Tweets were sent at 10:07:16 p.m. EST, according to Twitter. The previous TPS record, of 3,283, was set during Japan’s 3-1 win over Denmark during the World Cup soccer tournament last […]

| Feb 9, 2011 at 4:43 pm ET
Facebook

Twitter’s New Year Tweet Record Shown In Stunning Video

Twitter started 2011 with a new record: 6,939 tweets were sent at four seconds after midnight in Japan. Twitter says that TPS rate (tweets per second) is more than double the previous high of 3,283 TPS during Japan’s World Cup soccer/football win over Denmark last summer. In a blog post detailing the new record, Twitter […]

| Jan 6, 2011 at 5:46 pm ET
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The Twitter Search Landscape

Twitter reports serving 19 billion searches per month, and that doesn’t even count Twitter-powered searches at the major search engines of Google, Yahoo and Bing. Where are all those searches happening? Who are the big players in Twitter search? No one really knows so far, which makes life tough for search marketers trying to decide […]

| May 3, 2010 at 8:59 am ET
SEO

Sergey Brin Might Do Google Buzz

Want to follow Google cofounder Sergey Brin on Google’s new microblogging service, Google Buzz? Brin says he might join in the future. During the Google Buzz launch event, Brin spoke of being a big fan, even using it to gather opinions internally at Google about a New York Times opinion piece he was writing about […]

| Feb 11, 2010 at 5:42 pm ET
Google

Liveblogging the Google Buzz Launch

Google is set to announce a new social tool at a 10:00 am event on its Mountain View campus. Due to the last-minute notice, we’re not on the scene, but Google is providing a webcast via YouTube that we’ll be using. Stay tuned for the liveblogging to start at 10 am or shortly thereafter…. Okay, […]

| Feb 9, 2010 at 12:55 pm ET
SEO

Where Have All The Old Tweets Gone?

Looking for old tweets? You won’t find any that are more than a week or so old on Twitter. Put the blame on all the massive number of new tweets coming in. The engines, they canna hold captain! Or that is, the search index behind Twitter Search can’t hold it all. NOTE: Since this was […]

| Jan 14, 2010 at 7:05 pm ET
Bing

Google & Bing’s Unequal Facebook Status Update Deals

Last week, Google seemingly caught up with Bing in the war over status updates from social sites, announcing a deal to get real time information from Facebook. In reality, Bing’s receiving more complete information. Both Google and Bing have coveted the “status updates” that users make on social sites like Twitter and Facebook. Our What […]

| Dec 16, 2009 at 3:30 pm ET
Ecommerce

Search & Real Time Madness

Make no mistake. I think real time search is indeed one of the most exciting developments that’s happened in the search space in years. But I also think search engines are acting a bit like cats getting a sniff of catnip. They’re high on real time search and acting kind of crazy. This week, Google […]

| Dec 10, 2009 at 2:25 pm ET
Ecommerce

Google Launches Real Time Search Results

So finally, we’ve got Google Real Time search, as the company has announced. Below, I’m doing a quick hit on what’s it is, how to use it and how it compares to that last Google real time search thing you may recall hearing about. How do you get it? It’s rolling out over the next […]

| Dec 7, 2009 at 2:56 pm ET
PPC

PubCon Vegas ’09 Blog Coverage

Today was the first day of PubCon Las Vegas 2009 and the sessions are just about over. I wanted to share some of the blog coverage I found from the day that covered the sessions that took place. Here they are: Capitalizing on Twitter the Microblogging Revolution, outspokenmedia.com Hot Topics and Trends in the Affiliate […]

| Nov 10, 2009 at 7:45 pm ET
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Twitter Lists Goes Live

A month ago, Twitter said they would be rolling out Twitter lists. That day has finally come and almost all users can create their own lists. Lists are basically a way for Twitter users to create groups of Twitter users into categories. For example, you can find the Search Engine Land team all in one […]

| Oct 30, 2009 at 10:01 am ET
Google

Google Social Search Is Coming & More On Google-Twitter

Google’s Marissa Mayer has announced at the Web 2.0 Summit that Google Social Search will be launching in the coming weeks. I’ve seen an early release of it. It’s way cool. Below, what details we have now about this plus some follow up on today’s Google-Twitter search deal that was announced. NOTE: Google Social Search […]

| Oct 21, 2009 at 8:02 pm ET
SEO

Take That, Twitter: Google Hot Trends Integrated Into Google Search

Twitter and real time search continues to attract buzz, and Google’s reacting by positioning its “Hot Trends” information in a place where more people will see it, within Google’s regular search results. Starting around 3:45 Pacific Time today, those searching on topics that are spiking or “hot” in popularity should see a new Hot Trends […]

| Sep 28, 2009 at 6:45 pm ET
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Yahoo Meme Coming Soon … In English

Yahoo appears to be readying an English-language version of its Yahoo Meme microblogging platform. When visiting meme.yahoo.com from my U.S. location, I’m redirected to an English-language version of the service. There are two versions of this home page: one specifically mentions that the service is coming soon, and both include an email form that appears […]

| Sep 1, 2009 at 8:12 pm ET
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Yahoo’s Social Plan: Twitter, Twitter, & More Twitter?

Is it just me, or does Yahoo have a thing for Twitter? Watching Yahoo’s moves this year is like watching a kid fall head-over-heels for the prettiest girl in class. He scribbles her initials inside his notebook and tries to impress her at every turn. She never seems to reply, at least not when the […]

| Aug 20, 2009 at 7:23 am ET
Google Analytics

SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 11, 2009

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft Doubles Up On Cashback To Give Bing A Boost Microsoft announced that they have created a “Bing stimulus package” using the Cashback program, in an attempt to encourage searchers to […]

| Aug 11, 2009 at 5:03 pm ET
Bing

Bing & Twitter Mesh With BingTweets

Microsoft announced a new portal that combines Bing search and Twitter. The new site is named BingTweets and it basically brings together classic web search from Bing, with real-time search elements from Twitter. This service was built by both Microsoft, Twitter and Federated Media. It does not seem like Twitter is doing anything more than […]

| Jul 15, 2009 at 10:29 am ET
Google Analytics

What Is Real Time Search? Definitions & Players

There seems to be no end to companies saying they offer real time search these days. And no end to people quoting how Google itself says it wants to improve in the area. But what does real time search really mean? This article offers some definitions and focuses on players in the space. Real Time […]

| Jul 9, 2009 at 9:00 am ET
Google

Google To ‘Integrate’ Microblogging?

While Twitter is looking at ways to be more search-ey, Google is apparently thinking about ways to be more microbloggy. Buried in a Reuters article about Google’s shareholders meeting yesterday is this paragraph about the company’s interest in the social web: “Company executives who appeared alongside Schmidt at the media briefing said Google was looking […]

| May 8, 2009 at 3:52 pm ET
SEO

The Rise (And Fall?) Of Real-Time Search

Blogging and micro-blogging represent a stream of real-time web activity; from important real-life events to random personal thoughts, more Internet users are putting what they see, hear, think, and feel into this stream. Twitter, in particular, is a river of information. Breaking news is often reported there first, ahead of any other media — online […]

| Jan 22, 2009 at 1:03 pm ET
Google

Google Ends Google Video Uploads, Shutters Notebook, Catalog Search, Dodgeball & Jaiku

Google’s announced they’re closing or ceasing development of a variety of products as part of an already continuing move to keep efforts focused on other products with greater usage. These include an end to video uploads to Google Video, closure of Google Catalog Search, Google Notebook, Dodgeball, the microblogging service Jaiku and the Google Mashup […]

| Jan 14, 2009 at 9:41 pm ET