Social networking site Twitter has failed in its initial attempts to trademark the word "tweet,"

As it turns out, Twitter had applied for a trademark claim for "Tweet", the popular term for the 140 character updates that Twitter is famous for.

And to everyone's surprise, the claim was preliminarily rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. As for the reasons for the rejection, the Patent Office felt that several existing applications already use the phrase "Tweet" as a prefix for their various Twitter offerings - TweetDeck, TweetPhoto and the likes.

If that was not all, some of these companies had already applied for such a trademark claim before Twitter itself did. Acting too late, Twitter?

As for Twitter, the co-founder Biz Stone had earlier made a blog post when they had first applied for the trademark claim.

He said, "We have applied to trademark Tweet because it is clearly attached to Twitter from a brand perspective but we have no intention of 'going after' the wonderful applications and services that use the word in their name when associated with Twitter,"

If that wasn't clear enough, he added the following, "In fact, we encourage the use of the word Tweet. However, if we come across a confusing or damaging project, the recourse to act responsibly to protect both users and our brand is important."

As of now, we do not have any information if Twitter has any intentions to take this up with a higher authority.

Top 5 sites to Share your files on Twitter for Free

If you are Twitter fan and love file sharing, then here are six cool sites that allow you to share files with your friends on Twitter.

All you got to do is upload the file on the site, get the short URL and tweet it on your Twitter account. Just by clicking on the short URL your friends would be able to download the file onto their system. Tweeting can definitely be a faster way to share files with friends rather than sending an email.

TwitDoc.Com: This is one of the popular file sharing sites for Twitter. With just a few simple steps, the process of file sharing can be accomplished. Upload your file, shorten the URL and post a tweet using your existing Twitter account. You can share documents up to 15 MB, images or graphics upto 10 MB and videos upto 25 MB size using this site.

Filetwt.com: This is another site that is exclusive for file sharing on Twitter. All that you need to do is enter your Twitter username and password and edit your tweet up to 114 characters, then you can upload any file type upto 20 MB in size and post it on Twitter. You can also post private tweets and share files by signing up in this site. Your tweet along with the short URL of the file will be posted in your Twitter account.

FileSocial.com: In this site you need not enter your Twitter account details. But, you have to authorize this site on our Twitter account so that you can tweet and share files from it. Once you grant access to FileSocial, just select the file you want to share and enter your tweet in the space provided and click on the upload button. You can delete the files you have uploaded on the site at any time. You can share files up to 50 MB in size using this service.

Acamin.com: Acamin enables you to share files upto 15 MB in size on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Sharing files is simple, just select the file that you want to share, then click on the social network on which you want to share, say Twitter. Then enter your Twitter username and password in the fields and post your tweet with the short URL of the file. You can also attach the uploaded file in email, publish it online and convert it to PDF.

TwitFS.com: If you want to share even bigger files on Twitter then you can consider this site. You have got three options on it.

* Free, no registration: In this account type, you can share files up to 100 MB in size and they will expire after 30 days of no download.

* Free basic: With this account type you have to register with the site and are allowed to share files up to 250 MB

* Premium: In this account type, you have to pay to use the services, such that you can share files up to 2500 MB size. You need to upload the file to the site first and you will get a link to the file and then you can tweet it on your account or send the link directly to a Twitter user via @direct message.

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Find out best of the comedians on Twitter, you will like to follow them !

A Laughter a Day Keeps Doctors Away!, Truly Speaking we usually forget to laugh when we are in tension of work.

How about logging in to Twitter and Follow some comedians and get few rare laugh.

Good Idea lol !

@jaboud – John Aboud is a regular commentator on VH1’s “Best Week Ever” along with their “I Love the…” series, “Black to the Future,” “The Great Decade Debate,” and “Gaming Gurus.” He, along with Michael Coulton, has been responsible for writing TV pilots for every major broadcast network as well as Comedy Central. He currently writes for Fox’s “Sit Down, Shut Up.”

@steveagee – Steve Agee is a comedian and actor best known for his role as Steve Myron on “The Sarah Silverman Program” on Comedy Central. His writing credits include “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “The Andy Milonakis Show.” His TV appearances include “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “Sleeping Dogs Lie,” among others.

@tedalexandro – Ted Alexandro has performed at “The World Stands Up” in London, the “Just for Laughs Comedy Festival” in Montreal, and Amsterdam’s “The Big Night Comedy Festival.” His TV performances include “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” He’s also had two Comedy Central half-hour specials.

@attell – Stand-up comedian Dave Attell achieved mainstream success with his pair of Comedy Central shows “Insomniac with Dave Attell” and, more recently, “The Gong Show with Dave Attell.” His first television appearance came in 1988 on VH1’s “Stand-Up Spotlight,” and he has since compiled a long list of TV and film credits.

@RealBillBailey – British comedian and actor Bill Bailey was named number seven on the list of the hundred greatest stand-up comics of all-time by UK Channel 4 in 2007. He has a long list of film and television credits, including “Never Mind the Buzzcocks,” “QI,” and Hot Fuzz. He has also produced a number of CD and DVD specials.

@arjbarker – Arj Barker is an actor and stand-up comedian. His TV credits include “Premium Blend,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and “Comedy Central Presents.” He also co-wrote the off-Broadway show “The Marijuana-Logues” (whose title is a parody of “The Vagina Monologues”). He’s an avid Twitpic user, often sending out behind-the-scenes pictures from his current stand-up tour.

@toddbarry – Todd Barry is a stand-up comedian who has performed on a variety of TV shows, including “Late Show with David Letterman,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” He’s performed live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2004), Brighton Comedy Festival (2003) and the Chicago Comedy Festival (1999), among others.

@birbigs – Mike Birbiglia is a stand-up comedian who’s released three comedy albums, including “Two Drink Mike” and “My Secret Public Journal” (which is also the name of his blog). He was also the star of his own one man off-Broadway show, “Sleepwalk with Me.” A sample tweet:

@michaelianblack – Michael Ian Black is the host of the Comedy Central show “Reality Bites Back,” a member of the comedy trio “Stella,” and has appeared in numerous TV shows (including “Ed,” “Reaper,” VH1’s “I Love the…” series, and “Reno 911!”) and films (Wedding Daze and Run, Fat Boy, Run). He’s also released a comedy album and a book, “My Custom Van…And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face.”

@patrickborelli – Patrick Borelli is a writer and comedian. His writing credits include “McSweeney’s Quarterly,” “The Onion,” and several Comedy Central shows, and he’s the co-author of the well-reviewed book “Holy Headshot.” He’s made appearances on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Best Week Ever” on VH1, and “Premium Blend,” on Comedy Central.

Symantec is warning about a mass-mailing worm that comes in an attachment pretending to be a Twitter invite.

Symantec is warning about a mass-mailing worm that comes in an attachment pretending to be a Twitter invite.

"The observed messages appear as if they have been sent from a Twitter account; however, unlike a legitimate Twitter message, there is no invitation URL present in the body," a Symantec blog post says. "Instead, the user will see an attachment that appears as a .zip file that purportedly contains an invitation card."

The name of the attachment is "Invitation Card.zip" and Symantec identified it as W32.Ackantta.B@mm, a worm targeting Windows computers that was discovered in an e-card virus attack in February, according to Symantec. The worm gathers e-mail addresses from compromised PCs and spreads by copying itself to removable drives and shared folders.

Ten Twitter crimes get you unfollowed

Social networking sites seem to have a lifespan of about two years before the next-big-thing arrives to steal the limelight.

The MySpace craze died out in the UK way back in 2005, and by 2007 Facebook had become the biggest social networking site of all time, ever.

Now, though, all the talk is about Twitter. And even though it was secretly growing in popularity long before the likes of Philip Schofield starting waffling about it on telly, it's now taking over from Facebook as the most-talked about community platform.

The problem is that as people migrate across the Twitter, they bring their bad e-habits with them. And with every individual seemingly interpreting Twitter's usefulness in entirely different ways, people are inevitably starting to annoy each other.

To avoid being unfollowed en-masse, you'd be wise to follow these simple rules:

1. Don't use your Twitter account as an RSS feed

How can we put this politely? For the love of God, Twitter is not an RSS reader! It's intensely irritating when you follow a website, corporate account or individual expecting some interesting content, only to get spammed to hell and back with dozens of links that haven't even been vetted for the Twitter audience. If you're going to link out, choose wisely, do it in context and don't spew links all day long, please!

2. Avoid Twitter diarrhoea

If you update your twitter feed every 10 seconds all day every day, you'll get unfollowed so fast you won't even have time to tweet about it. It doesn't matter how important, funny or awesome you think you are, no one is interesting enough to spam my feed with updates like "Am sitting on the toilet and contemplating the day ahead". Go muse about your bowel movements somewhere more appropriate – like MySpace, perhaps.

3. Stop re-tweeting yourself

It sounds ridiculous, but it seems to happen all the time. People tweet something that they think is particularly clever or funny (it's usually nothing of the sort), and when no one seems to notice or RT them, they repeat the tweet two hours later. Please consider that you're probably not as funny as you think you are, and try harder next time.

4. Don't spam Facebook with Twitter updates

TweetDeck and the like are fantastic little apps, but integrating the Facebook status update was a monumentally bad idea. People are already abandoning Facebook like rats from the Titanic – but when we do go back there we don't want to see hundreds of status updates that were intended for Twitter. Sorry, but spamming both feeds with the same stuff is lazy, annoying and just plain infuriating.

5. Stop the bragging

It doesn't matter how kind and tolerant you are, you have to admit it – the one thing you really can't stand is a smart arse. So when people brag, boast and crow about how great they are and what a fun time they're having all the time, it just makes people think they're an annoying idiot. If you win ten quid on the lottery, please do tell your Twitter followers – but it's not necessary to twitter about it all bloody day, nor is it a pre-requisite for you to post 20 twitpics of the winning ticket to prove you're telling the truth, and then list the 18 things you might spend your winnings on.

6. Don't reply to celebrity twitterers

Following an interesting celebrity is all well and good – some of them really do offer up some cool comments. However, replying to something a celeb with thousands of followers has said smacks of stupidity. It makes you look like a brown-nosing fool, and your followers will see you as such.

7. Don't use Twitter like a chat window

If you're going to have a 16-tweet conversation with someone, please either get a room or take your chat somewhere more appropriate like Windows Live Messenger. This kind of thing only shows up on people's feeds if they're following both parties – still though, more than two @replies each counts as SPAM in our book.

8. Stop the shameless follower chasing

It seems it doesn't matter how different all the social media sites are, they have one key thing in common: the people using them are obsessed with getting as many friends/followers as possible. On Twitter, people tend to follow people/accounts who they think will follow them back, just to boost the numbers. It's vanity in the extreme, don't do it.

9. Don't ask people to RT your tweets

If people liked what you said, they might choose to re-tweet it. If they didn't like it, they definitely won't – unless what you said was so ridiculously stupid that they're repeating it in order to ridicule you. Admittedly, in some cases asking for RTs is ok, but on the whole it makes you look desperate.

10. Stop the in-jokes

Twittering in-jokes that only one other person is likely to 'get' – doesn't make you look cool. It makes you look like a berk. Fact.

Get a ReTweet Button for Your Blog

Where did you get the ‘ReTweet’ button for your blog?’

The answer is that it is from the team at Tweetmeme (a service that tracks hot stories on Twitter). You can get the code for this button here.

How to Retweet: A Guide for Newbie to Twitter.com

Many bloggers use Twitter as a platform to promote their own blog. That’s an easy concept, no need to waste our time there. Instead, lets focus on something that is under-utilized by most bloggers: promoting other blogger’s content by “retweeting.”

The art of “retweeting” is best described as taking a twitter message someone else has posted, and rebroadcasting that same message to your followers. When broadcasting this message, you should give credit to the original poster. While retweeting sounds great for the original tweeter (since there is usually a link involved), retweeting can actually benefit you just as much if not more.

How to Properly Retweet

Before we get into the greatness of retweeting, it would probably be a good idea for you to understand how to properly retweet.

The common syntax starts off with the use of a label. My favorite label to use is “Retweet:” - the label “Retweeting:” and “Reading:” work as well.

Next comes the crediting. You can credit the original poster by simply using the @reply syntax, for example: “@originalPoster”.

Lastly, you should add the link along with a quick note about the link and why it is relevant. Here is a full example of retweeting:

Retweet: @originalPoster The 5 Best Blog Tips http://is.gd/56f - great tips

Now that you understand how to properly retweet, lets move on to some basic concepts of retweeting.

Only Retweet Content You Find Truly Interesting and Relevant

The natural instinct many of you will have is that if you retweet another individual’s content, then there is a better chance that the original poster will retweet your content in the future. While this holds true (and I will cover that in a minute), you should not simply retweet everyone’s content for your own personal gain. You must be selective when you retweet since the whole point of this practice is to benefit your followers.

Retweeting Provides Value to Your Follower

There is a reason why people follow you, value. If you can provide value to your follower you will not only make that individual happy, but you will most likely attract more followers. Providing quality content is always a great way to provide your followers with value. The first thing that comes to mind is writing up a great blog post, and linking the post in a tweet. While this is one way to approach this concept, it is not the only way. Another way to provide your followers with great content is to link to other relevant and interesting content.

Retweeting Will Benefit Your Personal Brand

Retweeting will most likely build your personal brand as well as your follower’s loyalty. If you point a reader to an external source that is truly relevant and beneficial to them, the amount of trust that individual has in you will increase. The next time you post a link, whether it be to your blog or to another source, the chances of that individual clicking that link are higher than before.

Retweeting Will Help You Build Relationships With The Original Posters

As mentioned previously, the likelihood of being on the other end of a retweet increases as you retweet. Retweeting someone else’s content is an act of kindness, and for the most part bloggers like to return such acts. This isn’t to say that you should expect someone to retweet your content just because you retweet theirs. Again, retweeting is all about providing value to your followers, and an individual isn’t going to retweet a post of yours if it is not top notch.

A Concern: Doesn’t Retweeting Steer My Followers Away From Me?

Actually no. In my opinion retweeting will never lose you a follower or reader (unless you send them to some sort of spam, or even worse you RickRoll them!). Why would someone stop reading your blog or following your twitter because you sent them off to another website? Keep an open mind when it comes to your readers, they are usually smart and good people.

Conclusion

Retweeting is a great way to add quality and value to your Twitter. If used incorrectly retweeting can actually hurt your personal brand and future traffic. If done right, retweeting can help you educate your followers, build your personal brand, increase future traffic, and connect you to other bloggers / content creators in your niche.

Twenty Awesome 20 Twitter Tricks and Tools

Did you ever secretly wish that you had the freedom of a tiny bird? Such a little creature can still battle the elements and soar highly into the heavens. Well, tweet, tweet, now you can on Twitter! A succession of little tweets can have your business rocketing into space.

1) Fly In Groups

Twitter is the newest and most innovative networking tool. It’s instant, concise, and effective communication. Twitter forces colleagues to make a point in the most efficient manner. No beating around the bush at Twitter. Ten tweets outshine twenty discussion sessions. And you never fly alone!

2) Make Your Presence Known To Your Flock

You want to connect with all your best contacts on Twitter. Make it easier for those at Twitter to recognize you as one of the flock. Your user name on Twitter should be a match for your ID on the other social networks. Put your individual stamp on Twitter by posting your website or blog on your profile.

3) Meet On The Fly

Have a mini-seminar, a webinar, on Twitter. You can organize a time for a meeting for just the members of your flock. And then you can tweet away. Twit this, twit that, the online world awaits an invitation to your webinar. Photos, links, video and audio files, chat, and text are instantly available at Twitter. And you never have to leave home!

4) Listen For Tweets From Afar

Little birds always want to connect with one another. You never know who will want to connect with you on Twitter. Keep a close eye on your followers. Keep a close ear on online chatter about you. Use

Twitter Search to hear the latest news about yourself. Or keep up to date with Tweet Beep alerts.

5) Find Your Twitter Karma

You want good karma to surround you and your business. Sometimes it’s hard to zone in on our karma at Twitter. You can choose a simple way to find your karma score. Twitter Karma has organized all the Twitter karma into one place.

6) Tally The Tweets

Twitter is paradise for those who want to survey, poll, or question the public. Twitter is marketing research without any of the expenses. A business owner’s dream!

7) Follow The Flock

What’s in all those tweets? What do those little twitters talk about when you’re not there? Where do the little tweets congregate at the end? You want to know about their favorite topics and favorite websites.

You need to follow and gauge the tweets.

8 ) Calling All Tweets

Little tweets can sometimes turn into big ideas. With Twitter you can get instant reaction to your brilliant ideas. Maybe you need encouragement to spur you onwards and upwards to great heights. Maybe you need a little tweet support and direction.

9) Visualize The Tweets

All you little twitters loved your childhood building blocks. Now you can use Twitter Blocks to build your business. Twitter Blocks will visualize your Twitter world in block style.

10) Track The Tweets

You want to know what the other little twitters are up to in their world. You want to look in into their Twitter without them guessing your presence. You are a kind but shy onlooker. So invent a new Twitter personality for yourself. Stay undetected in their world.

11) Twit That News

Twitter has been recognized by journalists who want to follow reaction to elections. If Twitter works well for journalists then you will definitely be on top of the news. Being on top of the news puts you at the top of your game.

12) Live Twitter

Twitter has made it to the big screen with appearances on television channels everywhere. Since Twitter is often the star of live television, then why can’t you tweet away at your live presentation? Twitter can offer live research, instant feedback, and fast response.

13) Twitter Around

Share your tweets! Connect Twitter to all your online activity whether in websites, blogs, or social networks. Twitter can be your constant companion.

14) Apply Yourself To Twitter

Build applications around Twitter. Maybe that’s the subject of some of those secret tweets. Countless applications have been launched which are earning from Twitter either through advertising or donations.

15) Laugh At Twitter

If you don’t want to work at Twitter, then spread happiness and humor with tweets. Tweet the joke of the day. Tweet the story with the happy ending. Cheer up your fellow twitters.

16) Find Twitter Treasure

Twitter is a perfect place to deliver clues. You can organize an offline or online treasure hunt through Twitter. Expect that there will be tweets galore as everyone searches for the treasure.

17) Reading And Writing At Twitter

Twitter can give you lots of material for a book. You have business, humor, adventure, and even news. Twitter is the perfect spot for group collaboration.

18) Group Together At Twitter

Twitter even has its own groups. Group tweets are easy instant messages. Twitter groups allow you to connect to Twitters who share your interests.

19) Twitter Bugs

No, there are no bugs at Twitter! But there could be bugs in your new product or software. Your Twitter friends can become Twitter testers.

20) Twitter Help

Twitter is a place of awareness and humanity. Tweet for causes. Tweet for hunger. Tweet for the homeless.

Just tweet, tweet, tweet, at Twitter!

10 most useful Twitter tricks - Every Twitter users is looking for the ladder to boost his/her following

Every Twitter users is looking for the ladder to boost his/her following. You might be one of them trying to increase your Twitter followers. You must be looking for more public reading your updates. For sure you must be tired of trying out weirdest things to build followers in Twitter. It’s not tricky to build a famous profile, but it’s significant to start with the right understanding. Most commonly people try things like tweeting interesting stuffs that spreads with RTs to grow your twitter account into a solid distribution channel. Posting a lot of how-tos microblogs won't help actually, for they get repetitive. what you need to understand is that Twitter is a community for interaction and it is also an effective marketing platform. Why not make the best of Twitter. To make things easier for you we decided to provide you with the 10 awesome Twitter tricks to enhance your experience.

1. Replying to hash tags

Reply to the #hash tag meems. In search.twitter.com you get the list the hot trending topics. Just look for the #hash topics and get on with the conversation

2. How to Add Retweet Button in Your Post within 30 seconds

To add the retweet to your website here is a simple trick that was provided in my blog.

Just copy and paste this following code on your blog template where you want the widget to be displayed.

< type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js">< /script>

p.s: Get rid of the spaces between < style="font-weight: bold;">Larger Tweets of 240 character

For this you will require BigTweet. To enable the BigTweet you can drag the given link to your bookmarks toolbar.

4. SMS the tweet to your account.

Follow what's provided below to SMS tweets from your phone

1. Log into your Twitter account
2. Now click on the Settings tab up in the top, right-hand corner of your account
3. At the top of the page you find the Devices tab, Click on it
4. Insert your phone number in the box in the following format: (your area code)(your phone number)
5. Check the box and click Save.

5. Know When Others Talk About You

For this you would require TweetBeep. The alerts can be about anything, such as your name, user ID, website URL, etc. Whenever someone tweets about these you will get an email.

6. Provide Bio link

You should provide people hundred reasons to return to your Twitter page. If they click via a post link or bio link services like twittersplit.com can be of help. However, you should not overuse it. You can use TwitterSplit in creative way to add a BIO LINK that is very different.

7. Tracking and Monitoring on Twitter

For tracking on Twitter you can use Tweetburner.com and/or Google Analytics. Monitoring can be done by the keyword searches or filtering using the services like TweetDeck.com, or TwitScoop.com.

For this follow the steps below

Step 1: Prepare your Twitter Post

Step 2: Add a method of tracking (URL click counts or destination page analytics)

Step 3: Monitor activity to search for keywords unique to your post.

With tracking and monitoring you can be a step ahead in Twitter

8. Quickest Way to Visualize Data Mine

There a number of ways through which you can view your Twitter information faster.

Through Twitter Blocks you can easily navigate your Twitter community of friends and followers.
With Tweetstats you get know who used twitter via the web to send notes on a particular day and more.

9. Know whom to Follow on Twitter

There are some users you might be interested in following, you can get them on MrTweet. The Twitterbot collects data from your tweets and the people you are following to provide you the right links.

10. How to Schedule a Tweet Later

With Tweet Later you can schedule your tweets for a later date. There are much more features in Tweet Later. For instance,Tweet Later can send you an hourly email that is a digest of @replies. Use the Gmail filter to get the text message to your phone alerting you of the digest.

How to Get More and More Followers on Twitter - Twitter Tricks

Why would you wish to obtain more & more Twitter followers? What reason does it serve up? And what ladder should you take to boost your Twitter followers? These are questions frequently asked by usual users, brands and business owners who not only observe Twitter as a means of community interaction but an effectual marketing platform.


You are concerned in increasing your Twitter followers. You want more public reading your updates. It’s not tricky to build a famous profile but I think it’s significant to start with the right understanding. This is the first obsession you require to know: It’s not actually about how you tweet, what you say or who you speak to but who you are.


It is not hard to get followers on Twitter. In fact, between all the social networking websites, Twitter is almost certainly one of the easiest website to get followers, as Twitter calls it.


At a first glance you need to do is to put your house in arrange first. You can take the following steps to make sure that you are "Gorgeous" to a Twittered:


Do not Use Default picture, Use Your Own Photo


First step you should do is to restore the default icon with your photo. If you are uncomfortable using your photo, put in a explicit or something else that represents you or your business. absolutely do not leave the icon as is.


Biography


Don't abscond it blank, or place in something like "I am just trying out Twitter" or "I am a SEO." keep in mind you are trying to get people to follow you, that is, pay attention to what you have to say. So, be interesting. The most excellent rule of thumb is, following writing your biography, would you go after yourself?


Tweet Slight


I get huge follower requests from Twitters who have not twittered at all, or they have just one tweet, which is the product that they are trying to sell. I just never follow those back.


Tweet slight first before trying to get more followers. Don't just tweet about only your tenders. Try to have a little diversity in your twittering. You can endorse your offers, but do also connect in chat with other Twitters and tell us something about what you were doing then. You can also re tweet other Twitter's web links or comments that you found attractive.


Conclusion


Just the once you have done all that, then you are prepared to follow other Twitters and place a superior chance of them becoming your followers.

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If it takes awhile to get a response, please be patient. If we haven't been able to answer your question in a timely manner, we'll let you know.


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What is Twitter? How to get started with twitter ?

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?






Like most things, Twitter may seem strange if you've never used it. See Video Twitter in plain English



Twitter Tutorial - Getting Started Video



So,Get Started with Twitter.com!

Twitter - A Waste of Time? - interesting video by Lisa (2createAwabsite.com)

Newest Twitter Worm "Best Video" Is Spreading

If you're a Twitter user who innocently clicked on a link in a tweet saying "Best Video" this weekend, you could be in for an account suspension after it emerged the micro blogging service has been hit by yet another worm attack.

The rogue tweet links to http://juste.ru, which delivers not a video, but a piece of code that appears to be designed to hijack accounts and steal passwords.

Accounts locked down

Twitter has responded by issuing a warning to avoid the tweet or anything involving the URL, saying: "No matter how good that 'best video' looks, don't go to any juste.ru domains. We're aware of the situation and are working on it".

To that end, it has locked down some affected accounts to squash the worm, reporting that they "should be cleaned and restored soon".
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The Fine Art Of Balancing Your Twitter Conversations

by James Mallinson

Now that Twitter has several million active users, it’s no surprise to see such a variety of people discussing a wide range of topics. But while the content of all those tweets may be so different, they ultimately fall roughly into five categories.

Now, before you all go off and close your browsers, saying you’ve read it all before, consider the following. All the most popular people on Twitter (excluding celebrities who largely get by due to their fame) are very effective at balancing these five categories to create an interesting and engaging conversation with their followers. They’re not all about retweets or replies and they don’t just talk about their personal life all the time.

I’ll go more into this later in this post, but firstly let’s look at what exactly those five categories are.

Retweets

Twitter can feel like thousands of people all talking at the same time. There are things you can do to tame it but even so, interesting tweets can all too easily slip past people. That’s why retweeting is so valuable. It’s just like when somebody tells you a funny joke or an interesting story - you don’t keep it to yourself, you share it with your friends and colleagues.

Replies

Interaction is what Twitter is all about. There aren’t photo albums to browse through here. There aren’t groups and fanpages to join. It’s all about what you all say in those 140 characters. The more popular Twitter fans spend a large bulk of their time replying to other people. Just like in real life, you have to make yourself sociable and outgoin

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Banks are trying social networking, jump on Twitter wagon

Social networking is becoming an increasingly popular way for banks to reach consumers amid the economic downturn.

Wells Fargo and Bank of America have begun to "tweet" — post messages of 140 characters or less on Twitter.com — with customers about everything from bank fees to product features. Discover Financial , American Express and Citigroup have launched Facebook or MySpace pages. Some banks even put marketing videos on YouTube.

"Social media is a whole new world, and you cannot afford to not be a part of it," says Pamela Blase, a spokeswoman for UMB Financial of Kansas City, Mo., which tweets about everything from the bank's financial stability to the industry's prospects.

Banks say they're establishing presences on social-networking sites to tap into a growing demographic and to control the conversation about their brands. Yet the economic turmoil, some say, makes it even more important to reach out to customers any way they can.

"There's a lot of worry out there," says Ed Terpening, vice president of social media at Wells Fargo, one of the first banks with a group of employees dedicated to social networking. "That means that we have to stay close to our customers."

Google search plans include Twitter style updates

Rosalie Marshall

vnunet.com, 10 May 2009

At a US press event this week Google said it has been considering making real-time updates to its search offering.

Search executive Marissa Mayer said she was thinking of adding micro-blogging messaging to search to bring more value to end users. She said web users are interested in seeing what's happening in real-time and this has been demonstrated by Twitter's success.

"We are interested in being able to offer, for example, micro-blogging and micro-messaging in our search," said Mayer, according to the Los Angeles Times.

"Particularly in Blog Search and possibly in Web Search, but we don't have any particular plans to announce," she added.

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FreshNetworks adds Twitter to their Online Community Platform

LONDON, UK, May 10, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Fresh Networks, the social media agency who build and manage online communities for brands, have added Twitter functionality to their platform. The Twitter function allows users to automatically publish comments from their online profiles to Twitter. Happy, contented customers are fantastic advocates and the social media marketing solutions that Fresh Networks create, combined with the growth of Twitter, can help to amplify consumers' positive reviews.

The key capabilities of the Twitter function:

• Announcements are automatically made via Twitter as community members, moderators or both create new content
• Tweets can automatically include information about the new content on the community and a tiny URL back to the content
• Users can import their Twitter status and Tweets into the community
• Moderators can set a library of Twitter actions based on the community status. For example, every time the size of the community increases by 100 users, a new Tweet can automatically be generated
• Users of the new function can configure which type of content offer tweets e.g. blog posts, reviews etc


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Some of the SEO Experts to Follow - Twitter Guide

Following is the list of few SEO's On twitter

Search Engine Land
Web – Search Engine Land
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Aaron Wall
Web – SEOBook.com
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Rand Fishkin
Web – SEOMoz.com
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Matt Cutts (Google)
Web – Mattcutts.com
Follow Here


Barry Schwartz
Web – Cartoonbarry.com
Follow Here


Brian Carter
Web -
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Ann Smarty
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Michael Gray
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Dave Naylor
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David Brown
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Joost De Valk
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Dev Basu
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Lee Odden
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Neil Patel
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Andy Beal
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Jennifer Laycock
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Todd Malicoat
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Jim Boykin
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Bruce Clay Inc
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Andy Beard
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Danny Sullivan
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Jordan Kasteler
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Matt Mcgee
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Will Critchlow
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Patrick Altoft
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