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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Analyzing Twitter…Based on Only 2K Tweets??
One of my clients is Sysomos, which has done two “Inside Twitter” reports that involved crunching data from 11.4 million Twitter accounts. We’re talking about in-depth analytics. So, it’s a bit of a head-scratcher to see Pear Analytics publish a report suggesting that 40.55% of all updates are “pointless babble” based on a sample of [...]
Twitter’s Growth: A Pause or a Plateau?
A quick look at Twitter.com’s traffic in July shows pretty much flat growth from July – the second flat month-over-month period this year. (See the Compete.com chart below) I’m not sure whether this is: 1. An indication that Twitter’s growth has, in fact, plateaued despite the hype. 2. It’s summer, and people have better things [...]
How Many Tweets a Day is Ideal?
Earlier this week, I received a notification about a new follower (via Topify) who focused on the high-tech industry, and provided some interesting tweets about online services and content. I was just about to follow this person when I noticed they updated nearly 50 times a day. To me, that’s too many, so I decided [...]
I’ll Follow You If….
TechRepublican talked to Robert Scoble about his new (and improved?) approach to following people in the wake of Scoble’s decision to unfollow 106,000 people. In the spirit of things, here’s my “friend” checklist: 1. Your updates are interesting and/or informative, providing links to content or online services worth checking out. 2. You update regularly but [...]
Twitter Embraces the ReTweet