As Twitter has become more popular, the number of people using Twitter.com to write and read tweets has declined as more publishing tools and services has flourished. According to a recent report by Sysomos, Twitter.com’s market share has dropped from 47% to 40% over the past five months.
For people looking for alternatives beyond obvious candidates such as Tweetdeck and Seesmic, here are five services worth checking out:
1. Brizzly: Currently in beta, features a three column interface. The sidebar on the left-hand sides offers ways to access your friends, mentions, direct messages, lists and search. The right-hand side features a cool direct messaging tool that acts and feels like instant-messaging – it’s probably Brizzly’s “killer app” – along with trending keywords and news.
2. SplitTweet: Among the best and most use-friendly services if you have multiple Twitter accounts. SplitTweet lets you set up multiple Twitter acounts in seconds, and see the Twitter stream for all of them with each account having a different color tag. You can send messages to one or more Twitter account by simply clicking on the account tabs beside the message box.
3. HootSuite: Hailing from Vancouver, Hootsuite shines by offering a variety of user-friendly tools to manage and use multiple Twitter accounts. This includes an easy way to schedule tweets, and access statistics on the links provided.
4. TwitJump: A relative newcomer, TwitJump bills itself as an all-in-one solutions because it offers a variety of tools such as targeted keyword following, multiple account management, customized smart search, mass-unfollowing preferences and auto-DM blocking. TwitJump has a clean and user-friendly design, making it easy to use.
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Four Alternatives to Twitter.com
As Twitter has become more popular, the number of people using Twitter.com to write and read tweets has declined as more publishing tools and services has flourished. According to a recent report by Sysomos, Twitter.com’s market share has dropped from 47% to 40% over the past five months.
For people looking for alternatives beyond obvious candidates such as Tweetdeck and Seesmic, here are five services worth checking out:
1. Brizzly: Currently in beta, features a three column interface. The sidebar on the left-hand sides offers ways to access your friends, mentions, direct messages, lists and search. The right-hand side features a cool direct messaging tool that acts and feels like instant-messaging – it’s probably Brizzly’s “killer app” – along with trending keywords and news.
2. SplitTweet: Among the best and most use-friendly services if you have multiple Twitter accounts. SplitTweet lets you set up multiple Twitter acounts in seconds, and see the Twitter stream for all of them with each account having a different color tag. You can send messages to one or more Twitter account by simply clicking on the account tabs beside the message box.
3. HootSuite: Hailing from Vancouver, Hootsuite shines by offering a variety of user-friendly tools to manage and use multiple Twitter accounts. This includes an easy way to schedule tweets, and access statistics on the links provided.
4. TwitJump: A relative newcomer, TwitJump bills itself as an all-in-one solutions because it offers a variety of tools such as targeted keyword following, multiple account management, customized smart search, mass-unfollowing preferences and auto-DM blocking. TwitJump has a clean and user-friendly design, making it easy to use.