Monthly Archives: July 2010

Twitter Rolls Out New Follower Tool

By Mark Evans | Published: July 31, 2010

I’m not a big user of Twitter.com but a new feature now being rolled out could make it a lot more useful and interesting. Yesterday, Twitter said it will be introducing “Suggestions for You”, which will displays other Twitter users that you may want to follow. Twitter said the feature is built on an algorithm [...]

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20 Billion Tweets…and Counting

By Mark Evans | Published: July 31, 2010

It wasn’t that long ago that Twitter burst through the 10-billion tweet mark; now it’s closing in on 20 billion tweets. This is expected to happen by 11 a.m., according to GigaTweet. today. I’m happy to have made a solid tweeting contribution to the cause.

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How About More Twitter User Info?

By Mark Evans | Published: July 30, 2010

Earlier this month, I wrote a post that Twitter should create a registration system in which people would pay an annual fee for a username in the same way they people for a domain name. This would prevent people from squatting on usernames, and provide Twitter with a way to generate a significant amount of much-needed revenue. [...]

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Facebook or Twitter?

By Mark Evans | Published: July 29, 2010

I saw a tweet by a well-known blogger and technology executive that he was spending far less time on Facebook. When I asked what was doing online instead, he quickly replied “Twitter! More engagement, realtime discussions, feedbacks. Facebook is becoming (for me) a stream of useless stuff”. It struck me as an interesting comment because [...]

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Why Use Twitter.com?

By Mark Evans | Published: July 28, 2010

Over the past few days, I’ve been using Twitter.com to post updates from someone else’s computer. Every time, I used Twiter.com, the first thing that pops into my head is “Why would anyone ever use Twitter.com”? While there are a few useful features such as trending topic and the ability to find people/companies, Twitter.com is [...]

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Get a Twitter Profile Check-Up

By Mark Evans | Published: July 27, 2010

If you’re looking a quick way to check the “health” of your Twitter account, check out the “Profile Checker” from TwitterCounter. It provides a snapshot of your profile and overall activity, while providing some general recommendations on how to improve it. Here’s the check-up results for “markevans“:

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