Resources – Twitter
Twitter Hits 50 Million Tweets A Day
On the official Twitter blog yesterday, the popular social media micro-blogging site Twitter finally released its own statistics. According to the post by a member of the Twitter analytics team, the site which allows users to post publicly readable status updates of up to 140 characters, is currently logging some 50 million “tweets” per day.
Microsoft Bing Gets Twitter
According to a news report released today, Microsoft has gained the coveted right to index the hugely popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter.
South Africa Tenth On Twitter
According to a recent report by Canadian research company Sysomos, South Africa has become the tenth largest twitter user in the world.
Twitter In Search Engine Talks
According to a report by ChannelWeb, the hugely popular micro-blogging service Twitter may have finally found a way to monetize the countless messages, (known as tweets) that are sent daily by it's users.
Twitter Tests List Feature
Twitter announced yesterday that they have started testing a new feature for the popular micro-blogging service. The new “List” feature will allow users to organise their tweets by assigning them to various sub-categories.
Social Media Scams On The Rise
In a just released announcement by social media giant Facebook, the California-based company has warned its users to watch out for one of the old “419 scams” that has recently resurfaced on the social media network.
Is Social Media Marketing Worth The Effort?
Everybody knows about social media, (or social networking) these days. It's no longer the next big thing, it's a big thing right now. The real question though, is whether there's any real marketing value to be had from it.
Social Networking Growth Predicted
According to a report released by the BMI-Techknowledge Group, a business-to-business commercial and industrial research group focusing on the high-tech industry, social networking in South Africa is set to increase by a factor of three over the next four years.
Twitter To Go Commercial?
According to a blog post made late last week by Biz Stone, co-founder of the increasingly popular micro-blogging platform Twitter, which has around 45 million users, the company has has changed its terms of service in such a way that it now “leaves the door open” for advertisers.