Tuesday, September 11, 2012

TWITTER pt.1

WHAT IS A TWITTER?
Twitter is an online social networking and micro blogging service that enables its user to send and read text-base messages of up to 140 characters, known as 'tweets'. It is also the 10 most visited website on the internet. Twitter aslo known as "the SMS of the internet"

WHY IS TWITTER USEFUL?
Twitter contains information you will find valuable. Messages from users you choose to follow will show up on your home page for you to read. It’s like being delivered a newspaper whose headlines you’ll always find interesting – you can discover news as it’s happening, learn more about topics that are important to you, and get the inside scoop in real time.Its also expand your proessional network by paying attentionto @ messages, see people you're working with. If the discussion is interesting enough.You might find someone you'd like to follow on Twitter and eventually work with them.Twitter also allow you to promote your blog posts.It is also the best way to keep up with any news in the world such as celebrity news,your home town new,etc.

 WHEN DO YOU USE TWITTER?
TWITTER RESEARCH
you might use twitter to do some by asking question which you didn't know the answer.some of the search on twitter are :
General search. Both Twitter Search and TweetScan provide reliable search for Twitter’s data, but the former allows you to drill down your search queries using the Advanced search feature.
Tag search. Twitter Search is also able to search for tags, but #hashtags returns a graphical representation of the trend for a specific tag. The downside is currently #hashtags is a bit slow and incomplete.
Conversation search. If you want to search for previous conversations, again Twitter Search is able to provide you with the information. If there is a conversation related to a tweet, you will see a link toShow Conversation.
Location search. TwitterLocal is a useful tool if you want to perform a search for tweets within or around a specific geographical area.
Keyword search. Monitter lets you monitor 3 keywords live at the same time with the ability to nail down geographic area. Use this to get a hint about current trends (how popular one keyword is).
Topical research. If you know someone who is an established expert in an industry or niche, useTweetStats to see which keywords he uses most often. TweetStats represents the data in TweetCloud, which is much like tag cloud but for Twitter.
Popular URL search. Twitt(url)y sorts URLs by how frequently they were mentioned in tweets. Think of a mention as a vote in Digg. The more people talk about a URL, the higher the rankings in Twitt(url)y will be. This tool is useful if you want to spot popular topics using aggregated Twitter’s data.
Data aggregation. This is not specific to Twitter, but a lot of people syndicate their Twitter feeds toFriendFeed. With it, feeds from Twitter and other social media sites are aggregated in one central location for followers to consume. FriendFeed also has powerful filtering and search feature.
Search result monitoring. Again, this is not directly related to Twitter, but often times conversations shift back and forth between blogs and Twitters. If you monitor the the Web and news, using Google Alerts or the blogosphere with Technorati, among others, you would be able to track the whole conversations.

TWITTER ON PHOTOSHARING
Twitter’s photo-sharing and uploading service is now available to all users, Twitter has confirmed.
The feature, which made its debut in early June, allows users to add images to their tweets. Users will now find a camera icon on the bottom of the “What’s Happening?” box on Twitter.com. Clicking it will let users select a picture to upload, which they can then preview before sending it to the world. Tweets containing photos include a link to pic.twitter.com, along with a thumbnail of the attached picture.
The feature is being rolled out in advance of the launch of Apple iOS 5. Apple’s new mobile OS prominently features Twitter integration, essentially making it the default social network for iOS users. Users will be able to share photos via Twitter in iOS 5. Twitter isn’t saying when mobile photo uploads will be available in its Android and iOS apps, but we suspect that functionality will be coming very soon.
Twitter’s photo-sharing service is powered by Photobucket, which provides all of the hosting for user-uploaded photos.
Twitter’s photo service essentially negates the usefulness of photo-sharing services like TwitPic. Twitter has come under criticism for competing with third-party services built on its platform. Developers don’t know whether Twitter will suddenly start competing with their products, an issue that has created a cloud of uncertainty over the Twitter ecosystem.

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