Archive for May 28th, 2009

Who Owns Your Tweets? You or Twitter?

May 28, 2009

There have been several posts in the last day or two about who owns a Twitter account – the employee or the employer.

I believe the Seo Writer blog answered the question the best in the following Q&A format:

Q: Who owns the Twitter account?
A: Twitter.

At which point I have commented: Yeah – and because Twitter owns all Twitter accounts don’t they also “own” all the content you have posted on it?

While Seo Writer’s answer appears to be the correct one, I think it also begs the question “Who Owns Your Tweets? You or Twitter?

Maybe someone over at Twitter could help answer this question if they haven’t already.

Flickr Images in Google Search Results

May 28, 2009

Today while scanning Google web search results, I happened upon a Flickr image result displayed in line with Google’s regular search results.

As far as I can recall, I don’t remember finding Flickr images anywhere in Google other than in Google Image search before today.

Flickr Images in Google Search Results

Flickr Images in Google Search Results

Clicking the icon to see all public photos and videos tagged with the keyword as suggested took me to the Flickr site.

Once on the Flickr page, I was informed there were a total of 40 photos tagged with the keyword I initially searched for.

Flickr Google Search Referral

Flickr Google Search Referral

Will Google expand distribution of Flickr images within its web results further for people specific search like the one above?

Or will Google display Flickr images within its web search results  for an broadening array of keywords?

My guess is the images will be confined to people related keyword searches for the time being.