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Government Innovation: CA Waste Watchers

June 16, 2009

California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger administration has launched what appears to be an innovative interactive communications forum called Waste Watchers.

WasteWatchers.CA.Gov asks the citizens of California to “Report Problems / Share Solutions”.

From Governor Schwarzenegger:

I will not stand for waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars. I urge you to report wasteful practices in state government here. Also, if you have a suggestion for making government work better, please use this page to let us know.

– Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

WasteWatchers.CA.Gov

WasteWatchers.CA.Gov

According to Governor Schwarzenegger Twitter account, the California Waste Watchers site has already received nearly 1,000 reports since inception.

Governor Schwarzenegger

Governor Schwarzenegger

With a budget shortfall bigger than many states entire budgets, California by definition has the greatest need of any US State for innovative communication methods to speed both identifying and reducing government waste.

The WasteWatchers.CA.Gov site is surely a step in the right direction.

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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.

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Twitter Search Errors… Again

May 25, 2009

Twitter search appears to be taking a vacation this Memorial Day 2009:

Twitter Search Error

Twitter Search Error

This isn’t the first time I have had difficulty accessing Twitter search.

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Google Alerts Now Tracking Twitter Posts?

May 22, 2009

Google Web Alerts appears to now be reporting Twitter posts via its Google Alerts product.

Twitter Google Web Alert

Twitter Google Web Alert

I received the Google Alert above today for data gathered yesterday May 21, 2009.

This is the first Google Alert I have seen which included Twitter posts within Google Web Alerts.

What implications will this have on Search Engine Results Pages for search engine marketers and search engine optimizers – if any?

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Google Searchology: New Search Options

May 12, 2009

Google hosted their second Searchology event today to update its users, partners, and customers on the progress Google has made in search.

Google also uses the event to announce new search features.

Today Google announced a new set of features called Search Options, which are a collection of tools that let searchers slice and dice results and generate different views to find information faster and easier.

Two powerful new Google search options are the Wonder Wheel and Timeline.

Wonder Wheel shows searchers other related terms most often used when searchers are searching for a particular topic while Timeline illustrates the search volume for a particular term within a specific time period.

Twitter Wonder Wheel

Google Wonder Wheel: Twitter

Above, The Google Wonder Wheel shows terms related to searches for Twitter.

Below, the Google search options timeline shows how Twitter has become an increasingly more searched for term on Google over time.

Google Timeline: Twitter

Google Timeline: Twitter

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Tweetmeme: Twittersphere Buzzmeter

May 5, 2009

Curious which Tweets the Twitter audience has re-tweeted the most?

Tweetmeme aims to track and provide the most popular links generated on Twitter every five minutes.

Tweetmeme

Tweetmeme

Tweetmeme  lets visitors parse Tweets into lists of the “Most Recent”, “Top in 24 Hours” or “Top in 7 Days”.

Tweetmeme provides insight into both the popularity and reach of  Tweets within the Twitter audience.

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When Did You Join Twitter?

May 1, 2009

Don’t remember when you joined Twitter?

Curious when someone  joined Twitter?

Neville Ridley-Smith has created a handy Twitter application called WhenDidYouJoinTwitter.com to provide Twitter users with date an account was opened.

Join Twitter

Join Twitter

According to WhenDidYouJoinTwitter.com, I opened my Twitter account on February 6, 2008.

Biz Stone co-founder of Twitter opened his account and launched the first Tweet on March 21, 2006.

When Did You Join Twitter

When Did You Join Twitter

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WordPress Real Time Search

April 20, 2009

With all the buzz about Twitter’s ability to provide real time search results, its only natural other web platforms with large databases offer similar services.

Such is the case with WordPress.com now.

Wordpress Search

Wordpress Search

I have noticed over the last day or two an increase of referrals from WordPress.com.

Wordpress Search Stats

Wordpress Search Stats

Based on the current status of my WordPress domain redirection purchase and its subsequent failure to get indexed by Google,  I am not convinced WordPress search referrals will increase my site’s traffic over time anyway.

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As Twitter Grows; A Lot More Noise Less Signal

April 19, 2009

As the Twitter audience grows, the ability to reach it or be reached by the segment of the Twitter audience interested in the same topics will become more valuable both to Twitter, its audience and its potential advertisers.

For the last sixty days I have been monitoring Tweets within a 100 mile radius of my city to get a better sense of what the average Twitter user Tweets about.

I haven’t spent any of my online time on social networks because the same amount of time invested in programming a Google Adwords campaign can reach an exclusive and active audience who by definition are already interested in my products and services vis-a-vis their search query.

The same can’t be said for social media and networks like Twitter or Facebook.

Twitter users can search for keywords they are interested to identify potential audience segments to reach but this process still doesn’t separate the good Tweets from the bad, the wheat from the chaff, the Twitter signal from the Twitter noise.

A sample Tweet stream from within 100 miles of my city over the last few minutes:

A Lot of Noise, Not Much Signal

A Lot of Noise, Not Much Signal

Extrapolate the same type of Tweets over millions of Twitter users and you can see how identifying the Twitter signal from the Twitter noise will only grow more challenging.

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Twitter.com Traffic Increases 131%

April 15, 2009

comScore has released its traffic figures for Twitter.com March 2009.

Twitter Traffic March 2009

Twitter Traffic March 2009

Twitter.com experienced a dramatic 131% increase in visitors to 9.3 million over February 2009  – an increase of over 5 million visitors.

The question now is how long can Twitter.com sustain its present level of visitor growth?

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