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New Twitter Numbers Show Tweeting Increase

Last month, we looked at Twitter's numbers for user registrations and total tweets for the month of August, and found what appeared to be the first month of the year in which tweets sent by Twitter users decreased. User registrations also appeared to decline for the second time of the year.

The Ups and Downs of Paid Tweeting

Update: Izea has launched thier paid tweeting service (discussed in the original article) on its own site at SponsoredTweets.com.

RT: Retweet Competition to Follow URL-Shortening Craze

Update: Retweet.com is now live. Original Article: First Twitter ignited the URL-shortening service fire, and now a similar phenomenon appears to be happening with "retweeting" services. Retweet.com is reportedly set to launch today.

5 Media/Communication Channels Twitter Has Impacted

Twitter is everywhere you look these days. You don't have to use it, but you can't hide from it. If you live under a rock, chances are somebody's sitting on top of that rock tweeting. It took a little bit for Twitter to catch on, but I think it's safe to say that it has officially taken the world by storm. Let's look at just a few ways it has impacted different forms of media and communication. 1. Instant Messaging

Twitter Changes How Users View Replies

Update 2: Biz posted on the blog again showing that Twitter is taking users' feelings on the matter seriously: So here's what we're planning to do. First, we're making a change such that any updates beginning with @username (that are not explicitly created by clicking on the reply icon) will be seen by everyone following that account. This will bring back some serendipity and discovery and we can do this very soon.

Tweeting vs. Disclaimer Laws

Today the WSJ tells the tale of eBay and its foray into social media that began in April 2008 with a blog then quickly moved to the world of tweets and tweeple in Twitter. The author of much of the content, Richard Brewer-Hay, spent most of the past year pretty well ‘on his own’ with what he was writing in both vehicles then the corporate version of a buzzkill took place.

Fusing The Concepts Of Search And Twitter

With all of the sniping that has gone on recently between Google and that annoying little pest that keeps landing on its shoulder called Twitter wouldn’t it be nice to learn how to get value from one or the other?