As Twitter moves into more and more countries around the world, Twitter will begin censoring content and tweets to certain country users. For example in Australia, United States, UK etc we have the freedom to say anything we pretty much like, however in certain countries the freedom of speech is somewhat restricted and if an [...]

In what may seem like a move of old media embracing new media, Rupert Murdoch has joined Twitter and gaining new followers fast. It seems Rupert joined on January 1, maybe it was his new years resolution to join Twitter? You can find him on Twitter @rupertmurdoch Rupert’s wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch is also on [...]

Twitter redesigned their site last week and all users should now have access to the new twitter.com The redesign is rather radical and I can tell it would have been a huge project for the Twitter development teams. People are often opposed to IT change, especially with mainstream websites – I am not, I work [...]

Twitter is releasing a redesign of their site today, which is a totally new look and feel. We reported yesterday about Twitter releasing New Tweet, Follow Buttons. Twitter is also going to be releasing business pages, much like Facebook. Here is the promotional video that’s been released: I haven’t got the new version of Twitter.com [...]

If you haven’t not yet seen Twitter have updated their Tweet and Follow Buttons. Have a look above ^^^ and to the right –> to see for yourself. Go on, test the buttons out The new minimalistic design does look good, and is rolling out automatically to sites that have the code installed. Basically the [...]

So you want more ReTweets? Want more Social Juice? Google and Bing now add weight to Twitter profiles which get lots of ReTweets – this is social authority, and you want it. Here is our Top 10 Tips to get ReTweeted: Have a clear profile picture of your face. Make sure this is a quality [...]

You may have noticed that Twitter is now putting ads in your Twitter Stream. Specifically these are promoted tweets from companies you are not following. Here is an example of an Australian advertiser this afternoon when I logged into Twitter: You then have the option to Dismiss (remove) the ad from your stream if it [...]

Following up from our earlier post today on Kyle Sandilands Trending on Twitter … Kyle Sandilands has put his foot in it again and the backlash has been swift. His comments about news.com.au journalist Ali Stephenson, who wrote an article reporting criticism of his TV show have made a big impact on the Australian public, and [...]

Twitter has created a new section on their website, showing the activity and actions that the people whom you follow are taking. This is done via a Tab inside Twitter, next to other tabs like timeline, @ mentions, searches, lists – and the tab is simply called Activity. It looks to have replaced the ReTweets [...]

There is no doubt Twitter is a powerful business social network, and with it’s close integration with LinkedIn I really find Twitter a useful marketing tool and information source. Fact is this site gets a fair proportion of monthly traffic from my Twitter profile. So what is the best way we can optimise our Twitter [...]

So you are an active Twitter user – you may have a blog or website and post your content to Twitter, or you may use Twitter in your job to connect with other industry professionals. Search Engines now are placing importance on the number of ReTweets your Twitter status updates get. So if people are [...]

In 2009 US Airways flight 1549 crashed in New York’s Hudson river. It took only four minutes before a tweet made by Jim Hanrahan (@Manolantern) alerted the public to what had happened. The media were considerably slower to respond, with 15 minutes elapsing before news outlets began reporting the story. This is not an isolated [...]

Post sponsor: BuyRealMarketing – views on youtube Twitter has launched a new product called Twitter Stories. Basically the product is showing the ‘Best of Twitter’ – a maximum of 20 heartwarming stories about great things that have come from Twitter. You can check out the site at: http://stories.twitter.com/ So far there are stories about: – [...]

When Julia Gillard met the Queen in Canberra, it seems all didn’t go to plan in terms of greeting our Royal Queen. Normally ladies are meant to curtsey the Queen, however Julia Gillard decided a handshake and bow is more her preference. Twitter erupted! (but thankfully all seems to be settling down now) More tweets [...]

Tim O’Reilly and Twitter CEO Dick Costello have had a good chat at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday. I watch their Q&A and I wanted to summarise some new stats about Twitter you may find interesting. New Twitter stats: – 250 million Tweets posted every day, every 4 days around 1 billion Tweets. – Each [...]

Currently there seems to be an issue with the official Twitter button where the tweet count is incorrect. I have the official Twitter Tweet button installed above ^ It seems not every Tweet and Retweet of your content is being counted, only some are – if any. This is kind of annoying as it’s not [...]