Social Media

Using Google to Find Twitter People

Mike Merrill has a neat tip on searching for specific folks to follow on Twitter. Now there are applications such as Nearby Tweets and GeoTweet but this seemed much more effective to me. It basically leverages the Google search engine to search Twitter profiles. This tip leverages the google site search.
Here’s how it works:
1.  Example: [...]

Getting Started on Twitter: a Step by Step Guide

Getting Started on Twitter: a Step by Step Guide

You’re a twitter newbie, you’ve heard about it, so you have decided to do the twitter thing and find out what its all about. Justin Parks has one of the best getting started guides. . . Twitter Newbie: A step by step guide to getting started on Twitter.
This easy-to-read guide includes topics not generally covered, [...]

Real Time Social Media Searches

Google Caffeine Google’s new search algorithm, will be introducing ‘Real Time’ searches for the various social media networks. Similar to the Google News feature, only it’s like watching an online RSS media feed for Social Media sites like Twitter.
We’re already experimenting with this new feature and studying how you could use it to produce more [...]