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Twitter is a popular microblogging tool that can be accessed via the web, instant messaging services, or SMS. Despite having some problems with uptime during the service's first few years, Twitter has remained one of the most used microblogging and conversational tools.

Part of what has contributed to Twitter's success is the flexibility of the content and the means of accessing it. Some users exclusively read tweets through the website, while others use a variety of desktop or smartphone applications, and still others rely only on SMS messaging to keep up with their Twitter stream.

The site was first embraced by social media advocates, and has since expanded from banal play-by-plays of daily activities to asynchronous and synchronous conversations between close friends and strangers alike on topics ranging far and wide. Much like blogs and MySpace profiles of the past, celebrities and politicians (or their staff) have created Twitter accounts to connect with and disseminate information to their fans and constituents. A less savory crop of "experts" have surfaced as Twitter's popularity has risen, many of whom claim to provide tips on increasing search engine optimization through the service.

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  • Citysearch and Twitter Team Up to Offer Business Tools


    NYT > Theater — Authority Authority: 904
    A new partnership between Citysearch and Twitter provides clues as to how Twitter will eventually offer commercial accounts to businesses.
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  • Citysearch and Twitter Team Up to Offer Business Tools


    Bits — Authority Authority: 749
    A new partnership between Citysearch and Twitter offers some clues about what Twitter’s long-awaited paid accounts for businesses might look like. Citysearch announced Monday that it will provide the businesses on its site a few tools to help them make use of Twitter — and said that more tools would be coming ...
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  • Google, Twitter Woo Small Businesses


    GigaOM — Authority Authority: 769
    The web is mirroring the real world more closely every day, and tonight both Twitter and Google are trying to help accelerate that shift. They are introducing features that allow small businesses connect with their customers. Twitter enlisted Citysearch as the first user of its Sign-Up API, which helps new users ...
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  • Twitter Rolls Out New Sign-Up API, Citysearch First to Implement [SCREENSHOTS]


    ReadWriteWeb — Authority Authority: 815
    According to our sources at Citysearch , Twitter is opening a new Sign-Up API. Citysearch wrote us to say that the API will "allow local businesses to integrate their existing Twitter presence or create a new account directly from the Citysearch business profile and tweet from their Citysearch profile page." How ...
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  • TREND: Forgetting as a Filter


    MobileBehavior — Authority Authority: 129
    From carving on cave walls to doodling on napkins, we have written things down to remember them. Today, we often use digital tools to create a more permanent archive of our thoughts. With one click, we can publish them to the web, where information is not just easy to find, but can at times be impossible to remove. ...
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  • Citysearch, Urbanspoon start pulling in tweets. Take that, Yelp.


    VentureBeat — Authority Authority: 770
    Citysearch and Urbanspoon, two IAC-run sites devoted to helping people find places to go out and eat, are announcing deep Twitter integrations today. Citysearch will let businesses claim and manage their listings on the site and tweet from them. At the same time, both CitySearch and Urbanspoon’s pages will pull ...
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  • Award-winning social media


    RedEye — Authority Authority: 604
    Last week, the Global Language Monitor named Twitter its top word for 2009. I agree. 2009 was definitely the year of the tweet. But there are other words from the social media world worthy of some sort of award. So an award ceremony was born--the Ch@t Social Media Awards. Here are the winners of RedEyes golden @ ...
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    AW WebBiz & Social Media Blog — Authority Authority: 170
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  • The Pistons make it two in a row against The Wizards


    Need4Sheed.com — Authority Authority: 561
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  • Iran Moves to Slow the Internet


    An American Lion — Authority Authority: 535
    I always chuckle when I see hits from Iran on my blog. Rarely is it because of anything I’ve said. No, the hits I get from Iran or from the Middle East are usually for Rachel Ray’s Magnificent Ass or for Louise Glover or for Silvia Saint . And that’s fine— it’s why I put up pictures of hotties. It’s ...
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  • Drivers Tweet


    The Big Money — Authority Authority: 706
    No industry invests more in its relationship with customers than the car business. It’s been this way for decades. On television, in print, on radio, billboards, and online—for almost everyone, it’s impossible to get through a day without being asked to buy an automobile. Yet there is one marketing venue that ...
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  • Check Out the Companies That M…


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  • News: Omar Minaya is the House


    MetsBlog.com — Authority Authority: 640
    Mets GM Omar Minaya arrived at the Winter Meetings less than an hour ago, and talked to reporters before heading up to the team’s suite, and said: “The free-agent stuff, that seems to be going a little slower this year than in past years… There have been some trade potentials out there. I know I talked to a ...
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  • Now You Can Turn Your Tweets into Klingon


    Mashable! — Authority Authority: 860
    2009 has been a big year for the Star Trek franchise, thanks in large part to J.J. Abrams’ fantastic reboot. Of course, not even the hotness that is Baby Kirk (AKA, actor Chris Pine) could prepare us for this bit of awesome: Tweet in Klingon . We’ll give you a moment to calm down from the overload of awesome. ...
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  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06


    MinJungKim.com — Authority Authority: 112
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    4 hours ago

  • Lindsay’s Sleep Over!!


    Bitch Pleaz — Authority Authority: 144
    This morning after another bender, Lilo left actor (”Forgetting Sarah Marshall“) Jason Segel’s place at 7am!It’s been a long hard week for Linds!Bitch, Pleaz!Sparky for BP x0xShare with your friends More »
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