Recently in Twitter Category

Here I go again, banging on about Twitter, Twitter's growth has been massive and interesting uses for the micro blogging service keep surfacing.

One of the most interesting and valuable things about Twitter is the real time data available. You can see within seconds what is popular around the global twitter network, giving you an instant snap shot of current trends and topics around the world.
Great, but what if you want the trends in your own country, region or city? How do you drill down?

How cool is this, Bing (you know, one of the other search engines) is giving away cash and a cool Bing backpack.

Are you one of those businesses that have been sticking their big toe in the pool we like to call Twitter? Still not exactly sure how to incorporate it into your daily online marketing plan? Just dive in head first and figure it out as you go.

I was looking into URL shortening services recently - there are literally THOUSANDS out there! Of course, I didn't count them all but there does appear to be an abundance.

What is a URL Shortening Service? Good question:

They shorten long URL's making them engaging and easier to work with, really?!

So why do would I want to shorten a URL in the first place? Firstly, if I link to a long unsightly URL within HTML then I could do this via text aka "hyper link" making it appear more orderly. Secondly if I am sending an email, writing documents or on twitter, it optimizes space and makes things look much cleaner.

After a bit of thought I realized, there must be something more to it, what other bits of Internet traffic gold could I get out of these services?

Since I placed myself on the twitter bandwagon I've been using a URL shortening service http://is.gd. I've always wished I could see how many of my twitter URL's are getting clicked, which would give me a greater understanding of what I should be venting and sharing (as I do like the sound of my own voice).

This got me thinking........