Rapidi aggiornamenti sul panorama microblogging, questo mese tutti dedicati a Twitter

• Chavez rockets to No. 1 on Twitter in Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez is tops on Twitter in Venezuela less than 2 weeks after launching his account, surpassing Internet-savvy foes who dominate the social networking site and use it to oppose him.

  Chavez’s account, “chavezcandanga,” had racked up more than 237,000 followers as of Saturday morning — besting the 234,000 who receive tweets from Globovision, the only TV channel that remains critical of the socialist leader.

• Why Twitter Is the Future of News – An unprecedented analysis reveals that the micro-blogging service is remarkably effective at spreading “important” information.

• The Twitter Search Revolution: Popular & Promoted Tweets Mature The Service – Within the past month, Twitter Search has radically matured. It has gained “relevant” tweets in addition to search ads. The changes are as much a revolution as when web search engines increased their relevancy and integrated search ads a decade ago. Searchers, search marketers — take notice! Below, a guide to what’s happened and what may come.

  Relevancy Ranking Vs. “Recency” Ranking

• Twitter to Launch Twitter Business Center – We have confirmed with Twitter that beta testing of its new business features, dubbed the “Twitter Business Center,” has begun.

  According to the company, “only a handful of accounts have these features presently,” but it will expand on a gradual basis to more accounts. One of the biggest additions is the ability for businesses to accept direct messages on the service, even from people they don’t follow.

• Twitter Expects Hundreds of Advertisers This Year – Twitter plans to have hundreds of advertisers using its new ad system in the fourth quarter as the company ramps up plans to become a self-sustaining, profitable business.

• Can Twitter Promote Itself into Profitability? – It was a tweet like many others from Starbucks, promising free refills to customers who brought in reusable tumblers on Earth Day.

  But the message came to users in a different way — it appeared at the top of Twitter search results pages, even for those who weren’t among the coffee giant’s followers. And there was a tiny tag in the corner of the update, outlined in yellow and reading “Promoted by Starbucks Coffee.”

• Twitter, in arrivo strumento “Followers in comune” – E’ ora per Twitter di rinnovarsi, di cambiare, di rendere più dinamico il suo aspetto, a prima vista un po’ scarno. Dopo l’arrivo delle liste, dei bottoni di Re-twitt e di tools utii ad aumentare l’interattività tra gli utenti, sarebbe in arrivo un nuovo interessante cambiamento che potrebbe aiutare a incrementare il grado di socialità del SN.

  “Amici in comune” è, in effetti, qualcosa di già visto sulle pagine di Facebook: ogni volta che si entra nel profilo di un utente, vengono evidenziati gli amici condivisi. Uno strumento utile, che ha sempre caratterizzato il SN di Zuckerberg.

• Come citare un tweet: lo strumento facile e veloce per il tuo blog – Twitter ha reso disponibile un semplicissimo strumento per citare graficamente un messaggio di un utente Twitter (un tweet, appunto), in due secondi e senza fatica. Basta inserire l’indirizzo del singolo messaggio e copiare il codice generato

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