Check out the new (in beta) Twitter business tool.
Cnet says it “CRM meets Twitter”
CoTweet powers brands on Twitter. Designed for businesses using Twitter to engage existing customers and attract new ones, CoTweet is a comprehensive Twitter business platform that supports both proactive marketing communication and response-driven customer support. https://cotweet.com/about
Ready for a new Twitter app? Birdhouse allows you to save tweet ideas and tweet (and untweet) when ready. But don’t just take it from me…
Take it away Bridhouse, “because you care about your twitter don’t you…”
via laughing squid
Scheduled or unscheduled, how do you satisfy a user base that is becoming increasingly dependent upon your service? Twitter is to big to allow server and technology issues impede growth plans. But the frequent mid-afternoon craw and now even weekend failure pose a threat to the leader.
The Internets are impatient! And there will come a day when Facebook or another “like structured” micro blogging system takes advantage of an outtage to announce a better and different model.
Perhaps a model where real engagement drives success and not just followers. Perhaps a model that allows other users to rate content; delivery; and appropriateness of posts. Perhaps a model that allows for separation and tuning of noise vs. signal. Perhaps the client application like Tweetdeck builds in a bridge mode using Identi.ca or similar platform. What’s Ping.fm working on these days…
TechCrunch covered the service problem citing others poking fun at the fail… Yes, Twitter is down. Yes, again. Yes, they’re looking into it. Yes, this is another Twitter post.
Official Twitter Status Update: May 30, 2009 7:50 PST.
Unscheduled downtime 1 hour ago
- We are investigating the problem and will update status shortly.
- Update: We have found the problem and are working to correct.
- Update: We have corrected a fatal software error. The site is back up.
via Twitter Status.
Growing pains are bound to occur. It’s tough being the best on the block. If I were the Twitter CEO, well… lets just stop there. LOL!
Search is very important. It’s how we find answers and information everyday.
We are just getting our mind around Wolfram|Alpha a new type of search and Microsoft has announced their candidate in the search space dominated by Google.
WolframAlpha is different in that it can give us the information we seek instead of piecing it together with what we find on Google.
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has unveiled Bing, the company’s revamped search engine and a key component in its online strategy.
The current site bing.com has their Coming Soon splash page.
According to Rupert Goodwins ZDNet.co.uk, Microsoft is calling Bing a “decision engine” rather than a search engine.
Didn’t we have big enthusiasm with Cuil (read more) recently. I really liked the visual presentation of Cuil results and the suggestions and related keywords.
But for some reason, it didn’t end up on a bookmark where I would conveniently use it on a regular basis.
It’s not reasonable to me that a new search engine player enters the market and changes habbits of going to Google. If the new search entrants want to gain presence, they should be partnering with social media sites as the exclusive search tool. Imagine if Bing was integrated better with Twitter search than any other tool? Or if Cuil was acquired by Facebook and bacame all Facebook users “right column” search for everything tool.
I’m sure the high level strategy teams are thinking about these things. You wan’t to see the game get interesting? Just wait until you hear about one of the big players announce what I just proposed.
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