Hands up if you're a Twitterholic. Yes, my hand's up too.
If you love the micro-blogging platform Twitter
(http://www.twitter.com/kalena) as much as I do, then keep
reading.
I've put together a list of the coolest plug-ins and apps
designed for us Twitterholics and scored each out of five
on the *must have* scale.
Twitter Specific Tools: 1) TwitterFox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
addon/5081) is a Firefox extension that notifies you of
your friends' status on Twitter and lets you make posts
from your browser status bar. It also allows you to switch
between multiple Twitter accounts in one click. This is my
#1 must-have, deal-breaker, cannot live without Twitter
plug-in. Must Have Scale: * * * * *
2) Retweet This (http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/26500)
is an application designed for use with the Greasemonkey
(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748)
Firefox plug-in. It allows you to append a retweet button
to the end of each Twitter entry to encourage your followers
to retweet your posts. Must Have Scale: * * *
3) Classify Twitter Users (http://www.splitbrain.org/blog/
2008-04/25-classify_twitter_users_with_greasemonkey) is a
script that allows you to classify Twitter users and decide
whether they are worth following based on their friends,
followers and post ratios. Another Greasemonkey app, it's
a great tool to help you weed out the Twitter spammers and
fan boys from the socially healthy. You can set the script to use your own Twitter user scales
(e.g. spammer, social climber, social rock star) or just
gather more information about people you are following. Must Have Scale: * * * *
4) TwittAd (http://www.twittad.com/) allows Twitter users
to monetize their account by accepting advertising on the
background image of their Twitter user profile. You decide
the duration and price advertisers pay for exposure and get
paid for every hour you serve the ad. Must Have Scale: * *
5) TwitterCounter (http://twittercounter.com/) lets you add
a daily updating TwitterCounter to your blog so everybody
can see how popular you are by the number of persons
following you. Must Have Scale: * * *
6) TweetBeep (http://tweetbeep.com/) is just like having
Google Alerts for Twitter. It enables you to keep track
of conversations that mention you, your products or your
company via email. You can even keep track of who's
tweeting your website or blog. It's a great tool for online
reputation management and you don't even have to be a
Twitter user to benefit from it. TweetBeep is another one
of my personal *must haves*. Must Have Scale: * * * *
7) Twitter Grader (http://twitter.grader.com/) measures the
reach and authority of a Twitter user, calculated by the
pace of their updates, the completeness of their profile,
their number of followers and the network power of those
followers.
Twitter Grader displays as a score out of 100 and is
consistently updating and adapting as your Twitter account
grows. Based on those grades, Twitter Grader lists the
Twitter Elite (http://twitter.grader.com/topusers) globally
and in each country, just like Technorati
(http://www.technorati.com/blogs/directory/) does for
bloggers. Must Have Scale: * * *
8) TwitPic (http://www.twitpic.com/), as the name suggests,
is a photo sharing tool for Twitter. When logged in, it
allows you to upload photos and post them with comments as
a Tweet. It works with a range of Twitter clients such as
Twitterific, Twhirl and MobileTwitter and stores all your
photos in a single location with updated viewing stats. As
far as Twitter image sharing goes, this is king for
reliability. Must Have Scale: * * * * *
9) Twuffer (http://twuffer.com/) is a Twitter buffer. It
allows Twitter users to compose a list of future tweets,
and schedule their release. Twuffer is ideal for making
hourly, daily or monthly announcements or send post-dated
birthday greetings or reminders to people about upcoming
events. It's also perfect if you're the type of person who
wants to give the impression that you never sleep. Must Have Scale: * * *
10) Twistori (http://twistori.com/) I have a real soft spot
for this one. One of the developers is Amy Hoy, one of my
favorite speakers from Webstock 2008
(http://www.webstock.org.nz/) and a goth geek to boot.
Twistori is a social experiment that taps into the Twitter
conversations revolving around life's central activities:
Love, Hate, Think, Believe, Feel, Wish. You can click on
any of these emotions and witness a live feed of Tweets
that use them. It's voyeuristic and utterly compelling. Must Have Scale: * * * *
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Article by Kalena Jordan, one of the first search engine
optimization experts in Australia, who is well known and
respected in the industry, particularly in the U.S. As well as
running a daily Search Engine Advice Column
(http://www.ask-kalena.com/), Kalena manages Search Engine
College (http://www.searchenginecollege.com/) - an online
training institution offering instructor-led short courses and
downloadable self-study courses in Search Engine Optimization
and other Search Engine Marketing subjects.
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