If you’re on Twitter you may have seen people put a # in front of a word in their post. That’s what’s called a hashtag, and it makes it easy for other people who are interested in a topic to follow all the posts about it. Hashtags are similar to tagging a photo in Flickr… they help other people understand what the tweet is about, as well as applications that try to help make sense of the overall Twitter stream. How can you use Twitter hashtags for your business?
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Google May Be More Massive Than You Thought [infographic]
Google. Google. Google. They may hold a commanding lead in the search engine market. They may make billions in revenue every year. Just how massive is Google? Are they as big as a solar system? A galaxy? The universe? How do they compare to other “big” websites out there? Here’s an interesting infographic to put it all in perspective… plus some random “facts” just for fun….
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The New Twitter [Video]
In an effort to make Twitter.com easier for people to use, a slew of new features were released last night (rolling out to people slowly). Will these changes increase adoption? Will people use the site instead of Twitter applications? Only time will tell. Here’s Twitter’s video promoting the release: