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Twitter Friday: Twitter Lists Galore! Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:10 PM PDT A lot has happened on and around Twitter since I left for a week. All those news pales in comparison to the introduction of native lists on Twitter. We’ve used groups on advanced Twitter clients like TweetDeck and Seesmic already but this week Twitter lists went live for everybody on the Web interface at Twitter.com The introduction of lists been a wise move by Twitter for many reasons. Twitter lists result in people who use Twitter apps of all kinds returning to the actual website and generate page views and clicks. Also these lists are more than the groups we could use within Twitter clients. You can share these lists when they are public. You can subscribe to public lists. You can see who’s on them. You can see on how many lists you appear. You can link to lists You can invite people to join lists. Some features you’d expect are missing as of now though: You can’t leave lists, other put you on them. You can’t join lists, only others can make you join. You can’t address lists e.g. only tweet something to a list. You can’t see whether you see a tweet based on a list subscription or because you follow that person. Nonetheless there seems to be a real frenzy over the lists and a high adoption rate especially in the SEO industry. I ended up on a 12 lists within hours of the appearance of lists and by now the number has tripled. Other, more popular tweeple sport memberships in dozens or even hundreds of lists by now. Are lists the new follower count? Probably, but that’s not all. Lists are a very effective tool to organize information. On Twitter they allow you to organize sources of information. These sources are people so you list people you follow. We already can witness postings of “lists to follow” being published. Twitter lists directories being set up. sharing lists is being celebrated advice is being given on how marketers can use lists a Twitter lists arms race being on the way even Twitter lists humor already appearing Indeed lists are a really useful addition to the Twitter experience especially in case you tweet for business reasons. You can now group your employees or subscribe to whole new segments of the Twitter population. Do you want to subscribe to the SEO industry on Twitter with one click? Try this list by Matt McGee. Do you use lists already? Are there ways to use Twitter lists we haven’t covered yet? How can you use Twitter lists for SEO? Tell us about it! © SEOptimise. Signup for the SEOptimise monthly newsletter and hire us for Search Engine Marketing! Twitter Friday: Twitter Lists Galore! Related posts: Twitter Friday: 15 Tools Lists, Twitter Business & Social Life Resources Twitter Friday: StumbleUpon is not Twitter Twitter Friday: Twitter Redesign – Did you Notice it?

The Top Search Marketing Posts This Week Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:16 AM PDT It's been an eventful week in the SEO blogosphere, from Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicting the future of real time search engine indexing, to Yahoo flushing millions of dollars of Geocities PageRank down the drain!  Here's a collection of this weeks top search marketing and social media links from around the blogosphere: Google CEO Eric Schmidt talking about 'the biggest challenge of the age' SEO: Google Web In Five Years – Google CEO Eric Schmidt talking about how ranking real time social media content is 'the biggest challenge of the age'. Pitfalls to avoid when carrying out international SEO – Some great tips to keep in mind when carrying out SEO work for an international client. Google’s additional discovery method – Search Engine Land talks about how Google has a updated it’s web page discovery method using RSS and Atom feeds Yahoo Flushes Geocities down the drain – With the deletion of Yahoo’s Geocities, 7.45 million Geocities URLs now produce 404 error message, this blog post by Local SEO Guide suggests an alternative approach that would have had significant SEO benefits for Yahoo. Social Media: Proof that social media is killing print magazines – An interestingly presented blog post showing how declining print press publications coincide with the rise in people seeking news online. Googles trial and error social media strategy – SEOptimise’s blog post from earlier this week on the success and failure of the various Google services. 6 Crucial steps to prepare for real time search integration – Six great tips on how you can prepare for Yahoo’s real time search integration with Facebook and Twitter updates. 11 Ways to get more comments on your blog – Eleven ways to increase the number of comments received on your blog posts. Missed SEO opportunities – An enjoyable case study for any SEO on how an online costume retailer recently missed a seasonal opportunity by having such a poorly optimised online presence. © SEOptimise. Signup for the SEOptimise monthly newsletter and hire us for Search Engine Marketing! The Top Search Marketing Posts This Week Related posts: In 2020 will social media be more important than search as a marketing channel? BingHoo? Recap of the Yahoo/Microsoft Search Agreement! What are the main goals of your social media marketing campaigns?

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