Google Joins Twitter, The Online World Goes Haywire

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February 27, 2009

Google Joins Twitter, The Online World Goes Haywire

I cover Google a lot here, because that is what people talk about in the forums - mostly. But yesterday, Google joined Twitter at http://twitter.com/google and the online world went berserk. Google has 26,093 right now and it is growing. Yahoo http://twitter.com/yahoo only has 4,709 and they have been on Twitter for a while, and Live Search http://twitter.com/live_search only has 1,434 followers. Let's not forget Ask.com http://twitter.com/askdotcom with a whopping 94 followers.

Google joins and gets 25,000 in 24 hours. What brand power!

FYI, if you want to follow me on Twitter, I am at http://twitter.com/rustybrick. I only have 3,400 followers right now.

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posted rustybrick in Other Google Topics at February 27, 2009 8:28 AM Comments (3)

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Barry, Google's power is intense. I thought this was awkward for Google to join Twitter, because over at web pro news, I read about why Google should buy Twitter out.

Posted by KJ Rodgers at February 27, 2009 14:43

Barry, your not doing too bad yourself: "3,400 followers right now", you're almost neck and neck with Yahoo.

I think I'll add another 1 and make it 3401 today.

Posted by Rob Abdul at February 28, 2009 08:23

I think Twitter is great but could I just change the subject slightly, how can Twitter be used from an SEO point of view or can you not use it for that purpose?

Posted by Colin Craig at March 1, 2009 12:19

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