Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'twitter'

Yahoo announced they have added a developing news box that includes news articles, pictures, videos and also tweets. Starting today, you can see relevant photos, videos, and tweets about a breaking news story on the Yahoo! News Shortcut. Many of...

Posted on November 20, 2009 8:37 AM

Watching the search news yesterday was pretty interesting. First, there were tons of rumors that Microsoft will be integrating Twitter data into Bing. Then the news broke on that where Bing confirmed the news. It launched, in limited form, at...

Posted on October 22, 2009 8:27 AM

As many of you know, Twitter had some issues yesterday. It wasn't just Twitter, but Twitter got the most hurt from the DoS attack. If you haven't heard the news then (1) you were away, (2) you don't use twitter,...

Posted on August 7, 2009 8:26 AM

A Reuters article reports Yahoo is still going to invest in search, at least until the Microsoft deal is done. Specifically, in real-time search by "mining" Twitter data. Let me quote a piece of this article: Yahoo's Prabhakar Raghavan, head...

Posted on August 3, 2009 8:39 AM

If you visit Twitter.com today, you may notice a brand new home page (if you are not logged in). The home page really has a strong focus on search. Here it is: Why? Twitter said to help "people access Twitter...

Posted on July 29, 2009 9:09 AM

Last night, Google (GOOG) announced earnings and they "met" expectations, because the revenues were up 3%. There is a lot of buzz about this on Techmeme, but to read more about the earnings and the conference call about the earnings,...

Posted on July 17, 2009 8:31 AM

It is amazing how many blogs are buzzing about Bing adding Twitter results for some "prominent and prolific Twitterers." It works by searching for name tweet/twitter or the @username. So for example, @rustybrick returns my "latest" Tweet. The thing is,...

Posted on July 2, 2009 8:50 AM

Yesterday, a new search engine launched, its name is Topsy. Topsy's tagline is "a search engine powered by tweets." So there you go. If you look at the WebmasterWorld thread, all you will see is disappointed searchers. Here are some...

Posted on May 28, 2009 7:50 AM

Google's Matt Cutts explained in a video why Google does not currently index @ signs. It stems from not wanting to index email addresses, he said. But now with the popularity of Twitter, Matt would not be surprised if Google...

Posted on May 25, 2009 8:59 AM

Yesterday was a very interesting day for Twitter. In short, Twitter removed the ability to see @ replies. Then they brought it back but in a limited fashion. The Twitter blog explained: We're making a change such that any updates...

Posted on May 14, 2009 8:40 AM

News.com reports that Twitter is working on making Twitter Search more useful and relevant. Former VP of Search Quality for Google, Santosh Jayaram said they will soon be analyzing the links and content of the links in Twitter posts to...

Posted on May 7, 2009 8:46 AM

Google has secured @GoogleWebspam on Twitter. Currently the Twitter stream is empty, but the account has over 60 followers. Both Googler's JohnMu and Matt Cutts confirmed that this account is controlled by a Googler at the Web Spam team. John...

Posted on April 29, 2009 7:56 AM

One of the oldest areas of unspoken SEO blogging is the SEO Code. In short, blogging (now inclusive of Twitter) is a dangerous thing in this industry. On the one hand, you want to break stories, post something unique and...

Posted on April 27, 2009 9:01 AM

On Friday, I reported on an AdAge article that showed Google was testing incorporating Twitter streams in AdSense units. The first test, which was confirmed by Google as a limited beta, would show TurboTax's Twitter stream in AdSense units, likely...

Posted on April 6, 2009 8:29 AM

We know Google is on Twitter, so is AdWords and we know at least two AdWords reps are also. Yesterday, AdSense joined Twitter @adsense. The way AdSense joined was in Google style, the first Tweet was: Ads by 47 6F...

Posted on March 26, 2009 4:49 AM

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....

Posted on February 27, 2009 8:28 AM

In October, we reported that both InsideAdWords & Microsoft adCenter are Twittering. But it now seems like more Google AdWords representatives have joined the Twitter bandwagon. Both AdWordsPro Sarah & AdWordsPro Stephen are now on Twitter. You can follow them...

Posted on January 27, 2009 1:40 AM

In July, Dave Naylor spotted a "Twitter loophole" in the bio section of Twitter: Twitter nofollows users' web sites but links in the biography were actually not nofollowed. When Matt Cutts read the post, he notified Twitter's staff about the...

Posted on September 4, 2008 9:23 AM

Dosh Dosh has just written an excellent piece on how to get more Twitter followers. He cites a lot of reasons, but drives it down to the power of your brand. Still, even if you're not a powerful brand, you...

Posted on May 14, 2008 9:40 AM

A CNet article talks about an initiative to spread information about disasters and recovery. The project is called Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases and Disaster (InSTEDD) and is being funded partially by a $5 million grant by Google's charitable organization...

Posted on January 17, 2008 9:28 AM