Would it be beneficial for Google to purchase Twitter?

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Posted on 18th April 2009 by iansheldon in News

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There has been a lot of recent talk about Google aquiring Twitter due to the enormous amount of interest and activity the social networking site has generated over the last few months.

Would it be beneficial for Google to purchase such a network?

It’s an ideal channel for product marketing, viral marketing and such what and could fit in well with Googles strategy.

The recent news about Ashton Kutcher breaking 1 million followers is said to be a milestone in the use of social networking sites, and one that has raised a few eyebrows and opened a few eyes.

This story is of interest to SEO’s as Google seemingly see’s great value in social networks when it comes to Search Engine results.

Does Twitter help with SEO?

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Posted on 8th April 2009 by iansheldon in Random thoughts

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Just a quick one for now……

The Twitter phenomenon seems to be ploughing ahead at full steam right now, with record numbers of tweets being recorded.  But does it help with your Search Engine Optimisation campaign?

Directly, no, I don’t believe  it does it terms of the actual optimisation of your site, but it does hold alot of value in terms of marketing and increasing the awareness of your site if you are prepared to invest the time to use it well.

I do know that since I started using Twitter that visits to this blog have increased which can only be a good thing.

Discuss……

Twitter Growth Explodes in a year

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Posted on 23rd March 2009 by iansheldon in News

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New figures just out show that the number of people using Twitter in the UK has gone through the roof over the last year.

It’s not just the public using the site either – celebrities like Barack Obama, Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand have all jumped on the bandwagon.

Market research company Nielsen Online says Twitter grew by 1,689% from February 2008 to February 2009.

That means there are now more than 1.78 million people signed on.

This time last year the social networking site only had 100,000 members.

The same figures, however, show Facebook is still far and away the leading social networking site, with 17.8 million users and steady, strong growth of 114%.

Social Networking sites are still a great way of getting your products and services out in the public domain.