Twitter的一炮走红实在是超出大家的想象，特别是2009年以来飞速发展。最新的数据显示该服务单单在美国就即将达到1800万用户。 我们大家都知道Twitter在美国非常受欢迎，但是在世界其他地方却也相当流行。 让我们来看看自从Twitter在2006年创建后到现在2009年，这三年中它在世界范围内的扩张。

下面的地图是根据谷歌搜索数据显示的，谷歌搜索数据是我们经常使用的一个搜索兴趣转化为实际受欢迎度的一个很重要参考，这次我们搜的是“Twitter”。

2006

第一年，Twitter只是在美国才流行，看下面的地图就可以很清楚地看出Twitter当时的区域受欢迎度。

更多关于2006 Twitter的谷歌搜素数据：点击这里

2007

2007年，Twitter开始拓展到美国以外的边界地区。值得一提的是，在日本，人们对它的兴趣激增，Twitter服务在那里大受欢迎。

更多关于2007 Twitter的谷歌搜素数据： 点击这里.

2008

2008年开始，情况变得更目前有点像了。对Twitter的兴趣仍在增长，有些用户还是非常有来头的大人物(举个例子，奥巴马在其竞选中就以使用Twitter 出名)。Twitter在日本继续受人们的关注，还有像英国、澳大利亚、加拿大也加入了这个阵列中。

更多关于2008 Twitter的谷歌搜素数据： 点击这里

2009

总所周知，2009年是Twitter真正像火箭一般迅速飞翔的日子。 它在美国大受关注，并且在其他地区也继续受到热烈的欢迎 (甚至于在 Oprah上都有展示)，在英国，Twitter经历了惊人的提升，该服务已经向名人展开双臂，帮助了Stephen Fry、John Cleese 成名。加拿大、巴西、爱尔兰、澳大利亚、南非和新西兰这些国家都属于对Twitter热情非常高的国家。

更多关于2009 Twitter的谷歌搜素数据： 点击这里.

今昔对比，Twitter 2006和Twitter 2009

我们见证了Twitter的成长，让我们来看另一组数据，看看当时Twitter的受欢迎度和今日的区别。数据是相同的，下面是以图表的形式显示：

毫无疑问，Twitter确实征服了整个世界。

一个有意思的地方是，这其中所有的重要国家，除了巴西之外都是英语国家。这或许不足为奇，因为要获得Twitter的最大价值和用户群，必须得说英语。 另一方面，可能Twitter上其他语言的飞起是迟早的事，只是时间的问题。

有没有敢大胆预测下2010年的Twitter将会如何呢？

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A year-by-year tour of how Twitter has been taking over the world

Twitter’s meteoric rise to fame has been hard to miss, especially after it really took off in 2009. The latest number being thrown around is that the service will soon have 18 million users in the United States alone.We all know that Twitter is extremely popular in the United States, but it’s pretty darn popular in the rest of the world as well (Pingdom is on Twitter, and we’re Swedes!) But it took Twitter a while to get there.

Let’s take a tour of the geographic expansion of Twitter from its launch in 2006 until today in 2009.

The maps below are based on Google search data. We have found over and over again that a high search interest translates well into actual popularity of an online service, in this case searches for “Twitter”.

2006

In its first year Twitter was pretty much a US-only phenomenon, made blatantly clear by this map showing the regional interest for Twitter back then.

More Google search insights for Twitter in 2006 available here.

2007

In 2007 the word about Twitter started to spread outside the US borders. Especially noteworthy is the strong surge of interest in Japan, where the service became very popular.

More Google search insights for Twitter in 2007 available here.

2008

In 2008 the situation was starting to look a bit more like it does today. The interest in Twitter continued to surge, triggered in part by high-profile Twitter users (Obama famously used Twitter during his presidential campaign, to name an example). Interest for Twitter continued to be strong in Japan and countries like the UK, Australia and Canada were also jumping on the bandwagon.

More Google search insights for Twitter in 2008 available here.

2009

As is widely known, 2009 is the year that Twitter really took off like a rocket. It has received huge amounts of attention in the US where it continues to show up basically everywhere (even showcased by Oprah), and Twitter experienced a phenomenal boost in the UK where the service has been embraced with open arms and helped by celebrities like Stephen Fry and John Cleese (we wrote about this back in March). Canada, Brazil, Ireland, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand are other countries where the interest for Twitter is very strong.

More Google search insights for Twitter in 2009 available here.

Then and now, Twitter in 2006 and in 2009

Now that we’ve gone through the years of Twitter’s existence, let’s look at another representation of the relative popularity of Twitter in its first year versus today. It’s the same data as above, but shown here in diagram form.

It’s pretty safe to say that Twitter IS indeed conquering the world.

An interesting thing here is that all of the top countries, with the notable exception of Brazil, are English-speaking countries. This should probably not come as a surprise since to get the most out of Twitter and its existing user base, English is a must.

On the other hand, it’s probably just a matter of time before other languages take off on Twitter.

We wish we knew what Twitter’s secret sauce was.

Does anyone dare to make a prediction of what will happen to Twitter in 2010?

A note on the data: These numbers from Google are normalized, i.e. they show the regional interest relative to the number of internet users in each country (or searches made in each country, we’re not sure what method Google uses). In other words, they don’t necessarily correspond to where Twitter has the most users, but where it is garnering the most interest. That’s how smaller countries like New Zealand can rank relatively high on the list, because a large part of their population (regardless of population size) search for information about Twitter. ]]> http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/451/feed/ 0 http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/444/ http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/444/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:26:18 +0000 jacobxx http://xwxy.zzspy.com/?p=444

上一周，Twitter发表宣告更改服务条款声明用户拥有自己的Tweets版权，并且Twitter可在用户的Tweets内容旁边放置广告。更为重要的是，Twitter开始打击垃圾信息、 bots以及其他不良行为。

新修改的Twitter规则是新的服务条款的一部分，根据新的规则，很多不同原因都可能造成你的Twitter账户被终结。任何不适当的内容、蹲位霸占行为以及出售用户名都可能成为你被踢出Twitter的理由。

仔细研究了下Twitter规则，我们总结出Twitter大体会向以下10种类型的用户将关闭大门。

1. 冒充者

你通过使用名人名或者大品牌的身份来创建Twitter 账户，希望借此名气来帮助你赢得Twitter的人气，现在你没有这么好的运气了。 Twitter规则明确指出“你不允许通过Twitter服务，以某种方式冒充来误导、混淆或欺骗他人。”

当然，禁止冒充才刚开始还有很长的路要走，不过多亏了Tony LaRussa 诉讼案， 促使Twitter启动了验证账户，这样才能确保我们在Twitter上follow的名人是真正的名人，品牌才是真正的品牌。

2. 机器人
由于Twitter现在拥有的强大权力，机器人Twitter账户也将活在死亡的恐惧中。如果你的Twitter不是通过人工发布而是通过Twitter content 或则RSS feed设置来自动tweet、回复以及retweet，恐怕你的账户也很危险。

新的规则明确表明了Twitter更新时偏爱用户亲手写出Twitter更新，声明说“如果你的Twitter更新主要是由链接组成并且不是个人亲自更新的话，那么，你违反了用户服务条款，我们有权终止你的账户。”

这方面，可能会遭到Twitterer的驳回，因为有些人是出于实用的目的使用bot的，IMDb’s Twitter 账户的使用者就超过了45000名，而这样的行为却有bot的嫌疑，它利用电影资料库直接自动发布更新、自动答复以及唧唧喳喳的咨询，但是它显然还是很受大家的追捧。我们希望Twitter能够慎重考虑这一点，并能够正确地区分好的bots和坏的bots。

3. 色情图片使用者

虽然Twitter不准备管制或者审查tweet内容是否属于成人内容， Twitter将要打击所有的不合适头像或者Twitter背景中使用的不良图片。关于情色内容，Twitter的规则是这么说的，“您不得使用任何淫秽 色情图片作为个人资料中的图片或者任何背景图片。”

道德准则:在上传图片作为Twitter头像或者背景图像时请一定注意了，不要再 发裸照了。

4. 滥用者

我们应该都见过那些拼命给超过三万用户回帖，但却只有寥寥几人跟随他们的用户。因此，有人就开通了大量的Twitter账户给他们自己的故事留言， 来抢话题的风头。 这些行为是非常靠不住的，很容易被识穿的，很容易被认定为滥发信息者，而且现在也有了Twitter的救援。

连号账户将被禁止，“您不允许以破坏或滥用为目的创建大量的账户。创建大量的账户会导致所有的账户被停止使用。”连号账户的行为也会给你带来很多麻烦，因此，请避免以下行为:

• 在很短的时间内follow大量用户。
• 在很短的时间内，特别是通过自动化方法(aggressive follower churn)来follow大量用户。
• 不管是为了建立大量的followers或者是希望你的个人资料能获得更多的关注，重复follow Twitter用户的行为。
• 与被你follow的人数相比，follow你的人数非常小。
• 有大量的投诉指控你发垃圾信息。
• 你通过多个账户发布相同的内容或者一个账户发布多个相同内容的更新。
• 你在回复中发送了大量的重复内容。
• 你发送了大量的垃圾信息试图搞毁一个服务或链接。

5. 蹲位者

域名抢注已不新鲜，抢注一个相当好的域名之后，希望此后靠此大赚一笔的人不少。考虑到一个好的Twitter名字也有不少的价值，微博客的抢注也就 一点都不为奇了。 不过这在Twitter上将很快就行不通了，已经明确表态不再支持名字抢注了。 “您不得抢注名字却不使用Twitter账户，一旦你的账户超过6个月都没动静，你的账户就会被删除，恕不通知。”

Twitter将通过以下行为判定:

• 创建的账户数量。
• 创建账户的目的是以阻止他人使用此账户名。
• 创建账户的目的是出售账户。
• 通过使用第三方的内容feed，以第三方的名义来更新、维护账户。

6. 招人厌的推销员

我们知道你有可能就是其中一员，你认为你可以熟练操作Twitter，让它变为你赚钱的场所。 但是如果你认为你可以向Twitter的跟随者兜售，还是请你认真考虑好。 “如果你尝试向跟随者“兜售”特别是通过被认定为过激的follow工具来销售，” 你会被列入Twitter的黑名单上。 难道这还不值得你停止冒险赌博 的行为吗（你不怕丢失你的用户群吗）？

7. “热门标签”的垃圾信息发布者

由于热门话题很受欢迎，因此有一些投机取巧的Twitter用户发现如果在他们的Tweets中使用热门标签会吸引更多的眼球。这类行为，我们把它叫做热门标签垃圾信息，不幸的是，这类信息还相当常见，通常都是不相关的，可以看看 Habitat的垃圾信息策略了解大概。

不过，高兴的是，这些“发布多个与话题不相关的Tweets，”的用户，你们的日子屈指可数了。

8. 剽窃者

下一次当你叽歪别人已经说过或写过的内容或者没有声明它的归属，那么你要三思而后行了。关于内容的所有权，现在Twitter已经有了标准，因此，“如果你转其他用户的帖却没有指明所属”你的账户可能就要遭殃了。

这个政策还是有点意思的，剽窃或者说没有指出内容的归属，应该说是大氛围就是如此。我们不期望看到Twitter上执行此政策。当然我们都知道所有权的重要性(即使只是在RT形式出现), 只是我们觉得这要执行起来太难了。

9. 过分透露他人隐私或“人肉”

过分透露私密在Twitter上是比较常见的，想想也知道 40%的tweets都是无意义的唠叨。但是很可能在某个时间某个地点你在这个公开的Twitter上与大家分享的内容却会对别人造成伤害，如果出现这样的情形，Twitter将会果断地采取相应的行为介入。

对于他人隐私内容的界定是这么说的，“您不得未经他人授权或同意发布他人的隐私或秘密信息， 如，信用卡卡号或者街道地址、社会福利以及身份证号码。”
一般来讲大家都不愿意被别人揭露隐私，做起来也相对容易，同时大家也不容忍“威胁、恐吓”的行为。“您不得发布直接或间接对他人造成具体暴力威胁的行为。”
希望，Twitter将成为一个安全的网上场所。

10. 骗子

由于Twitter授权验证账户的勋章复制起来挺方便的，骗子可通过一些PS技巧给他们自己授权。 Twitter上冒充名人是一回事，谎称自己有一个已验证账户却跟这个完全是两码事，是更严重的一种行为，这也是为什么对伪造验证的处罚是永久封号的原因。

新的规则明确指出, “除非由Twitter提供，否则您不得使用验证账户徽章。任何使用伪造的徽章作为个人资料图片、背景图片的一部分或者其它任何方式的虚假验证，您的账户都将会被永久冻结。”

附原文：

10 People You Won’t See on Twitter Anymore

This week Twitter announced changes to its Terms of Service spelling out that you own your Tweets, and that Twitter can place ads next to your content. What’s more, Twitter wants to crack down on spammers, bots and other bad behavior.The refreshed Twitter Rules that are a part of the new Terms of Service spell out a number of different reasons why you may find your TwitterTwitter account terminated. Everything from inappropriate content and squatting to selling usernames could be cause for you to get the boot.

Upon closer look we noticed that Twitter is closing the curtain on at least 10 types of Twitter users we see regularly attempt to game the service. Here are the 10 people we won’t be hearing from anymore:

1. The Impersonator

You know who you are. You create Twitter accounts using celebrity names or big brand identities and you hope to fool unsuspecting Twitterers into following you for your namesake. Good luck with that.

Twitter clearly spells out that “you may not impersonate others through the Twitter service in a manner that does or is intended to mislead, confuse, or deceive others.”

Clearing out impersonators will certainly be an ongoing process, but thankfully the Tony LaRussa lawsuit prompted Twitter to launch Verified Accounts, giving us assurance that those celebrities we follow are who they say they are.

2. The Bot

Robotic Twitter accounts should live in fear of death by the powers that be at Twitter. If you’re not human and you’re configured to automatically tweet, reply, and retweet based on Twitter content or RSS feeds then you could be in danger.

The rules express a clear preference for the human touch when it comes to Twitter updates, stating that you could be in violation of the TOS and subject to termination, “if your updates consist mainly of links, and not personal updates.”

This is an area where there might some push back by Twitterers, as some of us use bots for practical purposes. IMDb’s Twitter account, which has more than 45k followers, is guilty of bot-like behavior, posting auto-updates from the movie database and auto-replying and DMing to Twitter inquiries, but it’s obviously well-received by followers. We’re hoping Twitter will use discretion here to separate out the good bots from the bad ones (like these guys).

3. The Naked Chick

Moral of the story: put some clothes on before you smile bright for your Twitter avatar or background image photo op.

4. The Serial Abuser

We’ve all seen those Twitterers who are following 30,000 users but only have 4 followers in return. Then, there are those that open massive quantities of Twitter accounts to retweet their own replies or stories, seeking the limelight of a Twitter trending topic.

It’s all very fishy, and we’re pretty good at sniffing these users out for what they are — spammers – but we could always use a little extra help. Thankfully, Twitter to the rescue.

Serial accounts will not be tolerated, “You may not create serial accounts for disruptive or abusive purposes. Mass account creation will result in suspension of all accounts.” Serial activity could also get you in to trouble, so you might want to avoid these behaviors:

- If you have followed a large amount of users in a short amount of time
- If you have followed and unfollowed people in a short time period, particularly by automated means (aggressive follower churn)
- If you repeatedly follow and unfollow people, whether to build followers or to garner more attention for your profile;
- If you have a small number of followers compared to the amount of people you are following
- If a number of spam complaints have been filed against you
- If you post duplicate content over multiple accounts or multiple duplicate updates on one account
- If you send large numbers of duplicate @replies
- If you send large numbers of unsolicited @replies in an attempt to spam a service or link

5. The Squatter

Domain name squatting has long been practiced by those looking to make money by snapping up desirable names in the hopes of later flipping them for a profit to interested buyers. Given the value of a good Twitter name, it’s no surprise the practice has rolled to over the micro medium as well.

But Twitter will have none of that. Name squatting is clearly spelled out as a big no-no. “You may not engage in name squatting. Accounts that are inactive for more than 6 months may also be removed without further notice.”

Twitter will get suspicious based on any of these behaviors:

- the number of accounts created
- creating accounts for the purpose of preventing others from using those account names
- creating accounts for the purpose of selling those accounts
- using feeds of third-party content to update and maintain accounts under the names of those third parties

6. The Slimy Salesman

We know you’re out there. You think you can manipulate the Twitter ecosystem and turn Twitter followers into a marketplace for your own profit.

But if you think you can sell Twitter followers and just get away with it, think again. You’re on Twitter’s bad list, “If you have attempted to “sell” followers, particularly through tactics considered aggressive following or follower churn.”

Does that mean you can’t gamble with them either?

7. The Hashtag Spammer

Due to the popularity of trending topics, opportunistic Twitterers have discovered that they can potentially reach more eyeballs if they append a trending hashtag to their tweet. The activity is known as hashtag spam, and it’s unfortunately pretty commonplace and often inappropriate, just look at Habitat’s spam tactics as an example.

Thankfully, for those of you who “post multiple unrelated updates to a topic using #,” or “post multiple unrelated updates to a trending or popular topic,” your days may be numbered.

8. The Plagiarizer

This is quite an interesting policy, as plagiarism and the failure to attribute content when appropriate is certainly an issue for the blogosphere as a whole, but not something we expected to see Twitter try to enforce. Of course we believe attribution to be very important (even if it’s just in RT form), we just think it might be hard to police.

9. The Über Oversharer or Bully

Oversharing is common place on Twitter, especially if you buy into the thinking that 40% of tweets are pointless babble. But there comes a time and place when what you share in the public domain could be detrimental to another individual. Should that be the case, Twitter isn’t afraid to step in and take action.

As spelled out in the section on content boundaries, “You may not publish or post other people’s private and confidential information, such as credit card numbers, street address or Social Security/National Identity numbers, without their express authorization and permission.”

Basically they’re making it easier for themselves to crack down on the bullies of this Twittersphere, especially since threats won’t be tolerated either. “You may not publish or post direct, specific threats of violence against others.”

Hopefully Twitter will be a safer place as a result.

10. The Faker

To impersonate someone on Twitter is one thing, but to fake having a verified account is something different entirely. That’s why the penalty for faking verification is permanent suspension.

The rules clearly state that, “You may not use the Verified Account badge unless it is provided by Twitter. Accounts using the badge as part of profile pictures, background images, or in any way implying false verification will be permanently suspended.”

What bad behavior on Twitter annoys you the most? Let us know in the comments. ]]> http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/444/feed/ 0 http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/439/ http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/09/27/439/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:18:27 +0000 jacobxx http://xwxy.zzspy.com/?p=439

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随着Twitter的日益增长，过去几个月在许多方面的努力，Twitter决定扩展他们管理Twitter使用的核心准则的服务条款也并不为奇。今天，该公司就此变更在他们的博客上发表宣告。

新的服务条款涵盖的范围远比老版本广，并且更加具体详细，不但提到隐私问题，还包括了所有权、垃圾信息、权利以及链接。该微博客公司称由于他们更好地理解了用户的使用Twitter的方式，更新服务条款也是为了更好地实现用户的需求。

尽管里头有很多变化，Twitter的创始人Biz Stone 强调服务条款的变更主要体现在下面四个方面：

广告 — 在新的条款中，我们打开了广告的大门，就像我们之前说过的一样，我们更愿意保持这个选择权。

所有权（版权）— Twitter可以“使用、复制、改写、改进、调整、修改、发布、传播、展示和分发” 你的tweets的，因为我们的文化就是如此，不过你的tweets仍属于你的。

APIs — Twitter平台上的应用如雨后春笋一般涌现出来，给我们这个平台增添了不少价值。Twitter用户需同意我们通过应用来增强我们的内容，我们也正在准备一些应用的使用指南来帮助Twitter用户。

垃圾信息 — 根据我们这些时间以来经营的规则，滥用垃圾信息的行为和垃圾信息在这些条款中我们也都有谈到。

新的服务条款共有15个部分，其中包括Twitter上潜在的一些问题，如隐私问题以及版权问题。这种变化及此次宣告或许是为避免遭受二月份Facebook服务条款惨败类似的问题，而采取的一个必要的措施，这应该是一大进步。

我们最关心的两个问题应该是广告和对tweets的所有权。这次的服务条款似乎是Twitter平台上广告的一个开始。至少，它也明确表明广告确实已经开放了，这终究是一个重大的潜在收入来源。

关于tweet的所有权: 听到说所有权属于我们的当然很高兴了。

附原文：Twitter Changes TOS, Opens the Door for Ads

With Twitter growing so dramatically and in so many directions over the last few months, it’s probably no surprise that they have decided to expand their Terms of Service – the core rules that govern the use of Twitter. The company announced the changes today in a detailed blog post.The new TOS, which is far more expansive and specific than the old one, not only addresses privacy concerns, but ownership, spam, rights, and links. The microblogging company said that, now that they better understand how users utilize TwitterTwitter, they can update the TOS to match.

While there are many changes, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone highlighted four key areas in where they updated the TOS:

“Advertising—In the Terms, we leave the door open for advertising. We’d like to keep our options open as we’ve said before.

Ownership—Twitter is allowed to “use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute” your tweets because that’s what we do. However, they are your tweets and they belong to you.

APIs—The apps that have grown around the Twitter platform are flourishing and adding value to the ecosystem. You authorize us to make content available via our APIs. We’re also working on guidelines for use of the API.

SPAM—Abusive behavior and spam is also outlined in these terms according to the rules we’ve been operating under for some time.”

The new TOS has 15 sections which better encompasses potential issues on Twitter like privacy and ownership. This change, as well as the announcement, was probably a necessary move to avoid the Facebook Terms of Service fiasco that occurred back in February.

The two things that strike us though are the discussion of ads and that you own your tweets. This TOS seems to be a starting point for adding advertising to the Twitter platform. At the very least, it clearly says the option is open. It is a major potential source of revenue, after all.

On tweet ownership: we’re glad to hear that they are ours. We worked hard to make all of those witty 140 character remarks, after all.

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随着社会媒体对Twitter的热捧，调研公司热衷于调查人们都是如何使用这个社交平台并分析他们对Twitter整体趋势的看法。

这其中就包括数据分析商Pear Analytics，它决心通过研究Tweets的内容看人们是否是没头没脑地胡乱分享信息还是发布些意义和价值的东西。 他们的调查结果对我们这些热衷于Twitter的人们来说并不怎么乐意听，因为它表明40.55% 的用户都是在毫无意义的念念碎碎。

Pear Analytics研究团在跨度为两周的时间内抽取了两千条Tweets，美国中部时间每天早上11点至下午5点，每半个小时抽取200条。他们把这些Tweets分成六类: 新闻、垃圾邮件、自我宣传、无意义的嘀咕、谈话、传达有价值信息。

明显胜出的是: 无意义的嘀咕，超过三分之一的tweets都可以归入到“我正在吃三明治”这类；有点自恋性质的谈话紧跟其后，占37.55%；传达有价值的信息及其他均占8.7%，居第三位；不过，庆幸的是垃圾邮件只占3.75%。

其它重要调查结果:

• 每周二 2:00pm（美国中部时间）为新 tweets 高峰。
• 每周一 11:30am（美国中部时间）为传达有价值的 tweets 高峰。
• 垃圾 tweets 则是每天无规律地流窜。
• 周二为交谈性 tweets 的高峰。

所有对Twitter的研究中，这份研究应该说是比较科学的。你可以下载Pearl Analytics完整报告查看他们的研究方法。不过研究下他们的抽样数据却能显示出Twitter用户群是非常庞大的。这样，你是否还继续在Twitter上发这些无意义的念念碎碎呢?

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TWITTER ANALYSIS: 40% of Tweets Are Pointless Babble

With Twitter being such a hot trend right now, research firms have been anxious to study how people are using the social platform, and analyze trends in aggregate view.One such company, data analytics provider, Pear Analytics, set out to study the contents of our tweets to determine if, in fact, we’re all just sharing mindless babble, or if there was something more intellectual going on.

Their findings aren’t all that favorable to those of us with lofty views of Twitter, because as it turns out, 40.55% of tweets are pointless babble.

The Pear Analytics group took 2,000 tweets in English from the public timeline over a time span of two weeks, with 200 tweets captured each half-hour from 11am – 5pm CST daily. They then categorized tweets into six different types: news, spam, self-promotion, pointless babble, conversation, and pass-along value.

The clear winner: pointless babble tweets, with over one-third of all studied tweets fitting into the “I’m eating a sandwich now” category. As somewhat of a redemption for our narcissistic oversharing ways, conversational tweets came in a very close second with 37.55%. Pass-along value — or RTs — captured third-place with only 8.7%, but, thankfully, spam only accounted for 3.75% of all tweets studied.

Other key findings:

- News tweets are heaviest at 2:00pm CST on Tuesdays

- Pass-along value tweets are most frequently seen at 11:30am CST on Mondays

- Spam tweets flow consistently all day, everyday

- Conversational tweets are heaviest on Tuesdays

Of all the studies we’ve seen on Twitter and online behavior in recent history, this one has to be one of the more scientific. You can read about Pear Analytics’ research methodology in the full report (PDF download), but it appears as if they tried to capture sample data that would be reflective of the larger TwitterTwitter population. Should that be the case, you and I should probably learn to keep more of the pointless babble we share on Twitter to ourselves. ]]> http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/08/25/%e7%bb%9f%e8%ae%a1%e6%98%be%e7%a4%ba%ef%bc%9a%e8%b6%85%e8%bf%8740%e7%9a%84twitter%e4%bf%a1%e6%81%af%e6%98%af%e5%ba%9f%e8%af%9d/feed/ 0 http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/08/25/google%e5%a6%82%e4%bd%95%e7%9c%8b%e5%be%85twitter%ef%bc%9f/ http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/08/25/google%e5%a6%82%e4%bd%95%e7%9c%8b%e5%be%85twitter%ef%bc%9f/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:07:44 +0000 jacobxx http://xwxy.zzspy.com/2009/08/25/google%e5%a6%82%e4%bd%95%e7%9c%8b%e5%be%85twitter%ef%bc%9f/ 本文转载自WordPress啦！

在谷歌搜索时如果你选择自动完成，随着你在搜索框中输入词语的变化，系统会提示各种热门搜索问题。举个例子，如果你输入“George,” 会提示“George Washington、George Bush、George Clooney以及其他著名的George…”。

不过要是你用谷歌搜索“Twitter”时，这结果不可避免地让人产生怀疑。在搜索框输入“Twitter is” ，下方的提示都是些比较作恶的文字，如：retarded（弱智的）、useless（无用的）、lame（软弱的）、pointless(无意义的)。请看图示：

对谷歌这样诋毁Twitter微博客是不是有点愤愤不平？尽管看上去确实很有故事，不过实际情况并非如此（并非有意侵犯Twitter。）怎么说呢？如果你同样在搜索框输入“Google is”，下方的提示有“making us stupid（让我们变得更愚蠢）、watching you(在看着你)”。不过，这个搜索结果还是挺有意思的，我之前都没注意。
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What Does Google Think of Twitter?
When you start typing a search on Google, if you have auto-complete enabled, it will start to recommend different queries based on what you’re typing. So, for example, if you write “George,” it will suggest George Washington, George Bush, and George Clooney, among others well-known George’s.

However, if you’re using Google to try and figure out what exactly Twitter (Twitter) is, the results are a bit suspect. Type “Twitter is” into the iconic search box and Google will suggest words like retarded, useless, lame, and pointless. Take a look:

A bit of resentment towards the microblogging startup being played out on Google (Google)? While that would make quite a story, that’s almost definitely not the case. How do we know? If you type in “Google is,” you’ll get suggestions like “making us stupid” and “watching you.” Nonetheless, it’s an amusing little intricacy of the search engine we previously weren’t aware of.

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FriendFeed也许不可能拥有像Facebook或Twitter这样的用户群。不过此次交易是 不会错的: Facebook收购FriendFeed，对整个社交网有很大的影响。与Facebook相比，Twitter最大优势在于它的“实时搜索 ”，Facebook 也已经暗示他们将努力开发具有竞争性的产品。

FriendFeed做的最出色的产品之一就是搜索。他们实时搜索引擎无论在界面上还是实用性上都超过了Twitter: 但是却苦于英雄无用武之地，无法实现像Twitter搜索一样的价值。不过，如果把这个内容贡献给Facebook的2.5亿用户，这个问题将很快就会解决。

加之FriendFeed团队的历史经验 – 他们曾是谷歌 Gmail和谷歌地图的工程师，很显然他们知道如何运用他们的技术到Facebook中 –将对Twitter构成真正的威胁。

为了双方的公平，FriendFeed全部12名员工将加盟Facebook，如此有才华的两个团队将结合在一起。此后，FriendFeed将不复存在。

Facebook试图挑战Twitter已有段时间了。比如，前段时间的设计更新、页面增加类似Twitter账户的功能、即将要修改的隐私政策， 无不显示出它朝着开放式互联网方向发展。在网站上方添加FriendFeed中功能强大的搜索，本质上是一种复制Twitter的行为。

与此同时，Twitter也对自己的“实时搜索”角色重新定位。Facebook利用其庞大的受众群，如果完成效仿Twitter的功能加上Friendfeed的搜索功能，相信它会越来越壮大的。

当然，Twitter有很多其自身特有的东西: 用户数年建立的关系网络，不太可能因为Facebook增加了功能就遭受打击。不过这确实潜在地限制了Twitter的发展，如果同样的事情可以在 Facebook这样一个更大的社区上实现，新用户没有理由不用Facebook。

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FriendFeedFriendFeed might not have close to the userbase of FacebookFacebook or TwitterTwitter, but make no mistake about it: Facebook’s acquisition of FriendFeed has big implications for the social web. One of Twitter’s big advantages over Facebook to-date has been its real-time search, and Facebook has already indicated that they’re working to build a competitive product.

Of the many things FriendFeed has done well, search is at the forefront. Their real-time search engine is much stronger than Twitter’s in terms of interface and usability: it simply doesn’t have nearly the volume of content to be as valuable as Twitter search. However, that problem is immediately solved if you plug content from Facebook’s 250+ million members into it.

Combine that with FriendFeed’s team history – they previously built GmailGmail and Google MapsGoogle Maps so they obviously know how to scale things to Facebook size – and you have what sets up to be a serious threat to Twitter.

Now, to be fair, FriendFeed and Facebook are spinning the deal primarily as a combination of two very talented teams (which is absolutely true) and the FriendFeed as we know it today may cease to exist when all is said and done.

But Facebook has been angling to challenge Twitter for some time. For example, a status update focused re-design, Pages that function like Twitter accounts, and upcoming privacy changes that will make the site far more of an open network. Add powerful search from FriendFeed on top of that and you’ve essentially duplicated Twitter’s functionality.

Twitter, meanwhile, just re-positioned itself as a real-time search player – or “the world’s water cooler” as we described it – when they launched their new homepage. Facebook, with its huge userbase advantage, would be a much bigger water cooler once its Twitter emulation is complete and search is also added to the mix.

Of course, Twitter has plenty of lock-in: users have spent years building up a following, so it’s not likely that simply adding features to Facebook is going to be a crushing blow. But it does potentially limit the ultimate opportunity for Twitter, as its utility could be a lot less readily apparent to potential new users if Facebook does the exact same things but on a much larger scale.