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Is Twitter’s growth slowing?

August 12, 2009

Compete.com just released data for the month of July and it appears that Twitter’s growth rate—measured as unique visitors—has taken a big hit.
While Twitter grew 16.6% in June, the site slowed to a snail’s pace of just 1.25% in July.
What does this mean for the previously declared fastest growing social media site on the internet [...]

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Defending Twitter: For those who just don’t “get it”

April 22, 2009

Photo by mattyho
In response to the recent backlash against Twitter among those in the media and elsewhere who just don’t “get it,” I direct your attention to a great extraordinary article written by Geoff Manaugh over at BLDGBLOG.
I wholeheartedly subscribe to the notion that Twitter—the technology/platform/operating system/infrastructure—is separate from how people use it.
But I [...]

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This is ridiculous: Twitter’s skyrocketing growth

February 18, 2009

The graph below speaks for itself, but I’ll tell you anyway: Twitter is at the 6 million unique visitors mark for January. Good news for Twitter researchers like myself. A recent study by Pew Internet also notes Twitter’s surging growth:
As of December 2008, 11% of online American adults said they have used a service like [...]

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Take my Twitter use survey (and help with my thesis)

January 26, 2009

The link to my thesis Twitter survey has been circulating around Twitter and spreading like wildfire—thanks to Robert French @rdfrench at Auburn, who very kindly sent the link out to his over 2,000 followers (twice!). He definitely got the ball rolling.
If you’re a Twitter user and haven’t already participated, here’s the link! http://bit.ly/SrkQ
Takes less than [...]

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Simple ways Twitter can help you

January 25, 2009

Mashable has a great post on the ways that Twitter can help you in the real world—from getting personal reviews when making a decision to getting better customer service.
9 Ways Twitter Can Help in the Real World [Mashable]

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