Microblogging tools

  • Microblog websites:
  • Beemood: Italian Twitter-esque site with map functionality built in. And tribes (groups). Plus Google ads on the site.
  • Blip.fm: Microblogging music.
  • Blippr: Microblogging meets ratings and reviews.
  • Globme: Beta now closed, but appears to be microblogging with a heavy location-based slant.
  • Identi.ca: Open Source Twitter-esque microblogging. Used as a back-up site for Twitter by many.
  • Jisko: Open source microblogging for Spanish speakers.
  • Plurk: Microblogging turned on it’s side. Literally. Easier to follow conversations – harder to find archived messages.
  • Seesmic: Video microblogging.
  • Twingr: Start your own private hosted Twitter groups.
  • Twitter: The main microblogging site for millions. Post 140 characters via web, mobile or applications.
  • Twitwall: Longer than Twitter, shorter than a blog. Works with Twitter log ins. Erm?
  • Tumblr: Blogging meets microblogging. Post short form blog posts from anywhere via a bookmarklet.
  • Yammer: Hosted microblogging for comapny groups, sorted by company email address.
  • Yonkly: Open source microblogging.

Microblogging for enterprise:

  • Laconi.ca: Open source microblogging tool for enterprise, hosted on your own servers.
  • Present.ly: Company administered microblogging.
  • Socialcast: Private company microblogging among other tools.
  • Status: Private group online microblogging.
  • Yammer: Techcrunch50 winner – hosted microblogging for corporations, users register with corporate email address.

Microblogging for blogs:

Distributed Posting tools:

  • Ping.fm: Update Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, plus Myspace, Facebook etc from AIM, GTalk, iGoogle, WAP, SMS, iPhone and email.
  • MoodBlast: Helping you stay on top of your web life by simultaneously updating multiple IM’s and social sites. Updates Skype, Twitter, Jaiku, Yappd, iChat, Facebook, Tumblr, Pownce, Adium from the Mac dock.
  • Posty: Adobe Air based application which delivers to Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Tumblr, FriendFeed and Identi.ca

Plurk Tools:

Twitter Tools:

  • Chirrup: Use Twitter to power the comments on your website or blog. Available as code, or Wordpress plugin.
  • Last.fm Love Tweet: Autofeed Twitter with whatever you’re listening to on Last.fm.
  • Livetwitting: For live tweeting from conference sessions etc.
  • Phweet: Use Twitter to start audio conversations and conference calls with your Tweeple.
  • Quotably: Tries to link up conversations on Twitter.
  • Snitter: Desktop Twitter client for Mac and Windows.
  • Summize: Searches Twitter in real time.
  • Twanslate: Twitter translator service.
  • Tweader: Threads Twitter conversations by using Twitter comment ID numbers.
  • Tweetake: Export your Friends, Followers,Favourites,Updates or Everything into an Excel .CSV file.
  • Tweetdeck: Popular Adobe Air application for Twitter. You can split tweets into topics or groups, post while offline, and it will store tweets you may have missed while you sleep etc, up to 48 hours worth.
  • Tweetr: Twitter Desktop client for Mac/Windows
  • Tweetscan: Search Twitter in real time.
  • TweetStats: In ur Tweets, Graphin’ your stats.
  • Twellow: Brilliant Twitter people and user search and browse tool with 300,000 Tweeple automatically categorised.
  • Twemes: Global tags for Twitter. Also available for mobiles at m.twemes.com
  • Twhirl: Desktop twitter client.
  • Twidge: Command line client for microblogging services, including Twitter.
  • Twignature: Twitter buttons for your blog etc,  with your username on.
  • Twist: Tracking Twitter trends, in ‘last week’, ‘last month’ and ‘all time’. Multiple terms can be tracked and graphed.
  • Twistori: Arty project which lifts out Tweets containing Love, Hate, Think, Believe, Feel, Wish, into a scrolling stream.
  • Twitbin: Twitter extension for Firefox
  • Twithire: Aggregates Tweets into a job board.
  • Twitpic: Share photos with Twitter, via mobiles, Twitpic API, or the site itself.
  • Twitplus: Lets you Twitter with pictures and videos – and also privately send files to your friends.
  • Twittergrader: Get a figure to indicate how great you are at being on Twitter.
  • Twitterkeys: Enhance twitter conversations with UTF8 characters. e.g. I ♥ you.
  • Twitterleague: See who has the most followers by creating a league of friends or contacts.
  • Twittersafe: Claims to back up your Twitter contacts, and allow download to Excel. Didn’t work for us.
  • Twittervision: See global locations of Tweets.
  • Twitter.Zappos.com: All Zappos Tweets. Filtered by Public and Employee Tweets, plus directory of Zappo Tweeple.

Twitter plugins for Wordpress and Firefox:

  • Twitterfeed: Post your blog or RSS feed automatically to Twitter.
  • Twitterfox: Twitter application for Firefox
  • Twitterific: Twitter client for Macs.
  • Twittersnooze: Automated temporary unfollow tool to provide a break from individual friends for 1-30 days.
  • UTF8Twitter: Greasemonkey script to allow UTF8 characters (like twitterkeys) from Firefox.
  • Yoono: Firefox extension which includes Twitter alongside Friendfeed, Facebook, IMs, etc.

Monitoring your personal Twitter account

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