Archive for October, 2009
Help Twitter Nail the Spammers
Help Twitter nail the spammers
We can now help Twitter conquer spam by calling attention to a profile we find questionable.
Click the “Report as spam” button under the Actions section of a profile’s sidebar and the Twitter Trust and Safety team will check it out to see what needs to be done. No automated action will be taken as a result of reporting a user as spam. In other words, it can’t be used to incite an angry mob against an account you don’t like. Once you report a profile it will automatically be blocked from following or replying to you.
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Digsby
Digsby: IM’s, Email, and Social Networking
- by James Roughton
I just read about this new Digsby application. According to the offical website, they allege that this new release includes a redesigned Twitter interface unlike any Twitter client. The following are some highlights that are noted about digsby:
- Clean Interface: Single column user interface that doesn’t take up your whole screen
- Follow the Conversation: Tweets are shown in chronological order so you read the conversation as it happens
- Stay Organized: Whenever you open Twitter, Digsby brings you right where you left off so you can continue reading the conversation without missing a tweet
- Prioritize People: Conquer information overload by filtering groups of users out of the main timeline so it is the most useful view and not the most cluttered
- Powerful Popups: Reply and Retweet right from popup notifications so you can stay on task and stay in the loop
On the digsby’s home page you can watch a cool video of the application. The site also includes many screen shots. One thing that I like about digsby the most is that it is FREE. digsby also has an affiliate program, so if you sign up and get approved you will get $ 1.00 each time someone downloads and installs the software.
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Warning: Scam on Twitter
Warning: Scam on Twitter with Tweets and dms
As reported by Adam Ostrow (Adam Ostrow) on Mashable.
It looks like a Twitter phishing scam has re-emerged. Today some people were greeted by a direct message saying “you’re on this vid” with a link attached. Some people clicked the link, and realized it appeared to be a phishing scam.
They’re right, it’s definitely a scam, as the Twitter search reveals there are lots of users spreading the same message – presumably after logging in on the phishing site – and others tweeting about receiving the same DM. The site in question looks just like Twitter, but if you look at the address bar in your browser, you’ll see the url/site is not actually twitter.
A word of warning, the best way to avoid this twitter phishing scam is to avoid clicking the link, and to not provide your Twitter username and password on sites that look suspicious (most third party twitter apps should be using OAuth, as an increased security measure). If you believe you’ve been scammed, be sure to change your twitter password immediately on twitter.com and not the phishing site itself.
Update: Other variations of this phishing scam that use the text “haha, that u on here?” and “lol this is funny” are also spreading quickly. Many of these phishing scams direct to a link that goes to a video of some sort.
See our other post from today titled: A Twitter Warning: when changing email, username or passowrd.
Watching out for you, one tweet at a time.
Have you been or know someone that has been scammed on Twitter?
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Twitter Warning
A Twitter Warning, when changing email, username or password
A quick and very important Twitter service announcement
Twitter is investigating an issue with users becoming locked out of Twitter after changing their email address, username, or resetting their password.
In the meantime: do not change your password, email address or Twitter (Twitter.com) handle. Until Twitter corrects the issue, it’s best not to attempt any of these changes at this time.
See Twitters latest update here
A special thanks goes out to Ann Evanston @AnnEvanston for alerting us on this problem and catching the “Phisherman”.
Has this problem affected you or someone you know?
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Do Twitter and Google have a deal?
A Twitter and Google deal could change SEO
There is currently a prospective deal between Google and Twitter. If the deal pushes through, posts from the social networking site would be displayed on search queries. This has many implications for search engine optimization (SEO) marketers.
According to reports, the two companies are now negotiating to create a feed that would show posts from the social networking giant.
Reportedly, Microsoft is also involved in a deal that would integrate a full feed from micro blogs to the search engines.
Chris Thomas—a SEO expert—says that the deal will change the approach of SEO marketers, because Google would have access to a huge amount of web pages, which will bring more competition in the search market.
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Twitter Background First Impressions
Twitter Background First Impressions
We all know that first impressions (when it comes to your website) are very crucial, and you only have approximately 7 to 10 seconds to catch a persons attention, before they click away from your site and move on to the next.
Your Twitter background is no exception to the rule, especially if you are promoting your products or services to your followers.
Being a graphic designer I tested a few backgrounds using Photoshop CS4 but found that I could do the bulk of the work using Microsoft Powerpoint, and they could be put together very quickly, and then I could touch them up in Photoshop if I needed to get a higher resolution.
Almost every PC user has Microsoft Office installed on their computers. In that bundle of software is a program call Microsoft Powerpoint. With just a little trial and error you can produce a nice background for your Twitter Account.
Now if you’re a Mac user and you have OpenOffice Installed you can use Presenter to accomplish the same task. The good thing about Presenter is you are able to import a Twitter Background template onto the stage and start your masterpiece.
To help you get started working on your own Twitter background I’ve included a twitter template that you can use, download here. (Simply “Right Click” and chose file “Save As” and save the file to your desktop) When you are already to use the template simply double click on the file name and it will automatically open the file in Powerpoint.
I have found a series of tutorials by a fellow designer named Peggy Duncan, that will show you how to get started creating your very own Twitter background.
Make sure you watch the other 2 parts of her tutorial. Then Let us know what you think.
Until next time, have a wonderful day.
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