Comments on: Twitter as full-fledged publishing platform

By: Hutch Carpenter

Hutch Carpenter — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:23:34 +0000

Been using bit.ly for same reason. Love the stats you get with the more advanced URL shorteners.

By: samksethi

samksethi — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:57:05 +0000

We have just launched twitblogs.com you might want to have a look as it is a fully fledged publishing platform. The analytics foillow shortly as do the revenue opportunities. Give it a go and let me know what you think .

By: Eric Berlin

Eric Berlin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:21:46 +0000

Yes, I first saw it some time ago, and think tweetstats is very cool !

By: Eric Berlin

Eric Berlin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:20:48 +0000

That's a great point Mike and will help bring data into the ROI conversations that inevitably come up.

By: Eric Berlin

Eric Berlin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:03:14 +0000

Mark, I used TinyURL for a long time but recently switched over to adjix as I was enamored of the possibilities of monetizing link sharing. My take so far is that while I think the service has potential, the slow performance of the site can be annoying (whereas TinyURL is lightning quick) and the money side seems quite a ways off from being meaningful. All that's to say that a service like cli.gs can be a really nice bridge to provide microbloggers with a piece of the analytic puzzle as you mention.

By: Eric Berlin

Eric Berlin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:00:31 +0000

Jens, I agree with part of what you said very strongly, and disagree on another point.

You say that “Twitter by itself is actually unusable.” I use the “basic” Twitter service — through the web interface — much of the time and personally get a great deal out of it. Totally agree that 3rd party apps enhance the base service greatly.

You make an amazing point positing a future twitter freemium account. People such as Jason Calacanis have long called for a “professional” version of Twitter that charges subscription, and something like what you mention could end up being a part of that mix.

By: dacort

dacort — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:03:06 +0000

Hi Eric,

Have you seen http://tweetstats.com ? I built it about a year ago now to track my own stats on my usage of Twitter. I'd love to jack it into the Twitter backend to get some more interesting data (who's coming to your profile and how), alas, that data lives with Twitter.

By: miketempleton

miketempleton — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:43:00 +0000

As Twitter continues to grow, finding a way to track analytics seems like a natural progression. Currently there are a number of different websites that allow you to track followers, friends, link-clicking, mentions, etc., but there isn't one solution (yet) that will do it all.

That's the type of analytics application I look forward to seeing, as I think it will finally move most businesses over the edge into joining the microblogging world. Businesses can hear testimonials about its value, but getting down and dirty and pulling statistics will be easier to sell them on the concept.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:10:04 +0000

Eric,

I agree that analytics would add an interesting angle to how people use Twitter. One way that I "cheat" right now is using cli.gs when I want to publish shortened URLs on Twitter. Cli.gs gives you information on how many clicks your link attractions, and where the clicks are coming from geographically.

Mark

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:39:04 +0000