The Twitter blog is running a post today announcing some numbers related to Twitter’s overall growth not only in the U.S. but internationally as well. According to the post, more than 60% of Twitter users are from outside the U.S. This is definitely a huge leap from Twitter’s early days were users were primarily employees and their friends. Now, Twitter users have become a group with diverse identities. Some specific proofs of Twitter’s growth in other regions: In Chile, right after the recent earthquake, Twitter saw a 1200% increase in signups from most Spanish-speaking countries. This is a big leap from November 2009’s 50% increase in signups. In Columbia, Twitter signups rose by 300% In India, signups rose by 100%, thanks to Twitter’s tie-up with Bharti Airtel of India which allowed Twitter users to send and receive tweets via SMS. plus other countries such as Indonesia, Haiti and more Interestingly, most of the incidents of increase in signups happen right after Twitter played significant role in providing a fast, realiable and real-time information updates during national emergency situations, accidents, disaster and events. This only goes to show that Twitter has now evolved from a mere social networking micro-blogging platform to an effective, reliable and very updated communication tool. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Twitter’s Global Growth by the Official
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Google Quickly Refines GBuzz as Millions Start Buzzing
Much as I don’t want to get excited about this, I’m afraid that my initial impressions of Google Buzz may have been confirmed. According to the Gmail Blog, more than 9 million posts and comments have been created as millions started to jump into the latest social craze two days after it was launched. Looks like Google made a hit with Google Buzz.
The Google folks must be smiling right now as they might have really done something good in Google Buzz. But then, since this is primarily a Gmail add-on, the statistics is not really surprising. Gmail users are automatically signed into Buzz when it was rolled out. It was not an opt-in feature after all.
What Google should probably be taking note of is the fact that the Google Buzz mobile web app was able to generate 200 buzz per minute. Now, that’s quite an achievement.
And to think that we’ve been hearing so many negative feedback about it. In fact, the feedback are so urgent that Google quickly rolled out some refinements to GBuzz.
These refinements include:
- More visible option to not show followers/people you follow on your public profile
- Ability to block anyone who starts following you
- More clarity on which of your followers/people you follow can appear on your public profile
These are of course in direct answer to the most commented negative feature of Google Buzz pertaining to user privacy.
So, what do you think? Is Google Buzz a hit or a miss? Too early to tell? Or you just don’t care at all?
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Google Quickly Refines GBuzz as Millions Start Buzzing
