4 Useful Twitter Tools You Shouldn’t Twitter Without
May 06 2008 
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A new Twitter tool pops up everyday. However, not all of them are necessary and don’t always provide a useful purpose. Here’s a short list of Twitter tools that you could use to better enhance your Twitter experience.
Summize
Summize is one of the greatest realtime Twitter search engines. Summize’s site is optimized to let you know when there’s a new update for your search results, which beats refreshing a page all the time. Summize also sports a conversation tracking feature similar to the Quotably service for following Twitter conversations.
I find that it updates a lot faster than Tweetscan even via it’s RSS feeds for keywords that you’re tracking.
TweetBurner
TweetBurner is not only a great link shortener, but a great link tracker too. There are plenty of link shorteners out there (e.g. TinyURL). However, TweetBurner does things differently by keeping a record of how many times you’ve used the service and how many clicks each link has received to date. View your archive for a list of all your "twurled" links alongside stats on the most popular links you’ve twittered.
This is a great tool for statistical purposes and a good way to find which of your links are going viral. You don’t have to sign up for the service, but you will need to hand over your Twitter credentials.
Twhirl
Twhirl is the ultimate Twitter client using Adobe AIR’s platform. Updates are fast and the app is snappy. Recently, they’ve taken the time integrated Friendfeed into Twhirl. However, I find the integrated has degraded the quality of Twhirl and refrain from adding my Friendfeed account to it.
There are a ton of other great Twitter tools already integrated into Twhirl for your twittering convenience, including TweetBurner!
Twitter Karma
If you’re looking for a easy way to manage your Twitter followings and followers, Twitter Karma is the way to go. Twitter Karma gives you several ways to manage your followings:
- View Followers Only/ Friends Only
- View Mutual Friends
- View All Friends/Followers
Twitter Karma is also great for keeping up with mutual contacts that haven’t updated in days or weeks. All in all, it’s a great way to make your Twitter experience better.
What Shouldn’t I Twitter Without?
Got some great Twitter tools that you find useful? I’d love to hear what you’re using to make Twitter better and easier for you.
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Thanks for the heads up on TweetBurner, that's not a tool I'd made much use of in the past.
While I love Twitter, I also think it's one of the social networking services that's most easily underutilised. Until you start developing strong networks and a good focus, the on-the-surface triviality and difficulty finding followers can make Twitter seem like a bit of fluff rather than something that can be seriously utilised.
The tools you've identified (and I wrote a similar article myself earlier today identifying some Twitter tools I think provide benefit in some other areas) can make Twitter far more effective.
Can you provide a link to your article?
Sure, Three Great Twitter Sites.
Corvida,
I like twitter100.com.
Great list.
I've never tried Summize, but I'm trying it out now. Pretty clever with the feed for searches.
Great post!! I just added it to my Articles section at http://www.socialnetworksformusicians.com
I definitely don't Twitter without TwitterFox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...). This is by far one of my favourite Firefox Add-ons. Since I'm most likely using FF when I'm online, having recent tweets, replies, and DMs all showing up regularly in the corner of my browser makes keeping up with Twitter a snap.
Do you have a new, updated list, Corvida?
Those are awesome tools ! They sounds very useful. Thanks for the useful information and links . I will definitely try it out.
Ya, so many tools to choose but chose tools that serves your needs or complement your websites or blogs. Thanks for the updates. Keep us updated and we'll be back for more.
Ya, so many tools to choose but chose tools that serves your needs or complement your websites or blogs. Thanks for the updates. Keep us updated and we'll be back for more.
Ya, so many tools to choose but chose tools that serves your needs or complement your websites or blogs. Thanks for the updates. Keep us updated and we'll be back for more.