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Mike Arrington is right, it’s definitely time to start thinking of Twitter as a search engine. I’m going to tell you exactly how powerful Twitter’s search data is and why you might want to start using Twitter’s search engine a lot more than Google.

SxSW Interactive

For the past three day’s because of Twitter, I’ve been able to score a Press Pass for SxSW Interactive (free) and stumble upon a ride to Austin from Atlanta (I just need to help with driving) with the awesomesauce Grant Robertson, lead blogger of Download Squad (a must subscribe), and his awesomesauce other half Christina Warren b.k.a @film_girl from The Unofficial Apple Weblog. They’re native residents of Atlanta. Guess who told me that? I’m generating great sponsorship offers to accommodate the outrageous hotel prices for SxSW Interactive because of Twitter search also.

After all this, the surprises didn’t stop there. Today I became a panelist for the panel: Can the Afrosphere Survive the Age of Obama (If you have room on your schedule, stop by). I DM’d the Moderator of this panel a few months back when it seemed she might need an extra panelist. I saw her tweet about the dilemma  because of Twitter search. I highly doubt she would’ve been in Google’s results and she was exactly who I was looking for. Now I have access to a few Film panels too.     

     
All of this was made possible with a few connections that gave great advice, and a lot of playing with keywords on Twitter’s search engine to find everything I needed to gain sponsorship. Twitter was where I gathered the bulk of my results. Not our beloved Google.

       
Pay Attention

How I came across the information is by paying attention to the context of the tweets and who tweeters were responding to. Twitter’s search engine is full of connections. You only have to pay attention to the stream. The results are so much more personalized all because it’s YOUR creation. It’s a human powered search engine in a lot of ways! It has a TON of potential once the masses figure out how to use it.

Something to ponder, yes?

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For those who are getting a lot of their SEO credibility via social media sites, you may want to take a look at this video by Michelle MacPhearson. You may be setting yourself up for a “social media slap” or penalty by Google when it comes to your search engine rankings.

If you’re not relying solely on social media sites to build your SEO rankings, you still might want to check out this video for future references. For those that are, this is a must see video!

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If you’ve ever wanted the handy blank tab that Google provides in its lightweight Chrome browser, well you’re in luck today if you’re a Firefox user.

An update was released for the Google Toolbar in Firefox that brings this wonderful feature to the Firefox web browser. Not only do you get a quick visual overview of your recent most visited sites, but you can also take a quick look at recent bookmarks and recently closed tabs. You can also edit the thumbnails. Beware that this isn’t compatible with Firefox 2, but fortunately, none of this information goes back to Google.

Still don’t know what I’m talking about?

(Image Credit: The Official Google Blog)

Looks pretty damn good doesn’t it? We appreciate this Google.

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