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15 Twittery Things For Your Holiday Enjoyment

Source: MakeUseOf.com

Dec 25, 2008

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Today’s article is a little gift for all of you Tweeps (Twitter users) out there. This is the most diverse list of new Twitter apps, sites, services, and fun activities that I could find. I thought about trying to tie in the 12 Days of Christmas, but I had 15 things, what can ya do?

1. Twitterank

Twitterank was created by a bored Google employee one night as he battled imsomnia in a hotel room. What makes it different from all the other Twitter ranking sites out there?

Well for one, it’s largely based on the number of @replies you’ve received instead of the number of followers you have. More over, he actually used the philosophy behind the Google Pagerank algorithm to put it together. Pretty neat, huh?

There was some early controversy over this app because it requires your username and password. Some people feared it was a scam set up to harvest Twitter accounts. Fortunately the Googler, Ryo Chijiiwa, confirmed to everyone who he was and made it clear that the Twitter API requires the user info in order for Twitterank to do what it does. I believe it is

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Nlnnet,

Dec 25, 2008

Of particular interest to Twitterers