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How to (Advanced) Search Twitter

Posted by dr.pixel on November 11, 2009 in Dr.Pixel, Social Media, Tools tagged with ,

Let’s look at how to search Twitter properly: Use Twitter (advanced) search Actually, Twitter advanced search feature is really unique and should not be taken lightly. Among pretty traditional options (exact match, language based, etc), there are quite innovative parameters: search by emotional coloring or sentence semantic structure. Let’s overview briefly what we can do with Twitter search: Word-level search search for exact m

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Twitter Extensions

Posted by dr.pixel on November 11, 2009 in Dr.Pixel, Social Media, Tools tagged with , , , , ,

Everything you ever wanted to do using Twitter Ads TwitterCard A TwitterCard is a compact twitter widget that acts as your Twitter business card on your website. Twitter Ribbon Ad Generator Create "Follow me on Twitter" Ribon Ads for free. Twittad Twittad is a Social Media Affinity Network that connects Advertisers and Twitter users. MagPie Twitter advertising network, assists brands to harness the power of conversation.

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TrakkBoard

Posted by dr.pixel on November 11, 2009 in Tools tagged with

Maintain Multiple Analytics Profiles on a Single Dashboard If you need to maintain multiple Google Analytics accounts for different sites or blogs then you can use TrakkBoard, an AIR desktop application. TrakkBoard shows different analytics reports in widgets on the dashboard. These small widgets gives you an overview of traffic on different websites that you maintain. TrakkBoard is a free desktop application currently in beta stage where you

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Car Shopping goes Social

Posted by dr.pixel on November 11, 2009 in Dr.Pixel, Social Media, Tools tagged with , ,

There are so many different brands and models to choose from that comparing reviews for current - past models, taking into consideration fuel efficiency and maintenance costs can be confusing, and that can happen before you ever even visit a showroom. Because most of us enlist advice from friends on their experiences when shopping for cars, it makes sense to bring social networking into the car rating and car buying process. That’s what

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Page Rank

Posted by dr.pixel on November 11, 2009 in Dr.Pixel, SEO, Tools tagged with ,

Page rank is one of the most important and commonly talked about ranks on the web. its the heart and soul of SEO and getting traffic from search engines. Page Rank is said to be an estimate of your site’s popularity on the web by measuring the number of websites linking to your site, assigned by Google. Page Rank is determined by Google Links not by Inbound Links! This is an important part to understand, Google links and inbound links are n

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Why Your Next Website Should be Designed with Wireframes

Posted by dr.pixel on September 09, 2009 in Digital Design, Tools tagged with

Getting a design to click can take time. In many cases, it takes several rounds of revisions to even get to an effective starting point. What can you do to give yourself a better chance at designing something great sooner? In this article, I’ll take a look at a pre-design process known as wireframing. It’s used by designers to help define a website’s essence before working on the time consuming details. What is a Wireframe? Chances are

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Become a Twitter Analyst

Posted by dr.pixel on September 09, 2009 in Social Media, Tools tagged with ,

There are plenty of Twitter tools out there designed to help you understand Twitter metrics. These tools come in handy for measuring change in tweet fluctuations, charting follower count numbers, finding out hashtag frequency, and quantifying Twitter activity. Most of us, however, will find ourselves wanting to know more about the tweets themselves, and to really understand the context and content of a tweet. It’s easy to take a look at a si

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