I was lucky enough to receive an invite to Yahoo’s new product Meme. Meme is a micro-blogging service from Yahoo that works in a very similar way to Twitter. You may now ask, whats the difference?
- Yahoo Meme is very fast and stable
- Yahoo Meme makes it very easy to post Video, Music and Photos straight into your stream
- Yahoo Meme has really focused on making it easy to re-post items you like, with just 1 click (Viral focused)
We have joined just to test out the service and even after testing im pretty sure im going to keep using the account, because it is just so simple and easy to use. If you want to follow Crenk on Yahoo Meme our url is: http://meme.yahoo.com/crenk/
So you may be wondering why doesnt everyone just move over to this service from Twitter, well basically its because of the amount of users using Twitter. Additionally its the community of developers who have helped Twitter grow at the rate they have.
What Yahoo Meme really needs to develop:
- Yahoo Meme needs its own URL and identity away from the Yahoo.com domain. It would be good to see this as a standalone service
- Ability to resize pictures and videos down so that a lot more streams can be seen in the same window (problem with media in the stream)
Yahoo Meme is currently in private beta, so to mark its launch we can offer a lucky 5 people into the system. All you have to do is comment on this post and let us know why you want to use the service so badly!
I thought I would put together a quick list of the top three tools you should be using to measure your Twitter activity.
Tweetstats -Tweetstats measure your raw twitter data including tweets per day, tweets per month, retweets, time of day, density, replies, etc. It is a great tool to just see how much you have been tweeting compared to previous months and who you have the most conversations with.
Twitter Analyzer -Twitter Analyzer shows the same kind of information as Tweetstats but in a completely different style and is more focused on tweets per day and retweets. It is a great site to see a very quick overview but I think the site needs a bit of a more professional design.
Twitter Grader – Twitter Grader is a new tool from the team at Hubspot who also bought you Website grader. Twitter Grader analyses the basic of your twitter account and suggests any issues your account might have. It is a very basic tool that is always worth checking out.
Twitter: you all know it and you all love it and sometimes even hate it. Sure, regular blog hosting is one way of getting your thoughts and points across but if you want a quick and easy way of making sure that your friends are up to date on your latest activities, then Twitter is the thing for you.
In honor of Crenk’s 1000 followers, here are five popular and great applications for Twitter.
1) TwitPic
Perfect for all of us wanting share photos on Twitter and it’s immensely popular with over a million visitors in January. Pictures can be posted to TwitPic from your API, phone or when logged in to the site itself. We love this tool and it’s as easy as it gets!
2) TweetDeck
TweetDeck is still in a public BETA version but it’s still very functional. What the app does is taking abundant information and breaks it down to more manageable pieces. Notifications and tweets are also streamlined through this app. Great app if you want total control and wish to stay up to date at all time.
3) Digsby (not a twitty related name!)
Tired of many IM programs and FB all open. Digsby is a great little application that centralizes instant messaging (AIM, MSN, Gtalk, FB), e-mailing (Gmail, Hotmail, MSN) and social networking accounts into one single program. Based on Pidgin, this is cuter, lighter, and better. This is a top tool for staying on top of everything and keeping it organized.
4) Twitterfeed
With Twitterfeed you’ll be able to feed your blog or any other RSS or Atom feed directly to Twitter. Great application if you want to synchronize your Twitter account with your WordPress hosting account.
5) TwtPoll
Applications do not have to be all that complicated to be good and useful. TwtPoll is simple as can be; enter a question at the TwtPoll site and write down a couple of different answers. Your poll is now ready to be used in Twitter. Great app if you wish to understand people’s different opinions.
I have a current poll testing right now. Check it out here and see what you think. Thought I have to admit, I screwed up the URLs twice because I was not sure which was the right one.
So don’t forget to follow @Crenk on Twitter! And say hi to Web Hosting Search, that’s me, over @hostingsearch with your thoughts about Twitter applications.
