UPDATE: This is a re-post since it was lost in migration. Original date on this article was 2 May, 2009
This was initially a list ONLY out of Twitter book, as people suggest updates, I validate and add to the list, then I will place the update blow. * means it is NOT in the book I was one of your typical people who did not “get” Twitter back in 2007 when I signed up . It took me a while but I got there. Once #TwitterBook came out I was anxious to see what else I could learn. It was a great read for showing value in what most see as a social toy at best. I had asked Sarah Milstein and Tim O’Reilly about a list of links from their book. They had compiled a good set of tools for Twitter. One did not exist, so I will start to compile their list here as well as add to it over time.. for now this is the URLs mentioned in #TwitterBook. General Links
- Accessible Twitter – Twitter that works with assistive technologies
- Twitter Help – If you need help, get it from the source
- Twitter Search – Search things in Twitter like #FollowFriday
- Yiying Lu – Original creator of the Fail Whale
- GetSatisfaction – Twitter Customer Service
- Spam Issues? – Twitter Spam reporting
- Widgets? – Widgets for Twitter
Twitter Tools
- Hashtags – Tracks and shares hashtags from Twitter
- Tagal.us – Find out what hashtags are all about
- Twtvite – simple event management from Twitter
- TweetBeep – Free Twitter Alerts
- BackTweets – Search links on Twitter
- Twitturly – Top Twitter links Real Time
- TweetMeMe – The hottest stories on Twitter
- MicroPlaza – popular Twitter news
- TwitterCounter – Ultimate Twitter Stats Tool
- Twitalyzer – Track your influence on Twitter
- TweetBrain – Crowdsourcing Questions on Twitter
- TweetChat –
- TweetGrid – Create a search Dashboard
- TwiMailer – Advanced Mailing solution for Twitter
- TwitterFeed – Feed your blog to Twitter
- TipJoy – Get tips on Twitter for charity
- TweetStats – Get stats on usage
- TweetReach – How far did your tweet travel?
Trends and Advanced Searching Tools
- Twist – See and compare trends
- WhatTheTrend – Find out what is trending on Twitter
- TwitScoop – Tag cloud of current Twitter Trends
- Twopular – Popular Trends
- TweetGrid – Create a Twitter Dashboard
- Monittor – Realtime live Twitter monitor
URL Shortners
- 140it – One of the many URL Shortners
- Bit.ly – Customize and track short URLs (What I use)
- Is.gd – Another popular shortner
- Twi.bz – hints at the underlying domain while shortening
- tr.im – track URLS as well
- TinyURL – One of the original URL Shorteners
Picture / Video Services
- TwitPic – Post pics to Twitter
- yFrog – Share pics from Twitter here too *
- Twitvid – If you want to share videos *
Scheduling Services
- TweetLater – schedule Tweets for later
Twitter Themes
- TwitterGallery – Free Twitter Themes
- TwitBacks – Create Twitter Backgrounds
Twitter Directories
- PeopleBrowsr – view your account in a variety of ways
- WeFollow – User powered Twitter Directory
- Twellow – Twitter Directory
- MrTweet – Personal Networking Agent for Twitter
- WhoShouldIFollow – Following Recommendations
- TwitterHolic – Top Twitter Users
- Retweetist – Retweeting lists
- Retweet Radar – More retweeting goodness
- DoesFollow – Find out who follows whom
- FriendorFollow – Who is not following you back?
- TwitterSheep – Tagcloud goodness of your peeps
- TweepDiff – Find out who your missing
Twitter Clients
- Twhirl – Social Software Client
- TweetDeck – Personal Twitter Browser
- Mobile Twitter – small Twitter for small Browsers
- Tweetie – Mac and iPhone Clients
- Twitteriffic
- TwitterBerry – Blackberry Twitter Client
- TinyTwitter – tiny java twitter client
Other
- TrackingTwitter – Find out the top brands using Twitter
- ExecTweets – Top execs and brands on Twitter
- StockTwits – Real time stock tips built on the API
- CoTweet – How business does Twitter
UPDATED June 12th Added yFrog and Twitvid per Dennis