Topsy, Twitter-influenced search engine based on retweets

Topsy is a new search engine released last Tuesday, which uses Twitter retweets as basis for returns. The concept is simple. Type in a keyword and Topsy returns relevant links in order of how many times they've been retweeted.

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For example, I searched the term Twitter ebook and here's what returned:

I'm pleased to see that my Twitter ebook returned well.… Read More

Brian Solis unveils The Twitterverse at 140 Twitter conference

Short videos from 140 Twitter Conference

I whipped out my trusty RCA Smallwonder during a couple of conversations at 140 | The Twitter Conference. The first is Diane Michlig talking about the three "mosts" of using Twitter.

This one is of Warren Whitlock and Jen Jantsch, the daughter of Duct Tape Marketing's John Jantsch, discussing lead generation-style marketing (direct response) vs.… Read More

140 | The Twitter Conference, day one recap

The first day of the 140 Twitter conference was loaded! I met a number of people I've known for a while from Twitter: Warren Sukernek from Radian6, another Warren, Warren Whitlock, co-author of Twitter Revolution, and Pat Kitano, an old friend from my Blogging Systems days (and who has a new cool site, BreakingSFNews.com).… Read More

140 | The Twitter Conference… I’m going

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In 2005, I had the opportunity to sponsor the country's first conference on business blogging, Blog Business Summit. The conference organizer was Steve Broback, CEO, of Parnassus Group. It was a ground-breaking event.

Tomorrow, I'm heading to Mountain View, CA for 140 | The Twitter Conference, which is, arguably, the first Twitter for business conference.… Read More