Comments on: Which Tweets Matter ?

By: soiquitmyjob

soiquitmyjob — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:10:10 +0000

Like a previous commenter put it, the quality of the followers is more important than the amount and it depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. Measure quality, not just quantity, and I’ll pay for that. For example, show me relevancy over a certain time period of my search terms, not just the latest tweets that are a good match. Relevancy meaning how closely a tweet matches my search criteria AND the amount of influence the person tweeting has, then I can prioritize my engagements. The latter may be difficult to measure (and get right) at the moment, remembering that quantity does not equal quality, but it’s a step forward.

Then the next question becomes, how do we measure someone’s influence and keep it secretive so people can’t game the system?

By: businessgolf

businessgolf — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:48:05 +0000

Does it really matter the number of followers a Tweet has..doesn’t it make a difference with WHO is following them. I mean, I could have 100k following me, but if only 100 really give a crap, why have the other 90k? I think this ‘follow only people with large following’ is where the Twitter factor fails and fails miserably.

By: billbledsoe

billbledsoe — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:01:26 +0000

Mark/Blake,
Took a look at icerocket… I don’t mean to be too mean here but I will be blunt: Looks like another search experience to me. I don’t need one of those. My OS, my Search/Decision Engine, all of my communications options (Facebook/Twitter/Myspace, yadda yadda yadda) already have this. Show me something truly useful and engaging like MEEBO has been for IM, or TweetDeck is for Twittering… then maybe I’m buying what you’re selling here. Right now though… I can do everything in icerocket… somewhere else. Honest opinion… worth exactly what you paid for it!

MC: PLEASE keep the interesting posts like this and others… going. I love the blog and how transparent you are. Cheers!.bb

By: Chain Links #018 | Proc#curry

Chain Links #018 | Proc#curry — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:20:03 +0000

[...] Which Tweets Matter ? Mark Cuban discusses new features for icerocket’s twitter search, including reply/retweet and viewing the person’s follower count. [...]

By: Reading Around on August 10th through August 11th | B12 Solipsism

Reading Around on August 10th through August 11th | B12 Solipsism — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:02:27 +0000

[...] Which Tweets Matter ? – icerocket has added a Twitter search function, and allows a searcher to save more than the 10 searches that Twitter restricts a searcher to. [...]

By: blakerhodes

blakerhodes — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:20:30 +0000

I run IceRocket.com . Anyone can email me anytime with suggestions or ideas.

Blake Rhodes
rhodes@icerocket.com

By: falicon

falicon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:19:58 +0000

good tool and love the concept (I’ve done a few systems like this just for myself too)…what you need to do though is a bit more complex because it’s not just about how many followers a person has, it’s about who those followers are and how much reach they themselves have…

Think of it like google’s page rank algorithm…but instead of links as a vote, you’ve got actual social connections as votes.

And then if you want to go another whole step, take into account what those connections do beyond just twitter and twitter follow counts (i.e. check out the popularity of their blogs, their disqus and wordpress comments, etc.)…that is take into account their entire online footprint to build an ‘influence’ score…and then you’ve got something game changing to play with!

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:02:44 +0000

Anything that can give me a clearer picture of what’s going on in the Twittersphere I would consider trying out. Anything that is easy to use, requires less of my time and gives me better info.

By: Jenn Deering Davis

Jenn Deering Davis — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:54:48 +0000

Another good tool for tracking your tweets is TweetReach (http://tweetreach.com). In the interest of full disclosure, my company makes TweetReach.

TweetReach tracks a number of stats for any tweet, keyword, or URL, including the unique number of people who saw a tweet, how many retweets and replies a tweet got, and the total number of impressions for a tweet. It’s a helpful tool for measuring how many people saw something you tweeted. Right now, there’s a basic free report and a paid premium report. We’ll be rolling out additional subscription levels in the next week or so.

It works a bit differently from Icerocket, so might be worth checking out. And please let me know if you have any questions about it!

Jenn Deering Davis, Appozite

By: tkennedy4817

tkennedy4817 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:50:07 +0000

Mark,

I love the idea of this. What I have always wanted to see and wish I could figure out how to create is a way to search the collective “blogosphere” to check trends and topics. This includes blogs, twitter, facebook, etc. But I wish there were a way to weed out all the irrelevant information, like if you want to know what people think of G.I. Joe, for example, I don’t want to read a thousand tweets that say, “I’m going to GI JOE!” I wish there were a way that the search could pick out key words such as “good” “horrible” “cheap” “overpriced” etc. so that I could search for a restaurant, movie, or whatever it may be and get relevant information from the masses. That is what I would love to see implemented…just my two cents. Love this blog thanks for all your opinions! I look forward to reading about your views.