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What Twitter’s Rate Limit Changes Mean to You

Janet Fouts

When an application like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck or a mobile Twitter app like Tweetbot checks your account on Twitter, it’s what is called an “API Call” This does NOT include the number of messages you send through these tools, only the number of times the tool hits the Twitter server to check for more. So who cares?

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Tac Anderson reviews seven of his favorite tools for saving time in social media consumption and management, among them TweetDeck , Twendz and Quora. Marina Arnaout outlines five key trends for social media marketers to watch and utilize, including online video, mobile and location-based services. Social Media and Online Video.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Growth Is Slowing The true size of the Twitter audience is a bit tricky to pin down because 55% of its users do so via third party and mobile applications. Updating Facebook from third parties like Tweetdeck? Functionally, everything Twitter does, Facebook does just as well, with the exception of mobile usage.