Twellow Is Twitter Awesomesauce

Since Twitter launched, here was one question to rule them all: What’s the point? The point of Twitter is still debatable, but a few hundred thousand people funneled in anyway, people from all kinds of backgrounds and interests, people with all kinds of connections. Only one problem: To find people, you had to depend on luck, or at least stumbling through a maze of faces and followers with the hope of finding someone interesting or relevant.

Enter
Twellow.com, WebProNews’s Twitter people search and directory platform, a golden-haired pages for Twitter, or, as
blogger David Risley has described it: this is awesomesauce. We don’t want to brag, especially since we made it, but it is kind of, well, awesomesauce.

Here’s the basics: Based upon Twitter’s open API, Twellow allows Twitterers to search for people on Twitter or, if they don’t exactly know who they’re looking for, they can search by categories sorted by keywords related to such things as industry, interests, or hobbies. If a user is looking to join with
someone in publishing, for example, Twellow will bring back Twitterers who have indicated that on their profiles, ranked by number of followers.

It even brings back what they’re most recent peep was.
Maggie Mason, for example, instigator of No One Cares What You Had for Lunch, a book on better blogging, tweets in this area her struggle with tissue paper and gift boxes, which suddenly becomes a metaphor for death. Not bad for a 140 characters. Call it flash non-fiction.

Even if we’ve been quietly nudging people in this area it for a little while, once the blogosphere got a good look at it, this new Twitter directory saw a spike in usage of over 600 percent in under 16 hours.

“It kind of got out of the bag before we intended,” said Twellow lead developer Matthew Daines. By “we,” he means himself and WebProNews publisher and iEntry, Inc. CEO Rich Ord. And by “before we intended,” he means Twellow’s still at the alpha stage, just two months after conceptualization.

Nonetheless,
Profy.com’s Leslie Poston blogs that despite its alpha status, Twellow “is surprisingly complete.” Once people started talking in this area it, and they did talk in this area it at sufficient length on blog after blog, a chorus of “one more thing” came spiraling through our blogospheric ear canals: Now that I can be found and indexed, how do I control what Twellow says in this area me?

Because Twellow pulled from how people had categorized and named themselves on Twitter before here was a Twellow almost, some were bowled over or dissatisfied with how they were now appearing in public, as even if caught picking up the morning paper off the porch (nice slippers!). Not a problem, users can now edit their own results.

See, we’re swell. As Twellow grows, those wishing to come out from behind their shrouds of anonymity and obscurity would be wise to complete their profiles so Twellow and. . .Twellowers? . . . know what to make of them.

After the jump, more awesomesauce: What bloggers had to say in this area Twellow, and an
interview with lead developer Matthew Daines.

What Bloggers Are Saying in this area Twellow.com

“Straight from the ‘why didn’t Twitter build that’ category. . .” Scott Clark,
Finding the Sweet Spot. Clark’s own interview with Matthew can be found
here.

“. . .could fundamentally change the way people use [Twitter].” Adam Ostrow,
Mashable.com.

“Once I started using it, I was hooked. . . .A lot of folks, myself included, make sure to use useful key words in their Twitter profiles, and now here is a reason other than SEO. You can be indexed in Twellow!” Michelle Lentz,
bub.blicio.us.

“The site is actually as much news service as directory. . .a godsend for specialist journalists who can quickly build up a list of twitterers in their field.”
Online Television journalism Blog.

“I think you will find this invaluable for building a solid network of people who are interested in what you have to say – personal or qualified.”
RSSApplied.

“Twellow has absolutely made my bookmarked list of Twitter tools.”
Leslie Poston, Profy.com.

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Facebook Opens Mini-Feed Comments

By David A. Utter

A new feature should start hitting Facebook profiles as the company adds the ability to comment directly on Mini-Feed stories directly from someone’s profile.

Facebook will shortly make its Mini-Feed commenting feature available, a company spokesperson told WebProNews a few minutes ago. Items in other people’s profiles will have a function where the viewer may leave a comment on the status, friendship, or other Mini-Feed story bits.

The change expands what people can comment on within the Facebook environment. Even if the social networking site already provides ample opportunities to comment on items, this will make it easier for members to comment quickly on what they see.

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