A few weeks ago, Twitter removed the RSS/Atom feeds from their search pages. Annoying.

That doesn’t mean you can get the RSS feeds any longer- it’s just a little more manual.

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As a professional SEO I know how important links are to achieving rankings from Google. As such, I know the temptation to find a link in any place you can in order to achieve your desired SEO results. For some people, this means trying to build links through blog commenting. For others it means using automated software to build a massive quantity of blog comments with the hopes that some of them will give their webpage authority in Google’s eyes.

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I recently read a couple articles about this Twitter app that the Taliban, and presumably other organizations, are using to support their terrorist agendas. Apparently this app allows people to bypass the publicly facing Twitter content and send content over the more private DM system. In turn these terrorists get their DMs sent to them by text message to the front lines in rural Afghanistan.

Horrible!

Unfortunately the app in question is one I wrote and continue to manage- FeedTwit.

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The new delicious is finally up. Not all that much different but I am excited because I use it every day.

One of the features I use every day is the RSS. When I heard delicious had enabled RSS feeds today, I went to the site right-away to set them up. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find them anywhere.

After going through my archives I have been able to reconstruct them. Here’s the format they are currently using:

http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/username/tag

username – your delicious username, without the brackets

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If you come to the SEMCLT meeting next Thursday, September 1st, you can hear me opine verbosely about social media and search.

My goal is to try to bring some rationality to this discussion. I’ll talk about good methodology to determine whether or not social affects search and what we definitely know about the relationship between the two. I want to bring some clarity to this discussion so we don’t jump to conclusions but instead work with what we really know.

You might also learn why on earth I would title this blog post with such unusual verbage.

The other day Twitter killed my Twitter app.

This isn’t a post written by someone who is bitter and angry. It is from someone who loves Twitter and really enjoys developing with the Twitter API. As a Twitter fan-boy I also want to see Twitter continue to grow and advance. The problem is that I have notice a trend- Twitter taking ideas from independent developers and integrating them into their own service, rendering our apps obsolete.

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Help me out with a couple comments (or even a Re-Tweet) and you might just get a little reward!

Recently FeedTwit, my Twitter app that sends users Twitter RSS feeds by direct messages has started offering Groupon deals to my users. Why?

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1. Groupon offers great deals in many cities throughout the United States and Canada. These deals can save you anywhere from 50% to 90% off the regular price.
2. Groupon is a fun way to explore your own town. Groupon deals range from restaurants to services to local events.

Thanks to all my loyal users- and pressure from Twitter to update the program before the oauth-apocalypse on August 16th- I have completely rewritten FeedTwit and made some improvements along the way.

The first thing you will notice is a site redesign. Thanks to Brazilian web developer Rafael Cavalcante site has a great new look and mascot. I have enjoyed working with him in this project and am sure he could help you with any web development you might need, as well.

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Here are a few simple things you can do with your Twitter account to help your website’s SEO:

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1. Tweet with Keywords. If there is only one thing you do, be sure to use keywords in your Tweet. This way, in the least, your tweet might appear in personalized results at the bottom of search engine requests for that keyword. If someone trusts your opinion enough to follow you, they might take your suggestion when you mention a what they are looking for in a tweet. Now, I am not suggesting you send a tweet with just keywords- please don’t spam! Nor should keywords be unnaturally squeezed into every tweet. Just find something productive to say that happens to include your keywords.