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Twollow: Automatically Follow People on Twitter Based on Keywords Posted: November 19, 2008 • Filed under: Tools and Reviews Twollow is new simple tool that automatically follows people based on keywords or phrases that those people mention. Think of it like Google Alerts but for twitter. It’s an interesting idea but sometimes people will mention keywords or topics that aren’t really representative of their industry. For example you can be in the technology industry and then one day you casually mention “cookies” in one of your tweets. It also doesn’t look like the system keeps track of who the new followers are. This video explains everything, check it out. What are your thoughts? Thanks for reading Follow me on twitter Connect with me on linkedin Connect with me on facebook Share and Enjoy: If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed! Add New Comment Subscribe: This Thread Go to: My Comments · Community Page Sort thread by: Viewing 9 Comments Thanks. Your comment is awaiting approval by a moderator. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. Permalink Admin Remove Post Block email Block IP address Ben Nesvig 1 month ago 1 point Please login to rate. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. This is going to be abused by companies. Guaranteed. reply edit reblog flag record video comment http://www.bennesvig.com Parent Permalink Admin Remove Post Block username Block email Block IP address jacobmorgan 1 month ago 1 point Please login to rate. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. oh absolutely. twitter is going to have to figure out a way to prevent abuse otherwise it's just going to kill the platform. thanks for reading and commenting reply edit reblog flag record video comment 2 /people/jacobmorgan/ /people/jacobmorgan/following/ http://www.jmorganmarketing.com 6701092 in/jmorganmarketing jacobm Permalink Admin Remove Post Block username Block email Block IP address DrewGneiser 1 month ago 1 point Please login to rate. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. I guess I like the idea better of RSS Feeding relevant terms to you, reading the Tweets and then deciding to follow them or not. Auto-follows just don't make a lot of sense to me when Twitter should be about the social interaction and the connection you are trying to make to those people. I prefer an introduction, or at least starting at a place where I make a conscience effort to follow someone for a reason. When I have a new person follow me, I am curious 1.) how they found me and 2.) why they chose to follow me. I will read their profile and if I find something interesting, contact them, but if I cannot see an immediate reason they followed me, I feel like it is kind of up to them to let me know why. This tool could work, but only if you would truly reach out to the person you auto-followed. Since it looks like it doesn't keep track of new followers, it would be pretty tough to make proper use of this tool. reply edit reblog flag record video comment 1 /people/DrewGneiser/ /people/DrewGneiser/following/ http://www.dailyaxioms.com drewgneiser Parent Permalink Admin Remove Post Block username Block email Block IP address jacobmorgan 1 month ago 1 point Please login to rate. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. ya i agree, especially when the auto follow looks at the words that people tweet that may or may not be random. i mean the other day i sent a link out to an article which talked about how a committed suicide live on streaming t.v. now if someone used suicide as a keyword they would end up auto following me, yet i usually don't tweet such things. i see a lot of potential for abuse with this tool. thanks for the comment! reply edit reblog flag record video comment 2 /people/jacobmorgan/ /people/jacobmorgan/following/ http://www.jmorganmarketing.com 6701092 in/jmorganmarketing jacobm Permalink Admin Remove Post Block username Block email Block IP address Eric Pratum 1 month ago 1 point Please login to rate. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. I've been told that Twollow has a limit for the number of people it can auto-follow for you per day. The way I see it, this is a great tool (like Tweetbeep) for companies looking to do a bit of customer service and user engagement on Twitter. For most twitterers, I think it will just be used as a way to increase potential followers without having to do much work. I got an email this morning about another twitter tool Socialtoo.com. It does a few things other Twitter tools don't. Still don't know though if it's for me, but others will likely find it very interesting. reply edit reblog flag record video comment 1 /people/ericpratum/ /people/ericpratum/following/ http://www.ericpratum.com 824693430 in/ericpratum ericpratum mutarp Parent Permalink Admin Remove Post Block username Block email Block IP address jacobmorgan 1 month ago 1 point Please login to rate. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. interesting, i didn't know that. at least that will help with some of the abuse. i think it could be a great tool to monitor conversations but i dont know if i like the auto follow idea. i mean why not create something like google alerts where you can find out when people mention a keyword without you auto following them? ive heard of socialtoo as well, they do some interesting things, but im not using them...yet thanks for the comment! reply edit reblog flag record video comment 2 /people/jacobmorgan/ /people/jacobmorgan/following/ http://www.jmorganmarketing.com 6701092 in/jmorganmarketing jacobm Parent Permalink Admin Remove Post Block username Block email Block IP address Eric Pratum 1 month ago 1 point Please login to rate. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. True. I use tweetbeep on things like my name, URL, etc so that I get email alerts when people are talking about things likely relevant to me. I find it, like Google Alerts, to be very, very useful. Plus, like you said, it's then up to me if I want to follow those people or not. reply edit reblog flag record video comment 1 /people/ericpratum/ /people/ericpratum/following/ http://www.ericpratum.com 824693430 in/ericpratum ericpratum mutarp Permalink Admin Remove Post Block email Block IP address Christine Perkett 1 month ago 1 point Please login to rate. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. It sounds great...at first. But key words don't = value. Too many people use the right words in their profile and all the wrong ones in their Twitter updates. I still prefer to search and research on other apps like Twellow, where you can search by keyword but analyze the user's stream before following. Interesting post though, thanks! Christine Perkett @missusP and @PerkettPR www.perkettprsuasion.com Dheck out our PR Stimulus Package - experts say don't cut marketing in a down economy! reply edit reblog flag record video comment http://www.perkettprsuasion.com Parent Permalink Admin Remove Post Block username Block email Block IP address jacobmorgan 1 month ago 1 point Please login to rate. Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment. hi christine, i agree with you, i still stick to the original way of searching. thanks for reading and commenting, glad you found it interesting. reply edit reblog flag record video comment 2 /people/jacobmorgan/ /people/jacobmorgan/following/ http://www.jmorganmarketing.com 6701092 in/jmorganmarketing jacobm Add New Comment close () status via twitter recent comments (follow comments) View Profile » Powered by Disqus · Learn more close Reblog this comment Powered by Disqus · Learn more blog comments powered by Disqus

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