Twitter Launches Web Analytics Service For Websites

Yesterday Baweh and online social networking sites talk about how to keep your twitter account safe. Now we want to talk about Twitter web analytics. Twitter web analytics provides much more information traffic coming to your website via Twitter 140 characters.

Twitter was launched Tweet button last year for web publishers to use for their users to click on to share on Twitter, but websites using the tweet button couldn't know how much traffic they were getting from Twitter

The Twitter web analytics service, now in private beta, the new service also shows how much traffic comes from the Tweet button. It gives information for Tweet button publishers, which place they should put their tweet button to get more reader from Twitter. Finally the new tool reveals a list of the most Tweeted links or stories from a website and how many click those links receive.

More information that Twitter now has 100 million active members and 230 million Tweets every day. Twitter now drives 100 million clicks/day to websites across the web.

Facebook Announces Twitter-Like "Subcribe" Feature

Facebook social networking site continues to add new feature that have proved popular on rival social networking sites, introducing Wednesday a Twitter-like service that allows users to follow updates from people who are not contacts.

The service, called "subcribe", also gives Facebook users a more complete filter to help control what shows up in their news feed. But the biggest charge is the  ability for public figures, journalists, and others to allow their posts to be read without adding others as a contact on having them "Like" a page.

A Facebook user who wants to monitor the posts someone who has opted in to the program would simply hit the "subcribe" button on the person's Facebook page, and they would receive updates that person posts as "public". The service is similar to San Francisco-based Twitter, which has found a large following by allowing people to "follow" the 140 character or less updates from their favorite celebrities and other public figures.

The change comes directly on the heels of Tuesday's announcement of expanded "Friends Lists", including "Smart Lists", features that streamline the process for grouping Facebook contacts in order to have greater control over who sees certain content.

Read more about Facebook announces Twitter-like "subcibe"feature at : http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_18893088?source=rss

How To Keep Your Twitter Account Safe

We often asked the question "How do I keep my Twitter account safe and private?" Good question, and we're happy you asked.

First you should know that attempts to directly "hack" Twitter are extremely rare. The majority of account compromises actually happen as a direct result of "phishing" schemes. Phishing is a way to target users by sending them fraudulent messages meant to trick them into sharing their passwords. This can come in the form of fake e-mail, attachments or log-in screens that are designed to look similar to your Twitter sign-in page.

You should know that Twitter never sends emails that request Your password or asks you to download attachments. Similarly, You will never have to enter your Twitter password into anything other than a Twitter log-in screen on the web and applications that trust. You can always make sure that you're on the real Twitter site by checking the address bar in your browser-make sure the domain is twitter.com. There is lot more about protecting your self from phishing attempts on our support pages.

Here are some additional important recommendations from our Safety Center :

1. Use a strong password with at least 10 characters and a combination of letters, numbers and other characters for Your Twitter account. And use a unique password for each website you use (email, banking, etc) that way if one account get compromised, the rest are safe. A personal email account that's compromised is the second most likely way an intruder gains access to Twitter accounts.
2. Use HTTPs for improved security on Twitter. This is the same encryption technology that allows you to safety make payments online.
3. We recommend linking your phone to Your Twitter account. Doing this could save Your account if you lose control of your personal email and/or password.
4. If you think your account has been compromised, visit our help page for compromised accounts to find out to to fix it quickly.

We're committed to keeping Twitter a safe and open community and educating you, our users, about the best ways to keep your accounts secure. We post regular updates about safety and security via @safety and regularly update our account security help page.

More about How to keep Twitter account safe look at : http://blog.twitter.com/2011/07/keeping-your-account-safe.html