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Twitter’s Year in Review

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New to the annual highlights of searches is Twitter with their Year in Review. Even though Twitter isn’t a search-focused service, searching is a powerful addition to the near real-time world of tweets.

Overall Top Trends

  1. Gulf Oil Spill
  2. FIFA World Cup
  3. Inception
  4. Haiti Earthquake
  5. Vuvuzela
  6. Apple iPad
  7. Google Android
  8. Justin Bieber
  9. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
  10. Pulpo Paul

Top Trend in Category

  • Gulf Oil Spill in News Events
  • Justin Bieber in People
  • Inception in Movies
  • MTV Video Music Awards in Television
  • Apple iPad in Technology
  • FIFA World Cup in World Cup
  • Lebron James in Sports
  • #rememberwhen in Hashtags

Interestingly enough, only Justin Bieber has been a common thread between the top searches on Twitter, Yahoo, and Bing.

Justin Bieber Tweetin’ in Hawaii

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The Biebs is in the 808 and is tweeting away!

Hawaii is just too nice. only problem i had so far is got nailed by a wave body boarding….and that is not a problemless than a minute ago via webJustin Bieber
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LeBron James May Be King, But He’s Still a Twitter Rookie

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New Miami Heat resident LeBron James is still King James on the hardwood, but in the Twitterverse, he’s still a rookie. Witness a recent tweet fail.

Shout out to @ GreekGoddessATL, @ chasmacmusic, @ deena_doesthis, @ kidnamedjoseph, @ johncrunkiwaite and @ejschoenfeld .less than a minute ago via webLeBron James
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See the spaces between the @ symbol and Twitter names? But in the NBA you learn and adjust quickly, and LeBron did so in his next tweet fixing his @ fails. Go Heat!

King James Tweets

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LeBron James aka King James is now on Twitter as @kingjames. He already has almost 90,000 followers with only a single tweet! Here is the first tweet of King James.

Hello World, the Real King James is in the Building “Finally”. My Brother @oneandonlycp3 gas’d me up to jump on board so I’m here. Haaaaless than a minute ago via webLeBron James
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Having Me Some Blackbird Pie

So Twitter’s mechanism for quotable tweets went live today (but is feeling a little stressed right now). With Blackbird Pie, you can enter in the link of a tweet, and you’ll be given an embed code which generates something like this.

@geewhy I see you’re rubbing elbows with the Social Media elite at #nextlevelhi 🙂less than a minute ago via webAdrian Bagayas
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Awesome NBA Twitterness

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This is a neat way to represent Twitter conversations for the NBA playoffs.  Nike and Stamen designed this dynamic display that is continually updated based on tweets for these teams.  Clicking on a team shows team-specific tweets along with Nike’s family members and their kicks.  Try it out here.

Starstruck at the Iolani Fair

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What can I say? I’m easily impressed or so it seems since I was starstruck at the past weekend’s Iolani Fair. Who’d I see right after entering faux Rome? Twitter-lebrity @farmershawaii. No, he wasn’t peddling Farmers Hawaii gear but was chillaxing with the family.

Even though the food booth lines were crazy long, I waited for a waffle dog and saw High School Basketball Coach of the Year, Dean Shimamoto, working the booth. Even with a championship, Coach showcased his One Team spirit by volunteering.

Aren’t you impressed by the star quality? No? Then how about this one? Guess who took this pic on the trolley ride over to the Fair? 🙂

Thanks for the Bold, Klout!

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Now this was a welcomed surprise. Klout.com tagged me as an influence on Twitter coffee discussions, and as part of a new experimental promotion, gave me samples of Starbucks coffee. Cool!

No, I didn’t solicit Klout for anything, I just blog and tweet about Starbucks… a lot I suppose. So waiting at home, I found a delivery containing Starbucks’ Pike Place Roast, the bold Caffe Verona, and some coupons.

Oh, and since I did receive these goodies free of charge, I have to disclose that fact. But really, how can you complain about getting free goodies about something you enjoy and love?  And how can you not appreciate a company for rewarding its customers?  So kudos to Klout and Starbucks for a great partnership and promotion!

Now excuse me as a brew my cup of morning coffee.  Will it be Pike Place or Verona? 🙂

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