according to Chief scientist of Research team at Twitter @Abdur Michael Jackson was the most talk about people on twitter. The Most engaging topic which twitter users found in 2009 was the Iranian Election. Harry Potter Stood at No. 1 most talked about movie on twitter while the American idol was no. 1 in television show. Here is the detail list in following pic:
That is a great source for starting a new set of keyword research for new niche sites.
Michael Jackson is always no.1 even now that he’s gone. He’s worth talking about. Yeah, I remember that Iran election that created a worlwide story due to mass protest and violence.
l totally agree with you .
Google Wave may have been top of Twitter’s tech trends for 2009, but it was also considered the top failure by some.
It is amazing that Michel Jackson still tops even though he has been dead less than year ago.
This article talks about internet spammers and their effect on sites like Twitter. More specifically it is about the spam on the trending topics section on Twitter.
As a parent, I can not imagine what his parents are going through trying to get their child back from people who are treating him poorly and allowing him no contact to the outside world.
Hmm… that is an interesting run down. I really never thought MJ had THAT much of a pull in the social media world, but I guess this proves conclusively that I was mistaken.
Twitter is all well and good, but I think that for it to be useful to a marketer, you have to develop certain specific skills that will keep people following you without bombarding them with sales pitches.
I also got an interesting email from Marketing Guru John Reese to say that he thought twitter was simply wasting his time and he deleted his 25,000 list of followers. I think his take on this is rather interesting, considering he is a very
successful marketer.
Anthony
Google Wave first as the most discussed technology in 2009.. that does not surprise me at all, the buzz they manage to create with the invitations on Twitter, facebook and personal blogs before and after they launched the preview site was crazy..