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UPDATED 6/17/14: This list originally started as a way for me to keep track of the many cool Twitter tools that kept popping up in the wake of Twitter’s popularity. Over the course of time, of course, things change–platforms revoke access to their APIs, developers lose interest, etc.–and thus this list has changed and thus does not specifically match my original wonderfully alliterative title. Still, it’s a good list and I just updated it to be Twenty-Six Twitter Tools To Track Tweets…and counting:
- Twitter Search – This, obviously, is Twitter’s own search function. You can subscribe to a search via RSS.
- Tweepz – Twitter user search engine.
- Followerwonk – Find users and get Twitter analytics.
- @MagicRecs – Get recommendations on who to follow based on your own Twitter network & see who your network follows.
- TweetDeck – Acquired by Twitter, TweetDeck is a web-based account management tool.
- Hootsuite – Social media management tool. Free and pro versions.
- Twitterfall – a Twitter client specializing in real-time tweet searches. New tweets fall into the page.
- Tweetvisor – A Twitter control panel
- Bit.ly – Shortens URLs, counts clicks, shows who else shortened a URL and provides metadata about that URL from across the Web.
- Tweetburner – Shortens URLs and tracks clicks on Twitter & FriendFeed.
- Backtweets – Find who’s tweeting a link.
- Topsy – Acquired by Twitter, Topsy is a social media monitoring and analytics tool.
- Keyhole – For-fee social listening and analytics tool.
- TweetReach – Find the reach of a given tweet.
- Hashtags.org – Hashtags tracks the most popular Twitter posts that include a #hashtag. You can subscribe to an individual hashtag using RSS.
- What The Trend? – Find hashtags that are rising in popularity.
- Twubs – Find hashtags.
- Foller.me – Analytics for any given Twitter account.
- TweetStats – Gives you Twitter statistics about a given user.
- BrandTweet Statistics – Use analytics for any Twitter account.
- TwitterCounter – Provides stats on a given Twitter user and lets you compare that user to another Twitter account.
- TweetBeep – TweetBeep is a Google AlertsĀ for Twitter
- FriendOrFollow.com – Find Twitterers you follow that don’t follow you back.
- Qwitter – Qwitter notifies you when someone unfollows you.
- Twellow – Twellow is a Twitter directory.
- TwitterLocal – Twitter Local is an Adobe Air desktop app that finds Twitter users within a fixed radius of a city or zip code.
- Localtweeps – Find Tweeps near you.
- TweetChat – A tool for participating in Twitter chats.
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