Search Engine Marketing Blog: piloSEO

I have found Twitter to be both useful and frustrating at times. In many cases people use it to relay meaningless information and it can be annoying to read about the tedious minutes of a persons day. That being said there are some fantastic uses for it as well. I followed the Super Bowl Scorecard and found it to be a great way to keep up with the Super Bowl Ads and how each advertiser leveraged search into their overall campaign. I also recently discovered another feed that harnesses the real power of the Twitter system.

Getting stuck in traffic SUCKS

After struggling with my commute home last night and my trip into the city this morning I found a great new feature in Twitter. At least it is new to me and I wish I would have found it sooner as it would have saved me some frustration. Twitter now provides a Commuter Feed. This feed allows users to follow commuters in their metro area as well as provide updates when they encounter delays. This is the type of thing that Twitter is perfectly designed for. It gives users up to date traffic information and allows them to plan their trip into work or wherever they need to go. I have just signed up for it and am very interested to see how it works. If it can help me avoid some of the frustration I have experienced in the past day or two I will be very happy with it.

Give it a try

If you have not signed up for it you may want to try it out. If you have been taking advantage of the Commuter Feed I am interested in hearing about your findings, good or bad. Let me know how well it works. I will continue following it to see how helpful it is. This is a wonderful use of the Twitter system and I would love to see these types of applications expand as Twitter grows.

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