If you “tweet,” and you want to measure your power, your reach and how you rank amongst all other Twitter users around the world, there’s a website will put the hard core facts of your popularity right in front of you.
Twittergrader.com will tally up your “followers and followings” and rank your Twitter page numerically against other pages. For the record, @SiliconCaribe got a ranking of 415,139 out of 7,676,062 — with an overall grade of 95 out of 100. That looks to be slightly above average in the great scheme of all things “tweeting.”
The site also ranks top brands, cities and users. It has some nifty tools Who Tweets You, so you can see who’s giving you all that retweet love. Ugh, So cool. You can get a Twitter Grader Badge to show off your ranking. There is also has a Tweetit Button Builder which is a simple tool for creating a button that can be put on a web page.
How Does Twitter Grader Calculate Twitter Rankings?
Of course they can’t release all the secrets as we know some people would try to game the system, but Hibspot the creator of this tool explained the factors that go into calculating your rankings.
Algorithm Factors are:
1. Number of Followers: More followers leads to a higher Twitter Grade (all other things being equal).
Just two days ago, I wrote What di a*s! more Trinidadians on Facebook than Jamaicans ?! when there were more Trinidadians on Facebook- 364,960 than Jamaicans – 363,380. Today, using the same method I spoke about in the other post I wrote Find out how many Jamaicans are on Facebook in 7 quick Steps Jamaicans have taken the lead with 369,640 compared to 368,500 Trinidadians.
The Question is, how can Trinidad, a country with half the population of Jamaica be so neck and neck in numbers of people accessing Facebook? This question brought me to look at the Caribbean Internet Usage Stats by InternetWorldStats.com. Have a look yourself.
Farmville is the most addictive and played game on Facebook with 61,996,714 active monthly users. It was created by the social games development company Zynga that has the motto of “Connecting People Through Games”. This is the same intention it seems behind the creators of Farmville Jamaica LIVE!
I’ve been pretty impressed by Jamaica Pegasus’s move on build it’s brand using Twitter ( @jamaicapegasus). The marketing manager there Prudence Simpson, plus Jan D and Cliff B is the small team that handle things. They had their first Tweetup ( a gathering of tweeters for a specific event) in June this year and are staging another this Friday. The first, had a little over 100 Jamaican tweeters in attendance, sponsorship from British Airways, live entertainment and they got ALOT of online publicity out it. People were live tweeting while at the event, posting text and pictures to their respective followers on Twitter, their blogs and also on Facebook. Really, can your television, newspaper or radio ads do that?! I don’t think so.
So in writing the article Find out how many Jamaicans are on Facebook in 7 quick steps, I decided to check on our Trinidadian neighbours and found out that as of today, there are more Trinidadians on Facebook – 364,960 than Jamaicans – 363,380. If you want to know how about other Caribbean countries or any country. Read this post.
How many Jamaicans are on Facebook now? It’s like THE question to be asking and answering these past few weeks. So I decided to write a how to article that anyone can refer to and pass on to colleagues and friends. Here’s how to find out how many Jamaicans are on Facebook.
1. Login to Facebook as usual and go to the Home Page. Not your Profile Page.
2. On the Home Page, on the left hand in the side bar, from the top you will see your picture and beneath that in the first block of information you’ll see News Feed, Messages, Events, Friends etc. In the Second Block of information you will see Photos, Ads and Pages etc. Click on Ads and Pages. If you do not see Ads and Pages for some reason, don’t worry, use the Search box and type in Ads, Facebook Ads, Ads Manager.
Indeed, You don’t get 500 million friends without making a few enemies. This trailer is for the movie which has been getting some serious buzz. It tells the story of Mark Zuckerberg and his ascension from forgettable geek as a Harvard student to billionaire power broker and top friend of the world’s number one social network. Watch it and share what you think about it!
DiscountsJa.com, that’s been recently launched by Oneal Campbell, who runs Bits and PCs says you can get discounts and deals by email and SMS. Their website spins the spiel ” Signup with DiscountsJa.com to receive email and SMS notifications about coupons, sales, discounts and other promotions from your favourite stores and service providers! We’re partnering with the best stores and service providers across Jamaica to ensure that as soon as they have special deals on products and services, you are advised!”
We’ve seen a couple of services like these before, so it’s interesting to see the fresh attention to this space. Not sure what is the unique selling point of this one, but we’ll keep an eye on this one.
So I heard a couple days ago that LIME ( formerly Cable & Wireless) to launch their IPTV product today at SportsMax Sportszone venue in New Kingston. I’m waiting to verifiy the pricing, device details. Heard the device will cost about $15,000 and the monthly subscription about $3,000 a month.Heard they are launching with channels like HBO and that the video clarity is superb.
What is IPTV ? Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is a system through which Internet television services are delivered using the architecture and networking methods of the Internet Protocol Suite over a packet-switched network infrastructure, e.g., the Internet and broadband Internet access networks, instead of being delivered through traditional radio frequency broadcast, satellite signal, and cable television (CATV) formats.
IPTV services may be classified into three main groups: live television, time-shifted programming, and video on demand (VOD).
As a tech industry colleague said to me, it is expected to set LIME apart from its competitors ( Digicel, Claro, Flow) in the marketplace. Well let’s see.
How will 4G broadband boost Tech entrepreneurship in Jamaica, will be the focus of a townhall type discussion tomorrow at Kingston Beta at the Spanish Court Hotel, New Kingston at 6:30pm. It is free. A SiliconValley based entrepreneur Peter Rothman will be co-hosting the discussion with me.
Kingston Beta is the bimonthly networking event and Startup pitch platform where Jamaican and Caribbean tech/internet/mobile/business professionals, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts come To Learn. To Be Inspired.To Network.It is staged by ConnectiMass, the parent company of SiliconCaribe.com.
If You Want to know what Jamaican/Caribbean People and Companies are doing Online and with Technology-Come to Kingston Beta. The event is geared towards, 1. Helping Startups Get Exposure 2. Connecting Startups and Investors and 3. Connecting the Caribbean technology community.
Digital photography may have advanced considerably in recent years, but the fact remains that most group photos still lack the person holding the camera. Enter the fotopol, a camera mount for tourist spots that lets visitors get everyone in the picture.
Australian fotopol sells two models of its camera mounts. The fotopol stand (USD 2,350) is a permanently fixed, freestanding camera mount that’s made from anodized aluminum with a galvanized steel base and stainless steel hardware; six colour options are available, as are etched and screen-printed designs. Local information and advertising can be displayed on the front panel as well. The fotopol balcony series, on the other hand, targets cruise ships and hotels with a permanent camera mount that gets attached either inside or outside the door frame of the balcony. Using the mount, passengers and guests can secure their camera, compose the shot, set the time delay and capture a memorable group photo. The balcony series comes in white; custom branding is available. Fotopol is also working on an interface that can make the balcony camera mount a rental option for passengers and visitors.
If you “tweet,” and you want to measure your power, your reach and how you rank amongst all other Twitter users around the world, there’s a website will put the hard core facts of your popularity right in front of you.
