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Velocio · 27th January 2010

Like whether this appears on twitter in the next 10 seconds

Velocio · 27th January 2010

OK, interesting... it does.

Looks like we have live twitter updates then :)

31t®um · 27th January 2010

great

Velocio · 27th January 2010

May not please you, but it pleases me.

It means that those monitoring Twitter for updates, especially of Classifieds stuff can now be pinged the instant a new thread is created using whatever client that they please.

So it becomes somewhat trivial for someone to obtain a live feed of "For Sale" adverts... which is pretty useful.

Velocio · 27th January 2010

Oh, and it also ensures that new threads are almost instantly indexed by Google and Bing.

I've tested and proven that updates to Twitter are one of the main triggers to getting search engines to index a page, I assume both search engines are drinking from the firehose.

I'm reckoning it's now under 90 seconds for a thread to be indexed and available as a search result in Google.

Velocio · 27th January 2010

We also now have live updates going over to friendfeed for pretty much the same reasons: Instant alerts via whatever tool you want to use, search engine benefits for the site.

Shinscar · 27th January 2010

oh dear... too much coffee David??

TS · 27th January 2010

Time for a sit-down and a Creme Egg...

TS · 27th January 2010

You've earned it...

Velocio · 27th January 2010

For my next trick I shall deploy a legion of lemmings to throw themselves into the road in the shape of letters that spell out a new thread title.

adoubletap · 27th January 2010

March 18th 2011, www.lfgss.com (a trading name of Cyberdyne Sytems) gains sentience and destroys us all.

We send The Pistanator back in time to try and destroy VB...

Balki · 27th January 2010

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Originally Posted by Velocio

lemmings

great game!

Greasy Slag · 27th January 2010

yeah David.. stay away from the coffee son. maybe take some time out, bit of fresh air, maybe buy a dog so you can walk it.

Shinscar · 27th January 2010

"oh yeah the forum only takes an hour or so of my time" Zzzzzz.... Zzzzz.... wake up forum i got stuff to show you!

Greasy Slag · 27th January 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Velocio

We also now have live updates going over to friendfeed for pretty much the same reasons: Instant alerts via whatever tool you want to use, search engine benefits for the site.

andyp · 27th January 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Velocio

lemmings

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balki

great game!

Shit film. Avoid. 2.5 hours of my life I'll not get back.

TS · 27th January 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by adoubletap

March 18th 2011, www.lfgss.com (a trading name of Cyberdyne Sytems) gains sentience and destroys us all.

We send The Pistanator back in time to try and destroy VB...

jaw · 27th January 2010

Perhaps we should inviter her over for a lively discussion http://twitter.com/GloriaFallon123/status/7833148487

M A X · 30th January 2010

just noticed this, its kind of cool.

is there a way of following individual threads on twitter?

EEI · 30th January 2010

Now, I can make a full use of me iPhone

hippy · 2nd February 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Velocio

Oh, and it also ensures that new threads are almost instantly indexed by Google and Bing.

I've tested and proven that updates to Twitter are one of the main triggers to getting search engines to index a page, I assume both search engines are drinking from the firehose.

I'm reckoning it's now under 90 seconds for a thread to be indexed and available as a search result in Google.

Maybe I should be mentioning this to my clients? Thanks for the SEO tip. :)

Kelvin · 2nd February 2010

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Originally Posted by hippy

Maybe I should be mentioning this to my clients? Thanks for the SEO tip. :)

An interesting one velocio, you finding them indexing the original post or the tweet linking to the post?

SP · 2nd February 2010

Velocio, you truly are a random genius legend.

Velocio · 2nd February 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelvin

An interesting one velocio, you finding them indexing the original post or the tweet linking to the post?

Google follows 301 redirects (of bit.ly) so it's the end page that gets indexed.

Not that Google is the only thing to follow the link. My stats show around 20 real people follow each link on average. So there's actual real user benefit way in excess of the SEO benefit.

hippy · 2nd February 2010

Cool. I have some ideas for the tomorrow now.

Oliver Schick · 2nd February 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Velocio

OK, interesting... it does.

Looks like we have live twitter updates then :)

Heh, good job none of my posts qualify, as they tend to have more than 140 characters. Hang on ... *counts*

Velocio · 2nd February 2010

It's new threads only.

Thread prefixes = 12 chars.
bit.ly URL = 16 chars.
Thread title = 85 chars.

Easy within the 140 limit.

Oliver Schick · 2nd February 2010

Phew.

6pt · 8th March 2010

noticed that a few tweets lately haven't had an url in them, mild irritation when it's something i want to follow up on (*sigh* click type type lfgss click click ah! is too much for me).

Velocio · 8th March 2010

Eh? OK... I shall scurry and look.

Velocio · 8th March 2010

It appears to be the fault of bit.ly, or at least... the connectivity between the lfgss servers and bit.ly.

We need to bit.ly to shorten the URLs, but in doing so we're prone to losing the URLs whenever connectivity is temporarily lost between the two.

Khornight2 · 6th December 2012

Does the twitter feed give new threads in places that aren't public like the two polo subsections?

I'd assume not, is there a way to get them?

(subscribe to Lfgss.com/forum48.html or something?)

Velocio · 6th December 2012

The twitter feed only tweets stuff that is accessible to people not logged in.

As twitter is public, we only tweet the public stuff.

27th January 2010	#1
Velocio	Live updates to Twitter Like whether this appears on twitter in the next 10 seconds
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adoubletap	March 18th 2011, www.lfgss.com (a trading name of Cyberdyne Sytems) gains sentience and destroys us all. We send The Pistanator back in time to try and destroy VB... Last edited by adoubletap; 27th January 2010 at 14:26. Reason: fogot the plot
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Greasy Slag	yeah David.. stay away from the coffee son. maybe take some time out, bit of fresh air, maybe buy a dog so you can walk it.
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2nd February 2010	#23
SP	Velocio, you truly are a random genius legend.
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2nd February 2010	#25
hippy	Cool. I have some ideas for the tomorrow now.
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8th March 2010	#29
6pt	noticed that a few tweets lately haven't had an url in them, mild irritation when it's something i want to follow up on (sigh click type type lfgss click click ah! is too much for me).
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6th December 2012	#32
Khornight2	Does the twitter feed give new threads in places that aren't public like the two polo subsections? I'd assume not, is there a way to get them? (subscribe to Lfgss.com/forum48.html or something?)
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