Twitter fun and directory

thegamecat · 08-10-2009, 07:49 AM

Right now I'm mainly focussed on Twitter and have most of what I do on Twitter fully automated. Thankfully this gives me a little time to do a bunch of little experiments for fun to see what's possible and then expand upon the succesful ones.

One of my new experiments is something you guys can take a look at, try out and of course offer feedback on.

I am trying to see if its possible to generate a site directory by offering twitter users a small fun service - namely, when their follower count goes through a follower threshold a tweet is made on their account to announce this to all their followers.

They also get an entry in the site directory with a FOLLOW backlink to their website listed in their twitter profile.

I'm curious to know if this is something that will benifit all parties or if there's an aspect in there that you like. Your thoughts would be gratefully recieved.

The site is Autoding.com

p.s. Obviously there needs to be a backlinking exercise done and some seo done on the site to make the directory entry/backlink a bit more enticing.

ltdraper · 08-10-2009, 08:02 AM

I'm sure people will sign up, but what's the monetization strategy? Or are you just looking for Oauth tokens so you can have them follow accounts for you?

The backlink value will be pretty small. But people will do stuff like that just to see their name on a website.

thegamecat · 08-10-2009, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ltdraper

I'm sure people will sign up, but what's the monetization strategy? Or are you just looking for Oauth tokens so you can have them follow accounts for you?

The backlink value will be pretty small. But people will do stuff like that just to see their name on a website.

The idea is just to see if the directory side will pickup. If it does then I'll move forward with a tweaked model including monetization.

"Or are you just looking for Oauth tokens so you can have them follow accounts for you?"

This is completely unethical, not interested in this no.

08-10-2009, 07:49 AM	#1
thegamecat Viral Video Monster War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: uk Posts: 228 Thanks: 3 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Twitter fun and directory Right now I'm mainly focussed on Twitter and have most of what I do on Twitter fully automated. Thankfully this gives me a little time to do a bunch of little experiments for fun to see what's possible and then expand upon the succesful ones. One of my new experiments is something you guys can take a look at, try out and of course offer feedback on. I am trying to see if its possible to generate a site directory by offering twitter users a small fun service - namely, when their follower count goes through a follower threshold a tweet is made on their account to announce this to all their followers. They also get an entry in the site directory with a FOLLOW backlink to their website listed in their twitter profile. I'm curious to know if this is something that will benifit all parties or if there's an aspect in there that you like. Your thoughts would be gratefully recieved. The site is Autoding.com p.s. Obviously there needs to be a backlinking exercise done and some seo done on the site to make the directory entry/backlink a bit more enticing.
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08-10-2009, 08:02 AM	#2
ltdraper HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 144 Thanks: 6 Thanked 25 Times in 18 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Twitter fun and directory I'm sure people will sign up, but what's the monetization strategy? Or are you just looking for Oauth tokens so you can have them follow accounts for you? The backlink value will be pretty small. But people will do stuff like that just to see their name on a website.
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