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Viral Traffic 21 Ways To Flood Your Site In Traffic
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Viral
Traffic
21 Ways To Flood
Your Site In Traffic
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Contents
What Is Viral Traffic Generation? ...................................................
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Why Should I Use Viral Traffic Generation? ....................................
. 8
How Much Does Viral Traffic Generation Cost? ...............................
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How Can I Make My Message Go Viral? .........................................
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21 Viral Traffic Generation Techniques ..........................................
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1. Provide Quality Content, Products, Or Services ....................
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2. Give Something Away ......................................................
.17
3. Require A Referral ............................................................
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4. Create A Viral Video Clip ..................................................
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5. Create a Brandable E-Book................................................
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6. Blog .............................................................................
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7. Use Social Bookmark Sites ..............................................
..27
8. Use an RSS feed .............................................................
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9. Provide Free Content For Other Blogs/Websites ...................29
10. Linkbait.........................................................................
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11. Run
Contests ..
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12. Make it easy for visitors to refer others .............................
13. Make It Easy For Readers To Email The Page To A Friend ....
.36
14. Offer A Digital Game Or Tool That Carries Your Message .....
.37
15. Offer An E-Comment Or E-Card Service .........................
....40
16. Build A Community..........................................................4
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17. Write Articles For Ezines And Article Publishers ...................
44
18. Employee Evangelism ..................................................
....47
19. Set Up An Affiliate Program To Let Other People Market Your
Product Or Service.....48
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20. Write Press Releases ....................................................
..50
21. Take Your Marketing Offline ............................................
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Conclusion.................................................................................
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What Is Viral Traffic
Generation?
In recent years there has been
more and more written about
Viral Marketing and why you
should be using it to drive traffic
to your site. So, what is viral
marketing, and why should you
care? Is this just another fad that
will soon fade away?
In short, viral marketing involves getting other people to willingly
spread your message for you. People who like what you have done
and tell other people, and the message spreads from person to person
like a virus. When that happens, it is referred to as your message
“going viral.”
It relies heavily on word of mouth advertising; someone sees or reads
what you have to offer and tells a couple of their friends. Their friends
see or read your message and they tell a couple of their friends, and
they tell a couple of their friends, and so on. The number of people
who are aware of you and your message increases exponentially. The
more people hear about your site, the faster your traffic grows. How
large will it grow? There is really no way to tell. The only real limit to
the amount of traffic possible is how many people your site host can
handle.
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Just think about how quickly it could spread. If one person saw your
message and told 2 people, who told 2 people, who told 2 people, and
it continued, your message would very quickly be in front of thousands
of people. If each person just told two other people, look how quickly
it can grow.
1 x 2 = 2
2 x 2 = 4
4 x 2 = 8
8 x 2 = 16
16 x 2 = 32
32 x 2 = 64
64 x 2 = 128
128 x 2 = 256
256 x 2 = 512
512 x 2 = 1024
Now, just imagine if you started with 100 people spreading your
message, or 1,000 people. You can see that it doesn't take long
before hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people are aware of
who you are, and better still, are visiting your web site and buying
your products or services.
Viral marketing effectively taps into pre-existing social networks that
your customers are already using. By creating something that is worth
talking about and passing along, you create a “buzz” that spreads
across the internet, and traffic floods to your site to see what the buzz
is about. Once they are there, if they like what they see, they pass the
information along, and the buzz continues to grow.
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Word of mouth marketing is by
far the most effective way to get
word out about your site. People
will listen to others that they
already know and trust much
more readily than they will listen
to you. These people do not know
you, so why should they trust
what you are telling them? After
all, you might be likely to say
anything in order to make a sale.
However, they will listen to a
friend or family member, especially if the person spreading the word
does not have anything to gain by telling them. It is just a friend
passing along a great deal they found, or some useful or interesting
information.
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Why Should I Use
Viral Traffic
Generation?
You may be thinking that viral marketing techniques are only for the
major players with big budgets, and that it cannot work for small
businesses with small budgets. If that is what you're thinking, I can
assure you, you are wrong. You might not be able to afford to produce
the highly polished ads like the big companies, but there are still a lot
of opportunities for success. Any business or individual with a message
to get out or a service or product to sell can benefit from a well-crafted
marketing campaign.
There are several reasons that you should be using viral traffic
generation
techniques to build your business and attract customers to
your website.
1.) It is a fast, effective way to drive traffic to your site.
Like I mentioned above, once the word starts to spread, it can spread
very quickly, and there is really no limit to how many people can hear
your message. Because your message often comes to someone from a
person they already know, it has more credibility than if the message
showed up uninvited in an email from someone they do not know.
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Once the message starts to spread, it picks up size and speed as it
goes, like a snowball rolling down a hill. You may start out thinking
that your efforts were not very effective, then one morning you open
your email to find it full of new orders. When it works, it can work very
fast.
2.) It can be very inexpensive.
Once the
word starts to spread, there is not much additional cost. The
biggest cost you will face is paying for all the additional traffic to your
site. All of the cost and effort of spreading the word about what you
have to offer is taken care of by the people spreading the word. More
than likely, the biggest expense will be the upfront set up or
production costs - depending on which technique you decide to use.
After that initial expense, the remaining costs are nominal.
3.) It can help shield you from negative comments
One thing to remember is that a negative message can go viral, too.
Unfortunately, you are not going to be able to please everyone. If you
do enough business, eventually you are going to have someone who is
unhappy with you and your business. It only takes one customer that
is dissatisfied
to put a shadow of doubt in your customer's minds
about whether they should do business with you or not. Once that
doubt is there, it is hard to remove it. If people are not happy with
the service they received, they are more likely to tell people about it
than if they are happy customers.
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As unhappy customers start spreading negative messages about you,
the word will start to spread, and there is not much you can do to stop
it. The more it spreads, the more untrustworthy your business
appears. All you can do is have enough of a buffer in place that the
negative messages do not overpower the positive messages.
If your message goes viral, not only will it send a flood of traffic to
your site, but other sites will link to you, and your site will rank higher
in the search engines. Your name will also appear on other high
ranking sites. If a negative message does start to go around, it will
have a much harder time getting out, because your positive message
is already so highly ranked that the negative messages cannot find
their way to the top of the search engine listings.
4.) It can find hidden
customers.
Despite the time and money you spend trying to narrowly define your
customers, figuring out who they are, and more importantly, where
they are, there will always be people that you have missed. Once your
message goes viral, there is no telling where it will end up, or who will
see it. Because of the widespread coverage that can occur, people that
you had not even considered to be your customers will get a chance to
see your message. They will decide whether they are potential
customers or not.
As word continues to spread about what you are offering, you do not
have to worry about finding all the possible niches your customers
might be hiding. You do not have to go find them, they will find you.
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How Much Does Viral
Traffic Generation
Cost?
The cost of viral
marketing really depends on the type of marketing
campaign you decide to use. With the 21 Viral Traffic Generation
Techniques listed below, there are many that are free, or very low
cost. Some may cost a little more to produce and get started, while
others could become quite expensive. How much you spend is entirely
up to you and how you want to use the different methods.
One of the greatest things about viral traffic generation is, once you
get the initial message out, it really doesn't cost you any more once
it goes viral. Your customers bear all of the time and expense of
spreading the word. All you have to do is be prepared to handle the
traffic when it comes. Depending on your website
hosting service,
there may be some costs for additional bandwidth as more customers
flood your site, but if your sales increase because of the traffic, it is
worth the additional cost.
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How Can I Make My
Message Go Viral?
This is an often asked question,
and there has been a lot of time
and money spent to find the
answer. The truth is, there is no
guaranteed way to make your
message go viral. There are some
things you can do to increase the
chances that it will take off, but
you cannot “make” it happen.
Successful viral traffic generation
is part skill, part creativity, part timing and
circumstances, and part
luck. You may try dozens of things with no real success, and then
strike gold in a completely unexpected place.
There is a quote that says “Luck is what happens when preparation
meets opportunity.” If you continue to market your site, and
continue to lay the groundwork for success, you greatly increase the
odds that you will be “lucky”. For some sites, it takes a long time to
become an overnight success.
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By presenting your message in a useful, unique or entertaining way, it
encourages people to spread the word. It requires creating a message
with a wide appeal, and has a high potential of getting passed along.
Once it begins, there is no telling where it will go, how far it will
spread, or who it will reach.
If you happen to be one of the fortunate ones who have several
messages going viral, you could easily reach millions of people. It does
not happen for everyone, but it could happen for you.
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21 Viral Traffic
Generation
Techniques
Below are 21 techniques that you can use to bring traffic to your
website. Whether there is a flood or a trickle really depends on your
ability to give your visitors something they can use or enjoy. It is
important to remember that your customers are not stupid. They will
know whether what you are offering is something they want, or if it is
a cheap advertising ploy. If it is, they will pass the word along. If it is
not useful, they will leave your site and say nothing to others about
you.
The key to all of these techniques is to give something that adds to the
user's experience. This can be by offering useful information, telling
them about
something new and exciting, or something that is
entertaining or humorous, but the key is to make it the highest quality
possible.
With so much information on the internet that is just a click away,
what you are offering has to be unique. This can mean being
completely new, or it could mean looking at something old from a
different and unique point of view. If your message does not touch
them in some way, your message will not go viral. You may still get
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some traffic out of it, but that traffic will come the old fashioned way,
through hard work, search engine optimization, and daily on-going
marketing efforts.
While for many people, going viral is a one-time accomplishment,
others manage to see repeated success. When one of your messages
goes viral, not only does it drive a flood of traffic to your site on a
short term, but many of those people will become subscribers, which
increases your daily traffic. If you can continue to write unique,
compelling material, those people will be more than likely to return to
your site, and to tell others. The more eyes that see you message, the
better your chances of repeating your viral success.
Viral traffic generation should not be used as a stand-alone technique.
It needs to be a part of a larger marketing strategy. Many of the
techniques by themselves may only send a small stream of traffic to
your site. That is why you need to use more than one marketing
method. One stream may not amount to much traffic, but several
streams could be significant. As your message starts to go viral, these
several streams could quickly become a flood.
Look through the list of items and think about which ones will work
for you. Chances are, not all of them will work for everyone. Some
of them will naturally go together, others will not.
The list is not
meant to be a comprehensive list of everything possible.
It is meant to be a tool; an example of things that have worked for
others. As you read through the different techniques, keep thinking
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about your own business. It may help you to come up with other ideas
on your own. Be creative. Modify some of the ideas listed and come up
with something new that is unique to you and your business. The only
limit to what is possible is your imagination.
1. Provide Quality Content, Products, Or
Services
Providing quality content, products, or service is by far the best way to
build your reputation, and build repeat traffic to your site. Research
has shown that on average, when som
eone has a positive experience
they will tell two other people about that experience. On the other
hand, if they have had a bad experience, they will tell seven other
people. That act of telling others is how the viral traffic generation
techniques start. If your customers never tell anyone else about you
and your site, you are back to doing all of the marketing on your own.
To build returning customers to your site, you
need to establish a reputation as an expert in
your field, be very entertaining, or someone
who has unique insights. That will not happen if
all you are offering is cheap, recycled drivel
that you found on someone else's website.
Make sure that what you offer is your own
work, and something that is different from
what can be found on every other website.
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As your reputation as an expert increases, other websites and bloggers
will start to pay attention to your website. They will begin to talk about
what you are doing, and will even give links from their website to
yours.
Suddenly every one of their readers becomes a potential
customer. The higher the quality of material you produce, the more
often your site will be linked to. Each link to your site is an avenue for
new visitors to your business.
If you do not think you have the ability to create something that will
touch people like it needs to, you may have to spend the money and
hire someone else to do it for you. Fortunately for you, there are a lot
of services that will put you in touch with freelance writers, site
designers, and program designers. If you have an idea about what you
want, chances are there is someone available to do it for you. If you
are willing to take a chance on a freelancer who has not yet
established themselves, you can often find one that will work for a low
wage in exchange for the experience the job will give them. Be careful
though; often times you get what you pay for. Make
sure the work you
get is up to the standards necessary to appeal to your audience.
2. Give Something Away
One of the best early examples of building a business by giving
something away is Hotmail. Hotmail gave away free email services and
email addresses to anyone who signed up for one, and a lot of people
did (and still do). Today millions of users have Hotmail addresses.
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What made hotmail successful was one of the early successes of viral
traffic building on the internet. At the bottom of every email that was
sent through one of the free Hotmail accounts was a message telling
others how they could get a free Hotmail account. Every time a
Hotmail user sent a message, they were helping spread the name of
Hotmail.
How did Hotmail make any money off of free accounts? They did it by
offering premium services to their customers such as additional
storage space, and the
ability to send emails without any advertising
attached.
Hotmail became successful enough that in 1997, less than 2 years
after it was created, it boasted over 8 million users and was purchased
by Microsoft. It is still one of the top web based email services in the
world.
While you may not be able to
achieve the same amount of buzz
that Hotmail was able to
generate, it does demonstrate
the power of getting your
message out be attaching it to
something that people are willing
to share with their friends,
family, and co-workers.
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Do not discount the fact that people love to get things for free. If it
looks interesting, and it is free, people are more than happy to give it
a try. While it is easy to get them to try your offer initially, it is a
different challenge to get them to continue using it once the novelty
has worn off.
Repeated use is critical for your success because multiple exposures
will
cement your company's name in your customers' minds. People
are more likely to buy something from a company they have heard of
than from one they have not heard of. They might not even know how
or why they know the name, but that sense of familiarity will make
them more susceptible to your message.
Whatever you are offering has to be functional, easy to use, and adds
value to the user. Your customers have to feel that it is worth their
time and effort to pass the information along. Then,
and only then, will
they be willing to tell their friends and family what they have found.
3. Require A Referral
An added twist to the idea of giving something away for free to your
customers is to require them to refer someone to you in exchange for
what you are giving away. Simply provide a space where they can
enter the email address of one or more people that they have to fill
out before receiving the item you are offering. This is especially
effective when your free item is something the person can download
instantly.
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This technique not only puts your message in front of the eyes of
potential customers, it also helps you build your own mailing list. You
can send an email to the people that were referred saying “Your
friend (name) saw this, and would like to share it with you. By
having the ability to use the friend's name, it helps to establish your
credibility.
This will decrease the possibility of the person receiving the invitation
tagging your message as spam.
Like many of the techniques
listed, this will only work if your
visitor thinks what you are
offering is of enough value to
make it worth giving you
information about a friend or family member. Friendships are built on
trust,
and most people will not be willing to risk that trust on a
worthless gadget.
Do not expect an instant flood with this method. It usually starts as
more of a trickle, but that trickle increases the longer it flows. Over
time, the referrals will add up. If each person that takes advantage of
your free offer refers two or more friends, it will not take long to have
quite a list of potential customers, all at no additional cost.
I use a script to set up this viral marketing “word of mouth” campaign.
It has added thousands of subscribers to my list within months, and
I'm receiving new sign-ups to this very day from something I did
years ago.
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4. Create A Viral Video Clip
Have you heard of YouTube? If you spend any time online, it is hard
not to have heard of it. Millions of people everyday view video clips
that are stored in the YouTube library. YouTube and Google Videos
take advantage of the fact that
people are now spending more time in
recreational internet surfing than in watching television. It is another
example of not only how people want to be entertained, but also that
people want choices. The public has gotten used to being able to
choose the entertainment they want, and not be forced to take what
is pushed at them.
If you are creative enough, or cutting edge, or wacky enough, you
could quickly be the next hot video. The videos that have the most
chance of going viral are ones that deal with current events, especially
if you can beat the major news outlets, videos dealing with business
issues, and humorous videos.
Steven Colbert was a great example of this when clips of his Comedy
Central show, The Colbert Report, were released on YouTube. Despite
the objections of the Comedy Central network, when the show was still
new, Colbert allowed clips from his show to be posted on
YouTube.
Within a short period of time his clips went viral, and viewership of The
Colbert Report soared.
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If you decide this is a method you want to use, make sure you have a
fresh idea, and not a rehash of something that has already made the
rounds. You don't need network quality equipment to produce a
decent video. While you do want decent quality production, the
biggest key is great content.
Make your video, and at the end of the clip place a 3 – 5 second
promotional slide with the URL for your website so viewers can look for
more useful information. Make sure the landing page you send them to
matches the tone of the video. If the video you use is quirky and
humorous, and the landing page is serious and all business, your
visitors will only stay for a few seconds before leaving for more
entertaining sites.
Once your video is produced, and looks the way you want it to, upload
your video onto YouTube and Google Videos. These sites offer services
that allow website owners and users of social network sites like
MySpace to place video viewers on their site. If your video goes viral,
not only will potential customers be able to see your video on the host
site, but also on all of the personal sites that pick it up. The amount of
traffic that could flood to your site is huge.
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5. Create a Brandable E-Book
Have you noticed the number of
sites that offer free e-books to
subscribers? Give your email
address, click the link and you
have instant access to an eBook
full of useful information. The
reason so many sites use this
method of advertising is because
it works, and here is how you can
make it work for you.
Write a short eBook on a topic that relates to your business. In that
book, you include a little information about your business, and at a
couple of key places include a link that will
drive traffic from the book
to your website. Now post it on your website and let anyone
interested download a free copy.
However, it does not stop there. Encourage anyone who likes your
eBook to offer it as a free gift on their website as well. If the
information is useful, and the book is well written, the number of
websites that are offering your book will begin to grow. Soon 50 or
100, or even 1,000 other sites will be helping you spread the word
about your business. A successful campaign with timely information
could keep driving traffic to your site for months or years to come.
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Be careful not to overdo the information about yourself, or include too
many links back to your site. The more about yourself you include, the
less likely others will be willing to give your book away for you.
Another advantage of having your eBook before thousands of
people's eyes is it establishes your
credibility. People give more
credence to a published “expert” than they do to someone who has
not written a book, even if the book is very short. You begin to build
name recognition, and when people see your name associated with
something in the future, they will be more likely to check it out.
Internet marketer David Meerman Scott used this successfully when
he released an eBook titled The New Rules of PR. He posted a link to
the book on his blog, and sent link by email to friends and colleagues.
Within 3 days his eBook had been downloaded over 1,000 times. At
that point, it caught the attention of a couple of internet marketing
gurus who talked about it on their own blogs. In the 3 days following
those blogs, Scott's eBook had been downloaded over 15,000 times.
To date, the eBook has been downloaded over 60,000 times, and it
has resulted in a continuing flow of traffic, and
several speaking
arrangements. He is now considered an expert in the field of internet
marketing, largely because of his eBook.
Do a search for eBook compilers to find a program to create your
eBook, or find a program that will allow you to save a document as a
PDF. Whichever program you decide to use, make sure it allows you to
include active, clickable links. If the person reading the eBook has to
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copy and paste the link into a browser, many of them will not. Make it
as easy as
possible for them to get to your site.
Also, make sure the program you use will not let anyone change the
information in your eBook. There are less than honest people who will
remove references to you and the links to your site, and include their
own information into your eBook. Many programs will allow you to
safeguard your information, so take advantage of them.
6. Blog
Of all the techniques I have listed, blogging is the most work to keep
up with. It is also probably the slowest growing method on the list. In
order for one of your blog posts to go viral, people have to know your
blog exists. With so many quality blogs already in existence, it may
take some time to get your blog noticed. It requires persistence.
Before you decide to begin blogging, make sure you are interested
enough in the topic to write about it on an almost daily basis. For a
blog to be effective, you need to post at least 3 – 5 articles a week.
While the posts do not need to be long, they should at least contain
the elements that any technique needs to go viral; a unique point of
view on a subject, informational, entertaining, and fresh.
Not only do you need to be consistent in posting new information, you
also
need to work at marketing your blog. There are several easy ways
to start getting other people to pay attention to your blog. Start by
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finding other popular blogs that cover a similar subject as you cover.
Leave insightful comments on their blog. When you leave a comment,
you can include a link back to your own site. If someone reads your
comment and likes what you had to say, they may head over to your
site to see what else you have to offer. If the blog you leave a
comment on is very popular, this could drive a fair amount of traffic to
your site.
Another method of getting your blog noticed is to write a post on your
blog commenting on something you read on someone else's blog.
You add a link in your post pointing back to the blog you mentioned.
In blog language this is referred to as a “trackback”. When you put
the URL of the other blog in the trackback section of your
blogging
program it sends a message to the blog you are linking to inform them
that you mentioned them in your blog. They come and read what you
said, and if they like it, they may write something on their blog about
your post. Their viewers can also click the link, which will drive traffic
to your blog.
It is very easy to get started blogging if that is an area you are
interested in. There are several good online blog services that will
allow you to set up a blog for free. Some of these services, like
Blogger.com, even allow you to set up AdSense advertising on your
blog, which will let you earn a little extra income with your blog. If you
would rather have the blog located as part of your own website,
programs like WordPress are very easy to set up and use. The best
part is, it is free to use.
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If you write good blog posts, and can effectively market your blog,
your readership will grow. The more readers you have, the greater the
chances of one of your posts going viral. The key to success is quality
material that is fresh, and holds the readers' attention. You can not
get away with recycling what you read on someone else's blog.
When visitors come to your blog, make sure you give them a
compelling reason to go to the main part of your site to look around. If
your blog becomes popular, this method could drive a flood of traffic to
your site that will continue on an almost daily basis.
7.
Use Social Bookmark Sites
Something that has really flourished in recent years is the popularity of
social bookmark sites like Digg, Stumble Upon, and del.icio.us. These
sites allow users to search, set bookmarks, organize, read, and rate
anything on the internet. If something you have written is posted to
one of these sites, other readers get a chance to vote on whether or
not they like it. If someone thinks it is good, and worth sharing, they
can vote for it. The more people who vote for it, the higher up in the
rankings it moves. The higher it goes, more people see it. The more
people see it, the more opportunities there are for someone else to
vote on it, which helps it to rank even higher.
The good part for you is, even if a reader doesn't vote on your
article, they still might go to your site to see if there is anything else
there that they might like.
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One important thing to note is, these social
bookmark sites do not like
you to vote for your own articles. In fact, if you do vote for your own,
it could cause it to move lower in the rankings. You have to have
something that other people find interesting enough that they feel
compelled to vote for it.
These sites attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every day. If you
are fortunate enough to have your message ranked toward the top on
one or more of these sites for even one day, the flood of traffic to your
site could be tremendous.
8. Use an RSS feed
Another way to build returning traffic to your site is to provide an RSS
feed. In its current form, RSS stand for “Really Simple Syndication.”
RSS allows someone to place a link on their homepage, website, or
RSS reader that sends an update every time you update the
information on your site.
This is especially popular with news sites and blogs. If you are posting
to your blog every
week day, your readers will get an update 5 times a
week. That means 5 times a week, they will be reminded of your name
and your website. This can really work to your advantage because they
are getting that reminder because they asked to be reminded, not
because you are forcing yourself on them.
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Every day they have a chance to read your message, and have the
opportunity to visit the main part of your site. The more traffic that
comes to your site on a regular basis, the more sales and advertising
revenue you can generate.
Another way to use RSS feeds is to bring news or information about
your niche that will add value to your site. By putting fresh, up-todate
information on your website's main page, you give visitors a
reason to come back to your site on a continuing basis. If they are
interested in your topic, they will return to your site to get updates.
Both uses of RSS are
designed to keep your customers coming back.
The more often they come back and get new, useful, or entertaining
material, the more likely they are of spreading the word to their
friends and family, and that is the first step of going viral.
9. Provide Free Content For Other
Blogs/Websites
Another great way to spread the word about your business is to
provide free content to other websites and blogs. Everyone wants
fresh, well-written content for their website. Fortunately for you, not
everyone has the time or the ability to do it themselves. With the ever
increasing number of websites and blogs on the internet, there is an
ongoing demand for article writers and guest bloggers. That's where
you come in.
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By providing free content for someone else to use, they get useful
information on their website, you get your name out, and they pay the
marketing costs. It is a win-win situation for
everyone.
Look around for blogs that cover your area of expertise and offer your
services to them. They may want you to show them a sample of your
writing before they are willing to take you up on your offer. After all,
they have their own reputation for quality to consider. If you have a
specific article in mind, you could show them the first couple of
paragraphs. If you are extending an open offer, write a sample article
that shows what you are capable of doing. Just make sure your sample
displays the kind of quality they will be looking for.
After you write your article, you can place a short “About the Author”
paragraph at the end. Included in that paragraph is information about
your business, and more importantly, a link back to your website. Not
only do you get a surge in traffic that comes from their website, but
the more different places your material appears, the better the
chances that one of your pieces will get picked up by one of the social
bookmark sites or another blogger and starts to go viral.
10. Linkbait
The term “Linkbaiting” meets with mixed reaction among internet
marketers. It refers to the practice of “baiting” viewers into linking
back to your site from their site. You write something on your site
that catches the interest of other website owners and bloggers, and
they trackback to your site with comments about what you wrote.
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The reason that
linkbaiting is sometimes looked down on is that some
marketers use somewhat controversial methods to get those links.
While most of the methods are very legitimate, there are some that
many feel cross the line, and are not appropriate to use.
There are several ways to get other site owners to link back to your
site, many of which I've already discussed. The first is to provide
useful information that is new, or a unique view of existing
information.
The second way is to offer fresh, hot information. This is especially
good if you are credited with breaking a story. When it works, this can
generate a lot of traffic very quickly. The downside is, news stories
have a very short life. The viral effect from a hot news story could be
over within a day or two.
The third way is to use humor. People love jokes, cute or funny
stories, and things that make you go, “hmm…” Everyone likes to
be entertained. The trick i
s to get your message across, while being
entertaining at the same time.
The fourth way to get links is to
offer free tools or games that
people can use from your site.
Banks and insurance companies
take advantage of this when they
offer financial and loan
calculators on their websites.
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While you are using the calculators, you are also being shown a
message about other products and services that are offered. Even if
you are not actively looking at the information, it is still planted in
your brain, and builds brand recognition for the company.
The final method is the more controversial one. It relies on the power
of controversy to get links. The way it works is for the site owner or
blogger to take a contrary position on a popular subject, or to attack a
popular person. Other blogs start to comment on what you said, either
because they can not believe you had the nerve to post it, or they are
coming to
the defense of the person who was attacked.
The reason this is seen as somewhat controversial is that often times it
is less than honest. The person making the post may not really feel
that way at all, they only take that position for the passion, and links,
that taking a contrary position evokes.
The danger of this last method is the damage it could do to your
reputation. If you are seen as a trouble maker or rabble-rouser, many
of your regular viewers may leave your site and begin frequenting
other sites that are a little more in line with their way of thinking.
So why would site owners risk damaging their reputations for links?
The first reason is the immediate flood of traffic it can send to their
site. Even though they may not agree with your opinion, some people
will still check out your site to see if there is anything else
controversial.
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The second reason is that links represent popularity, and some
search engines, most notably Google, use the number of sites that
link to your site when they determine the ranking of each site. When
other sites link to your site, it improves your ranking with Google.
This is especially true with sites that are ranked higher than yours
are. The more sites that link to you, the higher your site climbs.
For some site owners, the traffic generated by getting links outweighs
the negative consequences that might come from a bruised reputation.
For your business, you need to consider whether it is more important
for you to have a quick burst of traffic to your site, or whether you
would rather build a steady stream of regular customers that will
continue to return to your site long into the future.
There are a number of sites that have effectively gotten other sites
to give them a link. Most notably are The Million Dollar Home Page,
One Red Paper Clip, and All My
Life For Sale. All three of these sites
used unique ideas that made other site owners and bloggers want to
write about what they were doing. The resulting surge of traffic
made all three of these efforts overwhelmingly successful (and yes,
the Million Dollar Home Page really did earn a million dollars).
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11. Run Contests
People love to win things, and
they love to be recognized for
winning. Be creative in deciding
what the prize should be, but
consider how much your
customers will think it is worth.
While prize doesn't have to be
something of great value, it
does have to be something that
is useful or of some value to the winner. Make sure that it is
something they want, not just a blatant advertisement for your
business. A bumper sticker marketing your web address is not going
to generate a great deal of interest. Your advertisement or web
address should be plainly visible, but it
should not be the focal point
of the item you are giving away.
If you are running a business to business website, free advertising on
your site for the winner is something that wouldn't cost you anything,
but if your site doesn't attract very much traffic, the prize may not
be seen as being very valuable.
The great thing for you is that running contests is a great way to drive
large amounts of traffic to your site. Other than the cost of the prize,
there is not very much cost involved in this technique. There are
websites and blogs that are in the business of telling others about
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contests that other people are running. They will do your marketing for
you. All you have to do is contact these sites and let them know about
your contest. If it's worth mentioning, they will tell their subscribers.
If the contest is good enough or creative enough, it may catch the
attention of a blogger
who will spread the word to others. The better
the prize package, the faster and farther it will spread.
A good way to take advantage of this technique is to have a repeating
contest, or a series of contests. This method will keep customers
returning to your site. Not only will they return to sign up for the new
contest, but they will also check back periodically to see what the
next contest is, and when it begins.
12. Make it easy for visitors to refer others
Have you noticed the number of websites that include a button that
lets you tell others about the site you are visiting? They are becoming
more popular, because site owners have learned that if you want your
visitors to do something for you, you have to make it as easy as
possible. If you want viewers of your site to tell others, it does not get
much simpler than giving them a button to click.
The nice thing is, if you design and set up your own site, it is quick and
easy to add the button. The hardest part is deciding where you want
the button located. If you do not do any site design, it is a small cost
to have a designer do it for you.
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The button runs a small bit of code called a “tell-a-friend” script.
When your viewer clicks the button it opens up a small window that
allows them to enter their friend's email address and a short
message so they can tell others about your site.
The power of this script goes back to what I discussed back at the
beginning of this book; people will listen to what their friends and
family say. There is a level of trust there that you cannot come close
to, at least not initially. That kind of trust is built over time.
A good example of a tell-a-friend script being put into action is on a
Tattoo niche website whereby visitors grab an eBook and then are
offered free tattoo designs if they tell their friends. The result is a
frenzy of traffic!
13. Make It Easy For Readers To Email The
Page To A Friend
Allowing your readers to send a link to your site through email is
another way to encourage your visitors to tell their friends and family
about your site. It is very similar to the tell-a-friend button in the way
it works.
If someone likes your site, they have an option to click on a button
that will open a window in their email program. The script the button
activates will insert your web address in the message window of
the
email. They can then fill out the rest of the message and send your
link to as many friends and family members as they like.
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One reason this works so well is that the message came from someone
they already know and trust, not from you. The email will not get
stopped by the recipient's spam filter, and there is a very good chance
they will open it and read what it says.
Like the previous method, it may not send a flood of traffic your way,
but the traffic that does come is there because someone they trusted
told them to check it out. They come to your site in a much more
receptive state of mind, and more open to considering your message.
They are there for a purpose, not just someone who is wandering
through.
14. Offer A Digital Game Or Tool That Carries
Your Message
Games are another thing that is
very popular on the internet. I'm
not talking about intensive multiplayer
games
that take place in a
virtual world, just simple games
that people can play at their desk
on a break at work.
If you or someone you know has any experience using Macromedia's
Flash, this can be an excellent way to get your businesses name in
front of a lot of eyes. Like everything else, if you do not know how to
do it yourself, all you have to do is look around and you will find
someone who is willing to do it for you.
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This is another area where being creative will serve you well. The
game does not have to be an entirely new idea, but the more unique
it is, the more interest, and traffic, it will generate. Do a search “flash
games” and you will see thousands of games that people can play
without any downloading or programs to install. You can also see that
all of the games are not entirely unique. Some are simply a twist on
an older classic game, but there has to be something
different for it to
work for you. The internet probably does not need another version of
Tetris, but a Tetris like game with different shaped animals instead of
blocks might get you some attention.
If your game catches on, there are quite a few sites that will advertise
your game for you, and some that will even host a copy of your game
on their site. When someone decides to play your game, you can put
an advertisement about your business that they can see while they are
waiting for the game to load.
One great example of using a free game for marketing is Peerflix. They
created a game called “Paparazzi” that made fun of celebrities. The
idea went viral and was quickly picked up by Entertainment Weekly, E
Online, and most of the game sites. Within 90 days of the
game's launch, it had logged over 2 million unique visitors.
The great part for Peerflix is that nearly 5 percent of those visitors
made their way over to the main part of the website, which was the
reason they created the game in the first place.
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Another option is to offer a free tool or resource that people will find
useful. While some of these options might cost you a little more to
develop and host, if they get exposure and become popular, they are
an excellent way to get people visiting your site repeatedly. Calendars,
organizers, and reminder services are all ways to get your business
name in front of your potential customers. Quirky screensavers are
another great program to offer. Every time the user's computer sits
idle for a few minutes, your message pops up on the screen. The trick
is to put your message in a place where it can be seen, but it should
not be the focal point. People are not interested in downloading your
advertisement, but they will accept the advertisement as a small price
to pay for something of greater value.
If your program works well and is seen as useful, users will tell other
people about it, they will write about it on their blogs, and they will
link to your program from their websites. That is what going viral is all
about.
The great part about both of these options is it gives you repeated
visibility. Marketing experts have determined that on average it takes
being exposed to
something at least 7 times before people will act on
it. The more often people see your message, the more likely they are
to do something about what they see. Advertisers and politicians put
their message in as many places as possible so people will get exposed
to it multiple times. That is what gets peoples' attention.
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15. Offer An E-Comment Or E-Card Service
Social networks have become an
extremely popular way for people
to stay in touch with each other.
If you have not been to MySpace
or FaceBook, it is worth a look
around. While a lot of the
publicity these sites have gotten
is because of the teens and
college students that use them,
businesses have discovered they
are a useful way to build their networks as well. Some of the sites
are very bare-bones, but some of them are quite elaborate. One
thing most of them have in common is a place for visitors to leave
comments. Many times these comments are text messages back and
forth between friends, but some of the messages are small digital
pictures and graphics with a pre-written message.
There are web sites that provide these e-comments free to their
viewers. If you see one you like and want to share with a friend, you
can copy and paste a small line of code into your friend's comment
box, and the e-comment will appear.
When you look at these e-comments, you will notice that on every one
there is a company name or web address at the bottom. Most of these
graphics are clickable links that will take the viewer back to the web
site of the person that created it. If your e-comment is attractive or
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quirky enough, social network users will start sharing it with their
friends. When their friends (or their friend's visitors) see the graphic,
they will click on it to see what other e-comments you have to
offer.
While many businesses are using these services to build their
networks, the majority of users are teens, young adults, and women.
If your business is aimed toward adult men, this method may have
limited success, but if you are marketing to the younger generation,
you can bring a flood of traffic to your site with this method.
A similar service you can offer is free e-cards. People are always
searching for cards to send to friends, family members, acquaintances,
and co-workers. They are easy to use, and have maintained their
popularity over the years. These cards come in several different
varieties; with or without music and static or animated. Some are very
simple animations; others are very elaborate Flash animations.
Once the person finds the card they like, they can fill in the message
box, add the email of the person they are sending it to, and press the
send button. An email is sent
telling the recipient that their friend has
sent them a card, and it gives them a link to click that will allow them
to view the card.
The person receiving the card gets a message from a friend to enjoy
and a small line telling them who sponsored the card. Because you are
hosting the card service, the viewer is already at your site. You just
have to give them a good reason to click the links that will take them
where you want them to go.
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In early 2006 job listing service CareerBuilder.com launched a
program called Monk-e-mail. With the click of a mouse you could
choose which chimpanzee you wanted to use with your card, then
personalize that chimp with different clothing, glasses, hats, and
backgrounds. Users also had the option of writing or recording their
own message, and even had a text to speech functions that allowed
the chimp to deliver your message. As an extra
bonus, when you
move your mouse around the screen, the chimp follows your
movement.
Within 3 months of launching, over 14 million monk-e-mails had
been sent. The kicker is that CareerBuilder spent no money in
marketing this service. In the first week CareerBuilder sent out
1,500 monk-e- mails to employees and agencies, and word of
mouth did the rest. Monk-e-mail was so original and quirky that the
buzz quickly spread across the internet, and even maid it to the
main stream media outlets.
You do not need to create a program as elaborate as monk-e-cards,
but it does need to be creative and unique. If you do digital
photography or graphic art, this could be a very good way to use your
talent to build traffic to your site, or you could hire a freelance
designer to create your cards for you. Do a search for e-cards and you
will get a good idea of the types of designs people are using.
As
always, quality and uniqueness are an advantage.
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16. Build A Community
One of the reasons for the ever
increasing popularity of the
internet is that it allows likeminded
people to get together
from anywhere in the world. From
sports to politics to gum wrapper
collectors; if it is something you
are interested in, chances are very
good that you can find someone
who shares your interests.
Take a look at Yahoo Groups. They host hundreds of thousands of
different groups from around the world. A search for “viral
marketing” groups brought a list of 360 different groups.
While I'm not suggesting you try to become the next Yahoo Groups,
it does demonstrate the desire for internet users to get together with
people who share the same interests. One method you could consider
to take advantage of this is to host a forum on your website. Find an
area of interest that is related to your business, and set up a forum on
that topic.
Allow your users a way to leave messages in the forum, or contact
each other using email or an instant messaging program, and maybe
even set up chat rooms where they can engage in active discussions.
As the host of the forum you could help answer any questions, which
will help to further establish you as an expert in your field. You would
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also help moderate discussions, and share new and interesting
information.
Encourage your users to participate. Give
them the ability to share
ideas and to establish themselves as experts. Make it a safe, friendly
environment where they can share their opinions (within reason). If
your community stays active, it will continue to grow, and some of the
community members will become customers.
You can find some very good forum programs that are available for
free. Download the program and upload it to your web host and you
are up and running. Many of the web host companies have software as
part of their hosting packages geared toward building communities on
your site. They make it very easy to set up forums, chat rooms, guest
books and more.
Building a community in this way will bring people that are interested
in your line of business to your website. Once they are there, it is easy
for them to look around at what you have to offer them. Because they
are already interested, it is much
more likely that they will take
advantage of what your business offers.
17. Write Articles For Ezines And Article
Publishers
I mentioned earlier that people are more likely to listen to someone
that they consider to be an expert. Why can't that expert be you? If
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you know enough about a topic to build a business around it, you are
an expert. All it takes is a little marketing to convince others that you
are an expert.
One method of establishing yourself as an expert and gaining some
exposure for yourself
and your business is to write articles for ezines
and article publishers. You write an article relating to your business,
and then post it to one of the online publishing services. When people
read your article, they see your name, and assume you know what you
are talking about. The more different places you can get your name
and the name of your business, the better that chances are that people
will begin to remember you. Over time with multiple exposures you
begin to build brand recognition.
There are two different ways online article publishers let you get your
name out. Some sites, like ezinearticles.com, let you put a short 1-2
sentence “About the Author” section at the end of your article. You
get the opportunity to put together a brief statement about yourself
and your business, and a link back to your site.
Sites like Associated Content and Helium will have a content
producer's page that will allow you the room to write quite a bit
more. You can talk about yourself, your business, and why the reader
should believe what you say. You can also include multiple links that
will lead the reader into your site.
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When readers click on the link to come to your site they are
what
marketers refer to as “pre-qualified”. They chose to be there based
on the information they read. They were not tricked into visiting your
site, and they were not pressured to go there by spam emails. They
are there by choice, and that makes them more receptive to your
message, and increases the probability that they will purchase your
products or services.
Beside the traffic that comes to your site directly from your article, if
the article is really good it may end up on one of the social bookmark
sites like Digg, Stumble Upon, or del.ico.us. If your article gets ranked
in one of these sites, it can bring a lot of visitors to your site in a very
short period of time. That burst of visitors might last for only a day or
two, but it could also linger in the top rankings for days or weeks.
Another side benefit of writing articles is that they can provide a small
amount of residual income to you. Many of these sites offer revenue
sharing that will give you a small portion of the advertising that the
article generates. The amount you get per article usually is not very
much, but enough articles over time can add up.
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18. Employee Evangelism
The best advocates you have for your business
are already on your payroll. Your employees
already have a vested interest in getting the
word out about your company. If you succeed,
they get to keep their jobs, but if you fail, they
may find themselves unemployed.
Your employees know your business like no one
else does. They can discuss the ins and outs of
your business, and tell others why your product
or service is superior to the competition.
Enthusiastic employees will spread the word to family, friends, and
colleagues about your company, and you do not even have to pay
them anything extra to do it. It is part of their normal conversation
with people.
Back in the early days of the computer industry, IBM ruled the world of
technology. A lot of computer companies were trying to get their legs
under them, but IBM was the king. One of the reasons IBM was able to
continually withstand the ever increasing competition was that they
understood the power their employees had to market the company.
They had a ready-made marketing
team made up of engineers,
secretaries, accountants, and programmers. By harnessing that power
they were able to build a stellar reputation in the computer industry.
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From the day they were first hired, IBM employees were taught how to
be advocates for the company. They were trained in the company's
values, and were shown the quality of the products they were helping
to build. They bought into IBM's corporate culture, and they, in turn,
shared what they knew with anyone who would listen. The technology
world heard the message so often, and from so many different people,
that they never questioned the fact that IBM was the best.
The key to success is your ability to assemble a loyal dedicated
workforce. If you can do that, then you have the potential to tap into
some of that power as well. Turn your employees into a marketing
team and let them spread the word abou
t how great your company is.
If they truly believe it, their enthusiasm will become infectious. People
will believe what your employees say, because it is obvious that your
employees believe it themselves.
19. Set Up An Affiliate Program To Let Other
People Market Your Product Or Service.
If you have never thought about using an affiliate program to sell your
products, you might want to consider it. There are thousands of people
on the internet that want to be able to tap into the online sales, but
they do not have a product to sell. If you allow them to sell your
product, you can have an unlimited amount of sales people marketing
your product on a commission only basis.
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The easiest way to set it up is to use one of the affiliate marketing
sites like ClickBank or Commission Junction. There are several
programs around, so you will have to do a little bit of research to find
one that is
appropriate for your product. For instance, ClickBank
specializes in digital products. If you are selling an e-book or a
downloadable software program, this might be the program to use.
Commission Junction specializes more in tangible products.
For a small fee, usually a percentage of the sale, these programs will
do all of the work for you. They will list the site in their searchable
database where people interested in selling online can find you. If they
are interested in what you are selling they sign up and become and
affiliate sales person for you. They are assigned an affiliate code, and
when someone goes to your site using a link containing their code, and
makes a purchase, that affiliate gets the credit for the sale. The
affiliate program tracks all of your sales, processes the transaction,
and makes sure the correct sales person gets their commission.
There are pros and cons to using an affiliate program to sell your
products. On the plus side, you have a motivated sales force that
actively markets your product on the internet. They do the work, and
take on all the expense of getting your message out to your
customers. With a sales force of a hundred or even a thousand
people, it does not take very long to reach a very wide range of
potential customers. Even if people do not click the link to go to your
site, it still helps increase your name recognition.
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On the
negative side, while it does not cost you much in terms of out
of pocket expenses, there is significant cost involved. In order to
convince someone to bear all of the expenses of marketing your
product, there has to be ample compensation for them. Commission
rates of 50 percent of the sale price are not uncommon for digital
products. The rates for tangible items are lower, but they are still high
enough to make it worth your affiliate marketers time and effort. The
high commission rates will significantly lower the amount of profit you
make on each sale. You can make up for this decreased profit with
increased volume, but you have to keep a close eye on your costs to
make sure you do not lose money on the transaction.
20. Write Press Releases
Like many websites, newspapers need content. A lot of newspapers,
especially smaller local newspapers, have a hard time coming up with
enough fresh
content to fill all of the space they have. With limited
budgets, they do not have the staff needed to come up with fresh
material every day. This creates a great opportunity for you.
While papers are not just going to give you free advertising, they will
allow you to write an article about something that your businesses is
doing, especially if it involves a service or a community event. The
newspapers understand that they are allowing you to advertise in
exchange for the free content, but it cannot be blatant advertising.
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All you have to do is write the article, making sure you mention your
businesses name, and list your web address so they can get more
information. You just have to make sure the piece is well written, and
that your business is doing something worth telling people about.
Not only does this get the name of your business out to the
community, but it also helps enhance you
r reputation. Even without
knowing you, people will make a judgment on whether they like you,
and can trust you. By building a positive reputation as someone who is
active in the community, it makes it easier for them to like you, and
by extension, your business.
21. Take Your Marketing Offline
Believe it or not, there are still people out there that do not get all of
their information online. They use the internet for business or email,
and occasionally will shop online, but if you want to reach
them you
will have to do it offline.
There are a lot of ways to make people aware of you offline. Some are
better than others, depending on your business, but they all share a
common purpose with the online techniques; get your businesses
name front of as many people as you can, as often as you can. Sales
people use the term, “It's a numbers game.” If more people get
exposed to your message, more people will go to your site. More
people at your site will mean more sales.
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From pens to calendars to neckties, company names, logos, and web
sites appear everywhere. Some companies have built a strong enough
brand that people will pay to wear their logo. Coke and M&M's are j u
s t two of many corporate brands that people proudly display.
There is a small sporting goods store I know of that prints and gives
away hundreds of shirts every year. Anyone even remotely involve in
local sports has at least one shirt form this store. At any casual event
in town at least one person will show up with a shirt bearing that
stores name and logo. I have seen pictures from as far away as the
Dominican Republic wearing one of those shirts. Anyone new in town
or from any of the surroundin
g towns quickly learns where to go for
their sporting goods.
A quick search online will give you a wide range of companies to chose
from that specialize on providing promotional materials. There is a
wide range of quality, price, and products to choose from, so
depending on your budget, you should be able to find something that
matches with what you want to accomplish.
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Conclusion
The key is to get your name and your website address noticed as often
as possible, and in as many different places as possible. Do not limit
yourself to the items that were mentioned here. If you think it might
be a good idea, try it and see. You might strike gold in areas where
others have tried and only found limited success. It all depends on
you, your product, and your ability to catch people's attention.
Using viral traffic building techniques is a great way to bring a flood of
traffic to your site. Some of
the methods in this book will be a perfect
for you and your business; others may only have a limited use, or not
be useful at all. It all depends on what you want to do with your
marketing. You have to decide which one will work best for you. The
danger is to start trying to build a viral marketing campaign before
your website is ready.
It is natural to be anxious about getting people to come to your
website, after all that is the way online businesses make their money,
but if you are not ready, you could lose a great opportunity. Many
businesses try repeatedly to get their message to go viral with only
limited success. Even those marketers who are very successful at it
will tell you that it does not happen every time.
You need to be very clear about why you want people to come to your
website, and what it is you want them to do once they get there. Are
you selling a product or service? If so, make sure your sales letter is
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compelling enough to get the visitor to respond to your sales pitch and
make a purchase. If you are relying on pay-per-click advertising, you
need to make sure the
content on your site is interesting enough that
your visitors will return to see what other things of interest are on your
site.
Take a good, objective look at your website. Once the traffic comes,
what will they do when they get there? You have to make sure your
design is right, your website is easy to navigate through, all of the
links are working, and your message will convince people to do what
you want them to do.
A final reminder; any one of these methods are not meant to be used
as the only marketing you are doing. They should be used as a part of
a larger marketing campaign. Everything you do to spread the word
about your site can bring you traffic. Only a few of them will ever go
viral, but each of them has the potential to send traffic to your site,
even without going viral. Do not waste
opportunities waiting for
something to happen. Continue working on building traffic to your site,
and being ready when the traffic arrives.
Be prepared. When one of your marketing techniques does go viral,
hang on for a wild ride. It will all be worth your efforts.
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TwitterBar for Firefox was sold to HootSuite and renamed HootBar in March of 2011. TwitterBar for Chrome was discontinued in October of 2012.
TwitterBar was an extension for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser (originally written by Tony Farndon) that allowed you to post to Twitter from the
Firefox address bar. 233 thoughts on “TwitterBar” Dave says: hey; thanks for the great extension; very useful. Just for info: I had trouble using this at work; I ran wireshark and found the problem was that the proxy was rejecting the packet because there was no content length set. I fixed it by opening the xpi file and changing the following code from: req.onreadystatechange = getTwitterResponse;
req.open(“POST”,”http://”+username+”:”+password+”@twitter.com:80/statuses/update.xml?status=”+status, true); req.send(null) to: req.onreadystatechange = getTwitterResponse; req.open(“POST”,”http://”+username+”:”+password+”@twitter.com:80/statuses/update.xml?status=”+status, true); req.setRequestHeader(“Content-length”, “0”); req.send(null) this seems to work fine. You might have a better way of fixing this; I just thought I’d let you know what worked for me Thanks again May 16, 2008 at 8:17 am Reply Dan says: Nice extension. I’m new to Twitter, and was thinking “this really needs a FF extension to allow me to send a tweet without going to the Twitter webpage”; and voila! One curiosity: For some reason, the character countdown decrements by 20 extra characters when there is a URL in the URL bar. As soon as I type the second ‘/’ in ‘http://’, the char count drops from 134 to 113. I am no programmer, but when
I looked in the source, I saw that ‘count’ is calculated two different ways, so
I assume this is intentional; is it something required for sending URLs to Twitter? Anyway, great job and thanks for the extension. May 25, 2008 at 11:36 am Reply Christopher Finke says: Dan: the issue you’re seeing is because TwitterBar inserts “Current Browsing:” in front of any URLs you send to Twitter. This accounts for the 20 character change. Note: You can change the “Currently Browsing:” text by changing the value of “extensions.twitter.web” in about:config. May 25, 2008 at 7:20 pm Reply guruubii says: Hi, When i try to post I get an error that says “could not authenticate you” but I’ve verified my password a ton of
times, I cant find the problem :( June 3, 2008 at 8:23 pm Reply Stefan says: Hey, very sweet! Ich hoffe, dass ich nun öfter Zwitschern werde…. Thanks for this very useful plugin! Stefan June 13, 2008 at 3:22 am Reply Stuart says: For some reason my address bar height has now changed by about 10px in height, even the favicon is stretched. When I disable twitterbar it comes good again. Any thoughts as to why the look of my address bar might have changed? Regards. June 20, 2008 at 4:34 am Reply dupola says: haha,Great idea.I saw another addon that can send tweets in the search from. Thanks. June 23, 2008 at 12:49 am Reply Amy says: Flock, like a Christmas Tree?
It’s providing me with imaginative mental pictures! Just kidding of course! July 8, 2008 at 11:42 am Reply Christopher Hitchcott says: Hey, just wondering if there is a shortcut to post to twitter, rather than having to click the icon? Perhaps you could add an option to customise this in later versions; it’d be nice to just be able to [alt-return]. July 24, 2008 at 4:43 am Reply Susan says: HI, I’m trying to install the twitter bar extension on the Flock Browser and it’s not working. I know that it does work with this extension as many people who are doing the 30 Day Challenge with Ed Dale are using it. Any suggestions? Thanks, Susan August 1, 2008 at
11:26 pm Reply WWWWolf says: This looks like a handy extension. Any chance that you would support specifying the website API root in the future? This would make the bar work for any laconi.ca based server (such as identi.ca), which are compatible with Twitter API. For example, for identi.ca, posting is as simple as changing [http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml] to [http://identi.ca/api/statuses/update.xml]. August 2, 2008 at 3:31 am Reply Sav says: Great piece of code! Nice, minimalistic and discreet! Thank you! August 8, 2008 at 6:01 am Reply Frank Abrams says: clean and serene – I like it! August 25, 2008 at 9:27 am Reply Ian says: WOW! Great add-on! I especially love the currently browsing thing. :) August 27, 2008 at 6:30 pm Reply Geir says: Hi! Nice addon, really enjoying it! But a thought, is it possible, when posting only a url, to change the “Currently reading: ” part with the title of the page you’re posting? September 5, 2008 at 2:14 am Reply Kristen says: I love this add-on, but uninstalled it when I upgraded to FF 3.0.1.
When I tried to reinstall it, it now says that it’s not compatible with FF3. But I want it! September 5, 2008 at 7:40 pm Reply zustand says: this rocks!! thx from berlin September 24, 2008 at 10:57 am Reply Samantha says: Okay, so I’m late to the party, but I love this addon. Easiest way to Tweet yet! @Kristen: I am using FF 3.0.2 and it works great for me. Please try again! September 25, 2008 at 8:01 pm Reply Jon says: I had a problem posting the below URL. TwitterBar split the URL oddly and only tinyurl’d the part up to the end of the im:. http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Barack-Obama/ss/events/pl/020807obama/im:/080924/480/
77b900c2f9fa4fa298cfa43d396d4825/ resulting shortened URL is broken: http://tinyurl.com/5y5t6r=/080924/480/77b900c2f9fa4fa298cfa43d396d4825 September 29, 2008 at 2:06 pm Reply Benoit Caccinolo says: @Christopher Hitchcott: just type your message followed by the –port and press Enter :) October 2, 2008 at 7:23 am Reply Heather says: Great add-on! I know I’m going to Tweet a ton more with this thing perched atop my screen. No more excuses. October 4, 2008 at 10:43 pm Reply mike says: Could you pls add identi.ca support? October 9, 2008 at 7:37 am Reply Tolefairy says: Really, really nice! Thank you! November 5, 2008 at 11:23 am Reply rob says: I cannot get it to install on FF 3.0.3, instead getting the Error 203 thing, which I’ve seen before with other extensions too. I tried the fix as detailed here: Unable to install themes or extensions – Firefox – MozillaZine Knowledge Base Delete “extensions.ini extensions.cache extensions.rdf” and restart FF. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions_-_Firefox#Corrupt_extension_files Still no go at the AddOns page, nor with File Open the xpi downloaded from Softpedia. Any idea if it has a conflict with some other extension? November 8, 2008 at 3:17 pm Reply Jono Martin says: I love this add-on. The only thing I don’t like is that it somehow interferes with the Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures add-on. When TwitterBar is enabled, the Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures add-on doesn’t work. Any thoughts on that? Thanks again for a great add-on for us Twitter users. Jono Martin November 10, 2008 at 10:30 am Reply Anonymous says: Great app. Two suggestions: 1. A record/pause setting which tweets address bar on every change. 2. Tweet search bar contents for when a search is started from the search bar. Thanks. November 11, 2008 at 4:28 pm Reply Vick says:
Hi, Wonderful extension. How do I access Twitterbar icon from the keyboard? Would be very cool to have that! November 14, 2008 at 7:25 pm Reply Tomek says: Hey, great extension. I am new to Twitter, but TwitterBar is really THE thing, for me. Also, like Vick, I would love to know, how to access “Post to Twitter” icon from keyboard. If it’s not avaible now, maybe, Christopher, you should consider putting it in a new version. November 24, 2008 at 2:23 am Reply Spacebom says: Hello. Thanks for the plugin it’s very useful. I have modified the file twitterbar.js archive for change “Currently browsing…” message. It could be good idea if everybody could change it by a more simple way. Best regards. December 1, 2008 at 8:41 pm Reply Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey says: Where is support for TinyURL? December 12, 2008 at 9:13 am Reply john says: Noticed an error when posting. I had a url with spaces in it a pdf file. When i posted it didnt put in %20 to replace the spaces. The tiny url was broken. Hope this helps. cheers http://zebracube.wordpress.com December 18, 2008 at 6:33 am Reply Dave says: The Options dialog box appears, but doesn’t show the “OK” button. What am I missing? Thanks. January 15, 2009 at 7:26 am Reply Newcomer says: This addon posts without asking for confirmation.
That should be fixed because it’s too easy to post without intention. January 22, 2009 at 6:01 pm Reply Ian Brodie says: Chris – love twitterbar! One question – is it possible to configure to use twurl rather than tinyurl as the URL shortening service. I’d like to take advantage of the ability of twurl to track clicks. Ian January 22, 2009 at 6:47 pm Reply rogerpfaff says: I wrote you already by mail but for everyone who doesn’t want for a new release I say it here too: I extended the add-on so that the title of a page is added to the tweet. if you’re interested you can download it here http://rogerpfaff.de/en/content/firefox-twitterbar-extension-hack-update regards roger January 23, 2009 at 10:00 am Reply Magali says: Doesn’t seem to work with Firefox 3.0.6? February 4, 2009 at 11:43 pm Reply Ian says: My post button has disappeared with 3.0.6. any ideas? February 6, 2009 at 6:56 am Reply Twitch says: Nice extension, unfortunately for me, the “–post” shortcut is short-circuited by one of my “must-have” extensions – SuperDragAndGo (version 0.2.6.3-directional) Weird. February 13, 2009 at 3:44 am Reply Julia says: Any way we can use the full url of the site we are posting? and not use the tinyurl? February 14, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Reply Anonymous says: where is it possible to find this hack? http://rogerpfaff.de/en/content/firefox-twitterbar-extension-hack-update It does not seem to be on the web page and would be extremely useful!! February 17, 2009 at 4:24 pm Reply andychin says: my Post button has disappeared on FF306. February 17, 2009 at 7:55 pm Reply Jared says: How about adding bit.ly or is.gd support for auto-shortening URLS? February 18, 2009 at 2:39 pm Reply greggace says: giving your app a whirl today… did 3 as of this writing and its so far okay… will get back to ya— if I feel its not up to stuff… peace…greggace March 13, 2009 at 8:37 am Reply Jeketem says: Could you produce a similar extention using the Remember the Milk api. I love the simplicity of your application but i cant get RTM and Twitter working together. March 23, 2009 at 11:35 am Reply Dougie says: Thanks for maintaining this. It’s a superb FF addon. So much easier than having to cut’n’paste URLs from FF into Tweetdeck to be able to tweet them. March 23, 2009 at 6:49 pm Reply jeremy young says: Great work, use this all the time. Thanks. March 24, 2009 at 5:05 am Reply Revisit says: It keeps on requiring authorisation. I think that that is taking more than a second. :I March 26, 2009 at 10:15 am Reply Phil Massyn says: Is there a way I can prevent TwitterBar from asking permission everytime I reboot & start Firefox? It’s really distracting..
Thanks Phil March 27, 2009 at 2:40 am Reply ZipZink says: Thanks – TwitterBar is for me, by far, easiest way for me to post to twitter. I use it along with scripts I’ve written in AutoIt. If you could build in a URL-shortener it would be outstanding. March 27, 2009 at 4:06 am Reply Angelo Alberico says: The new Auth system is broke, EV
ERY TIME I try to tweet it ask me to authorize, I do and it doesn’t remember. I’ve tried this on both my mac and windows systems. Great/useful tool before you added Oauth. March 27, 2009 at 10:52 am Reply Michael Weiksner says: Thanks for creating TwitterBar – I find it indispensable. I just installed the new version, and I see that you have migrated from tinyurl to is.gd. Fine. But seeing that change made me wonder: can you hook up bit.ly instead? bit.ly lets you track the clicks on your links, which is definitely worth something to me. Thanks and keep up the good work. – Mike March 27, 2009 at 5:20 pm Reply Todd says: I’m having a the authorization problem too. It continually asks me to reauthorize twitterbar to use my account. Is there a way to solve this? Sorry if I am missing something obvious. March 30, 2009 at 11:20 am Reply David says: This is a great extension. I use it a lot to post links and updates for my students to follow. April 2, 2009 at 2:07 am Reply Effective Web Design says: I didn’t read all comments above, maybe i’ll repeat somebodies suggestion, but i didn’t see this feature in the current version. I think its a good idea to have an option when submitting the tweet to include the
TITLE tag of the web page (link) that we submit. Thanks April 2, 2009 at 2:59 am Reply dailybarid says: i will return to old version because the last have problem with some thing : autho error April 2, 2009 at 4:10 am Reply millionart says: Bug report: the “before url” in options dialog cant input chinese or japanese, maybe it doesnt support utf8. Some wish: let me choose and change some shortcut key to post. thanks. April 2, 2009 at 9:21 am Reply amoswhite3 says: Thanks for the Twitterbar update. Great ff addon! April 3, 2009 at 9:46 am Reply kidtechguru says: I Agree! I think its a good idea to have an option when submitting the tweet to include the TITLE tag of the web page (link) that we submit. see http://www.myce101.com thanks Julius http://www.julrides.com April 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm Reply Piyush says: I have Firefox 3.0.7, i gives error: “TwitterBar encountered an error (401) ” I think its because , i didnt sign in..
How to sign in to my account through TwitterBar. When i click “Reset Authorization Settings” in options. nothing happens.. April 5, 2009 at 9:44 am Reply Royston Morgan says: I am having a lot of trouble with this add on since the ‘upgrade’ – keeps requiring reauthorisation and stalls regularly. Is it possible to revert to the previous version. Else will have to be uninstalled – also crashes Firefox occasionally which is strange. Roy April 7, 2009 at 5:59 am Reply Brendan says: Thanks much! I enjoy Twitterbar a lot. I have also had trouble with authenticating, though. I’ve found that if I log into twitter first, then install the add-on, the authentication works fine. I’d also like to second the option to turn off URL shortening. April 7, 2009 at 11:50 am Reply max says: Since v 2.x I can’t use twitterbar on my two pcs anmore.. up to that point of time I had it installed on my laptop and my office pc. however somehow it only works now on one computer at a time. so i have to authorize the pc i use every single time again and again.. that sucks. is there any other solution for this? April 8, 2009 at 3:56 pm Reply mazenovi says: error message “TwitterBar encountered an error (401):” when I want to allow twitter profile access … any idea?
April 9, 2009 at 4:04 am Reply Jamie says: Hey. Great idea. I am trying to use it and this is the message that keeps coming up: Invalid / expired Token /statuses/update.xml what I am doing wrong – you can email me. April 9, 2009 at 12:34 pm Reply Christopher Finke says: The “Invalid / expired Token” error was due to a combination of a bug in TwitterBar and an API change that Twitter made. You can download an update to TwitterBar that fixes the bug at http://is.gd/rIsP or you can wait for Mozilla to approve the update and have Firefox download it automatically, although this may take a couple of days. April 9, 2009 at 11:37 pm Reply Henning Ulfarsson says: Hi, I regularly use TwitterBar but with the newest update the support for Icelandic letters (æ, ö, á, í, etc) is gone. Any chance it can be fixed? Best, Henning April 11, 2009
at 1:28 pm Reply Salta3317 says: würde gern mehr über Twitter erfahren, wer hilft mir? April 11, 2009 at 11:47 pm Reply Ann says: I am trying to enter into twitter but when trying to register, I am told that my user name is invalid! Please help!! xXx P.S. I am not really computer literate! xXx April 12, 2009 at 11:24 am Reply Jacob says: Thanks for the 2.1.2 update it fixes the token error temporarily for me, but when I get twitterbar setup on one machine then get home and use my laptop, I get the token error again. Even though I have 2.1.2 installed. Is there something I can do? April 14, 2009 at 8:37 am Reply bringerj says: I want to delete Twitterbar. Any ideas on how to do this? April 14, 2009 at 10:56 am Reply Kelly says: ey! love this add-on! great work! April 14, 2009 at 5:38 pm Reply Morgan Sully says: Howdy Chris, TwitterBar ROCKS. I’ve used it a for quite while now
and the time you’ve spent on it is so awesome. I noticed that after I upgraded, long URLs are automatically shortened using is.gd. I’m a heavy user of bit.ly for it’s analytics (which also rock) and am wondering if there is a way to either turn *off* the is.gd shortening service OR, even better, have it use bit.ly instead (with my account). I’d be happy to provide any feedback, testing on teh awesome next version of TwitterBar -m April 15, 2009 at 11:56 am Reply StoreCrowd says: I’ve been using Twitthat! for a while now but find Twitterbar a much nicer integration & feels cleaner. Plus it also takes up one less space on my Bookmark Toolbar :) April 15, 2009 at 10:58 pm Reply Timgray says: sorry but version 2.1.2 is still giving me the problem. It works under OSX but on my vista64 laptop it says it’s unauthorized. yes I reinstalled it twice it still will not work. and yes it IS authorized.. my OSX machine at work is operating perfectly. April 21, 2009 at 8:08 am Reply sprabs says: For someone who asked above, keyboard lovers can just type –post in the address bar after their tweet to send it. Note that tweet is posted AS SOON AS you type in –post i.e. no need to press enter. April 27, 2009 at 12:22 am Reply sprabs says:
Read -post as –post in the above post. April 27, 2009 at 12:23 am Reply sprabs says: Just a quick clarification, there are TWO hyphens required before post. For some reason, the two hyphens appear like a single long hyphen in posts above. April 27, 2009 at 12:24 am Reply Ewen says: I like it but it removes some icons (& therefore their funnctionality) from the address bar, namely the Xmarks icon & the RSS icon for the Newsgator add-on. That’s a deal-breaker for me. April 27, 2009 at 6:47 pm Reply red says: so this is just like Twitlet huh………………….. i use now 3 types or 3rd party Twitter app..the amazing TweetDeck, Twitlet (in my Google Chrome) and now Twitbar…(in Firefox) May 1, 2009 at 6:54 am Reply Anonymous says: version 2.1.2 is still giving me the problem. It works under sabayon and firefox 3.0.8 but i can reach the authorization from twitter or wathever… yes I reinstalled it twice it still will not work. and also i reset the autorization from twitter… but it’s not working… :( May 3, 2009 at 7:49 am Reply janice jenkins says: do not want to install twitter May 10, 2009 at 10:03 am Reply Gary says: every useful tool, however is there a short cut key to post twit without having to use the mouse to hover on the icon and click to post? May 14, 2009 at 7:00 am Reply Christopher Finke says: Gary: Just type –post at the end (don’t press enter), and it will post. May 14, 2009 at 9:20 pm Reply Milo says:
Great idea, but the one-click tweet isn’t usable without the ability to dynamically include the title of the url you’re tweeting. Why would anyone reading that tweet click on a shortened url with no description? Failsauce. May 15, 2009 at 3:43 am Reply Milo says: Great idea, but the one-click tweet isn’t usable without the ability to dynamically include the title of the url you’re tweeting. Why would anyone reading that tweet click on a shortened url with no description? Failsauce. May 15, 2009 at 3:44 am Reply Scott Costello says: great extension, I just got into twitter and will be using this often. Thanks! May 18, 2009 at 9:37 am Reply TOULOUSE s
ays: comment supprimer cette fenêtre qui me demande un mot de passe que je ne connais pas ! May 20, 2009 at 10:25 am Reply zeta says: it will be good a easy way to switch accounts May 20, 2009 at 1:19 pm Reply Spritemoney says: Wow! Really useful. Although i wanna use another url shortern thing, can i do that? It looks like I can’t. Now i’m updating more on twitter because of tweetbar May 22, 2009 at 12:52 pm Reply bedo says: every useful tool, however is there a short cut key to post twit without having to use the mouse to hover on the icon and click to post? May 23, 2009 at 5:00 am
Reply George says: Twitterbar used to work for me, but after an update it no longer will connect. Whenever I try to post I get an error box that says: Twitter responded with an error (401): Failed to validate oauth signature or token I am running FF 3.1.10. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Twitterbar. I revoked and un-revoked access to Twitterbar on the Twitter site. Anyone have suggestions on how to get it to post? Thanks! May 24, 2009 at
2:33 am Reply Gina M says: Just testing our Twitter. Newbie Twitterer :) May 27, 2009 at 8:21 am Reply George says: An update on comment 146. Twitterbar works fine from the browser on my laptop, but not from the browser on my desktop. Is there some kind of problem trying to access twitter from 2 different computers via Twitterbar? Thanks! May 28, 2009 at 12:53 am Reply Jilles van Gurp says: Thanks for this extension. It’s the best UI for entering tweets as far as I’m concerned. I had some issues with authentication after recent extension upgrades. It was complaining about invalid oauth token. Resetting the authentication from the preferences didn’t help (despite the oauth roundtrip it triggers) however the following did fix things for me: 1 go to about:config 2 type twitter in the search field 3 note that the twitter bar oauth token setting is NOT set, despite several oauth roundtrips to twitter 4 right click and reset all the twitterbar entries (empties them I assume) 5 restart browser, it will ask to authenticate and this time actually stores the token Done!
A second minor bug: the spinning icon spins forever after failed authentication even though it is no longer waiting for a response from the server. May 28, 2009 at 4:44 am Reply Coolest Geek says: Great, thanks for this program, I love how it’s lightweight. Ok it’s no TweetDeck, but then again, sometimes I just want to post a tweet and not have to load up that hog of a program and get all my updates from elsewhere. So twitter bar does the job. Love it – Thanks. Ollie – Coolest geek on the net! May 28, 2009 at 8:48 am Reply AJ Armstrong says: What a great extension. I hooked this up to my Twitter account and hooked my Twitter up to my Facebook account, and now I’m updating both at once. -Thanks. May 28, 2009 at 9:03 am Reply Kuroir says: How about instead of that predefined message that you can setup when you send urls, you add the title of the web page? For example, I’m visiting this site http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/twitterbar/ and I press the button, then it posts on twitter as: I’m checking out :
Twitterbar ( http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/twitterbar/ ) ( ) May 30, 2009 at 6:42 pm Reply Dan says: Love the app. Having a couple issues though. On my wife’s computer, it continually says it can’t do the oauth thing. I have tried some of the tricks I have read around here, but to no avail. It worked fine on my computer. Incidentally, we are both using the latest macs with the latest OS, for what it’s worth. Second, when the window pops up asking if I want the social search thing, I hit cancel, thinking that this is referring to the magenta colored box in my url bar. If it is, I don’t need that and don’t want any more things in that bar than is necessary. But regardless, it still shows up. Thoughts? So, until I can get those two things settled, I am back to version 1. I preferred the simple dot idea too – doesn’t have to be a grey dot or anything, but I would like something more generic. And for those who think this app is too simple, that’s exactly why I love it so much. I don’t want to open up two or more apps to tweet. Oh ya, I would also prefer a tiny url creator with stats, as others have mentioned. Keep it up! Great add on. June 3, 2009 at 1:00 am Reply kelvin says: cool stuff though, BIG UPS!!! June 3, 2009 at 6:46 am Reply Daniel B. says: To George, comment 153, I have the same problem. Can’t figure out what’s the problem, so I haven’t tested this add-on yet. June 4, 2009 at 6:11 pm Reply Cathy says: Lazy people
LOVE your add on. I am a lazy person. I LOVE Your Add on! Because of research and those following me on Twitter, I have to pass on vital information we come across. Simply using the bar means I do not have to constantly log into my page when on the Net. One of the best add ons Firefox was lucky to get! Thanks for the hard work. June 9, 2009 at 7:15 am Reply devhubfan says: thanks for the great plugin, which makes my life more easy.:) June 11, 2009 at 11:13 am Reply ViperGeek says: Thanks for an excellent, lightweight, easy to use extension. TwitterBar is now my primary way to post quick notes or Web pages. I’m a bit disappointed that you moved from is.gd to .tk (Tweak) for URL shortening. I realize you’re saving ~3 characters, but I’ve been using is.gd for a very long time and prefer it over all the other shortening services. Perhaps in a future release, you’d consider making this a configurable option? June 12, 2009 at 2:24 pm Reply Wisdoom says: Hi, I don’t know if what I’m going to say is doable, but I had and idea you may like. When you click the ‘Post to twitter’ button, instead of a confirmation, could you put a space to write, so you can personalise each tweet?? Just an idea ;) June 12, 2009 at 3:50 pm Reply
Craig says: Yeah – I am after something like Wisdoom too. Like, when you post is there a variable that could be used for the (shruken) URL. e.g. “Reading and interest post about the excellent TwitterBar.. %%” When %% would be swapped out with the URL. Often the page title ($$) is not that great a summary of the page content. June 21, 2009 at 8:20 pm Reply Craig says: Just to answer my own question posted above, and perhaps yours @wisdoom All you have to do to post a URL (shortened) with a personal message is type your message in front of the URL, leaving the URL in place. Click post and on twitter you will see: “My personal message http://12345.tk“ June 22, 2009 at 11:36 pm Reply Robert Wictorzon says: Great plugin!
I just want to know why you changed the short url handler? Those %¤#&@.tk takes forever to load, if they load at all. I’ve been using Twitterbar for some time, and I haven’t noticed this problem before. Please change it back! :) June 24, 2009 at 11:19 am Reply Rachel says: I’ve been using Twitterbar for months with no problem and love it. I installed some update to Firefox last week and the post icon disappeared from my browser address bar. I’ve tried uninstalling, reinstalling it and disabling my other add-ons to determine the problem and nothing. I’m running Windows Vista and Firefox 3.0.11. Any ideas on how to fix it? June 30, 2009 at 11:11 am Reply Seth says: Why is Twitterbar now showing an Asian Favicon when sites do not provide one of their own now? June 30, 2009 at 2:17 pm Reply Pontus Berg says: Twitter bar is one of my all time favourite plugins! Makes it so much easier. Only drawback is that I get all confused using computers and browsers where it’s not installed as i take it for granted in all my work locations ;-) July 6, 2009 at 4:55 am Reply Kyle says:
Thanks for the addon , but i think if it’s to add the current page title on the default tweet,it’s better. July 8, 2009 at 12:53 am Reply Tina says: My twitterbar is not working. (re-installed, no help) It says I wonder if this is because I changed the firefox address bar search default setting last week… (running with windows XP and FF 3.5) any advice? thanks in advance. July 9, 2009 at 3:44 am Reply Ankit Aggarwal says: Great extension. Must say.I was not posting on twitter just because it was too much to post a tweet especially when you are on slow connection. But after getting this extension all my tweets are from TwitterBar. Lot more add-ons are released to post directly from firefox, but this one is my fav. till date. July 10, 2009 at 8:54 am Reply Robert says: Hi Great tool!! Is it possible to managed 2 twitter account with this tool. I like to switch between the two accounts…. Thx July 12, 2009 at 5:32 am Reply Nina says: as 177 Rachel sais: with FF 3.5 Twitterbar post icon disappeared and I have done all thats possible to fix it. Me too running Vista. I´m soooo sad… help me, mr tweetbar :) July 15, 2009 at 4:28 pm Reply Top PS3 Games says: Hey Chris, great tool. I have recently changed my Twitter name and now when I post via TB it is not posting to my Twitter account. Is there a way to change the name on TB? Thanks! July 17, 2009 at 11:22 am Reply zeocu says: The new Auth system is broke,
EVERY TIME I try to tweet it ask me to authorize, I do and it doesn’t remember. I’ve tried this on both my mac and windows systems. Great/useful tool before you added Oauth. July 17, 2009 at 9:13 pm Reply Nima says: Hi, I use Firefox 3.5.1 but I receive the error 401. What should i do? I also couldn’t use the “Reset Authorization Setting” Help me plz July 18, 2009 at 8:18 am Reply Jasmine says: TwitterBar encountered an error (401): /oauth/access_token Invalid / expired Token Love the app but got this error. Running on vista. Thanks! July 20, 2009 at 7:04 pm Reply M) says: Great handy tool. Thanks so much. FYI, I hid the icon in th
e address bar and then brought it back and now it sits on the left of the address. :/ Fix this if you can. I have two ideas to share as well. Consider showing the icon only when typing in the address bar. Also, as mentioned in an earlier post, consider creating a shortcut key instead of –post. Like ALT enter. My fingers are twitching to have this. July 21, 2009 at 11:12 am Reply Katherine says: What do I need to do in order to authorize the Twitter Bar to access my twitter account in order to be able to post?? Please let me know ASAP. Thanks. July 23, 2009 at 1:31 am Reply Free Articles - KeyKnowHow.com says: Great extension; simple July 23, 2009 at 8:44 pm Reply Randall says: Hi, I have firefox 3.5.1 too but I can’t running Twitterbar. I’ve tryed to download and install it 4-5-6 times but nothing happened… Restarted firefox every time and already my PC. Can somebody help me? Thanks in advance, R July 24, 2009 at 8:05 am Reply Clive says: I can post a Tweet or a URL but cannot do the two together. Maybe I am missing something? July 26, 2009 at 5:21 pm Reply Fernando says: Error in –options command Error de lectura XML: entidad no definida Ubicación: chrome://twitterbar/content/optionsDialog.xul Número de línea 28, columna 3: —————-^ July 27, 2009 at 1:21 am
Reply Helen Hunt says: Thanks for this lovely addon. I currently use twitterfox which sits on the status bar, and think it’s a good idea to try yours and see how they compare. Thanks again for sharing :) July 27, 2009 at 3:58 am Reply Larry says: Let me just say that I love this add-on. It has become the de facto manner by which I bookmark interesting web sites. One small annoyance though…whenever I post to Twitter, usually by clicking the address bar (+) icon, a new Firefox tab automatically opens up to show me the tweet at my Twitter home page. Is there a way to suppress this from happening? All I really want to do most of the time is tweet away and not get distracted/interrupted. July 29, 2009 at 10:17 am Reply Sebastian says: Hey Chris, thank you very much for this addon. I am new to twitter and I love ur addon right from the start!! Keep on the good work! Sebastian August 1, 2009 at 2:10 am Reply Christopher Finke says: Larry: In the TwitterBar options (type –options in the address bar), there is a checkbox to turn that feature off. August 1, 2009 at 10:04 am Reply videolar says: The new Auth system is broke, EVERY TIME I try to tweet it ask me to authorize, I do and it doesn’t remember.Thank you.. August 3, 2009 at 10:30 am Reply Jake says: Are you planning of making one for Safari? August 7, 2009 at 4:51 pm Reply Ishak says: #196 Randall. I have firefox 3.5.2 and initially thought that the addon could not be found. It is in the address bar. You’ll see the blue twitter icon, just click that and you would be required to authorize postings to you twitter account- just once.
Then write your tweet and click the tweeter icon and you are done. Thanks Chris for an awesome tool! August 11, 2009 at 8:33 pm Reply CT says: Hi everyone, Great add-on…but a question… I use this add-on to publish both on Twitter& Facebook. The question is : Is it possible to post with my twitter-bar on my Facebook profile AND on the Fan page I manage ??? Maybe with 2 different twitter bar ??? Thanks a lot, Best Regards, Control Tower http://www.facebook.com/pages/Control-Tower/15081197465 August 13, 2009 at 4:08 am Reply Linda says: I added Twitter and every time it tells me that I need to authorize, but I can’t seem to figure out how to do that… Please advise…. August 14, 2009 at 9:46 pm Reply apex says: Hey! it’s not working on 3.5.2 401 error invalid token August 24, 2009 at 4:30 am Reply youtube says: I use this add-on to publish both on Twitter& Facebook. August 25, 2009 at 8:02 am Reply 22vanilla22 says: Hey where is Chrisdog93? August 27, 2009 at 7:31 pm Reply erkek bileklik says: as 177 Rachel sais: with FF 3.5 Twitterbar post icon disappeared and I have done all thats possible to fix it. Me too running Vista. August 28, 2009 at 8:25 am Reply Anonymous says: yes, it doesnt work on my 3.5.2 ,too …error 401 :( August 29, 2009 at 9:32 am Reply litercilio says: oi é a primeira ves que eu entro no twitter, ainda não sei como funciona, espero que eu apreendo logo August 30, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Reply onlinesitem says: Twitterbar post icon disappeared and I have done all thats possible to fix it. Me too running Vista. August 31, 2009 at 5:30 am Reply SubmitguRu says: Thank you for Twitterbar ! I like it. Thank’s again !!! September 1, 2009 at 6:22 am Reply kang dwi says: I added Twitter and every time. THANK FOR INFORMATION September 2, 2009 at 9:30 am Reply Mark Felix says: Great, love it…Mark September 6, 2009 at 12:23 pm Reply Roschelle says: I love it. I just recently found out how much better firefox is as opposed to IE. And then I received an added surprise with all the add-on features that are available. Great work. Thanks so much September 12, 2009 at 12:26 pm Reply Terry says: Pretty cool… September 15, 2009 at 12:30 pm Reply praveen says: i love twittor.. nice .. thanks September 18, 2009 at 3:55 am Reply John Kevin Beaver says: Wel Just Upgradeing Around on Here Eh?!: September 18, 2009 at 3:29 pm Reply Bob Borghart says: Is it possible to ad the active url when posting a tweet from Twitterbar?
One can click on the twitter icon to post the url which results in a ‘currently browsing’ text followed by the link on Twitter or write a tweet from the Firefox adress bar without the url of the webpage, but is it possible to combine both in the current version of Twitterbar? Being able to write a header or subject line that inserts the webpage? September 20, 2009 at 5:26 pm Reply Dean Cruddace says: I agree with Bob (#230) it would be nice to extract the title of the page being browsed to accompany the link. Is this already available through about:config? September 21, 2009 at 8:18 am Reply John Kent says: I fully agree with Dean September 29, 2009 at 7:17 am Reply Nico Coer says: Hey! I LOVE this Add-On an insane amount, it has really h
elped with my productivity (don’t have to bring up a new window to tweet a new resource). I’m wondering if you have plans to make one for Google Chrome? I’m considering switching (I downloaded it) but the lack of twitterbar makes me a little doubtful about how useful it will be for me. Thanks! September 29, 2009 at 1:21 pm Reply bpp candipuro says: Great idea.I saw another addon that can send tweets in the search from. Thanks for Information October 14, 2009 at 12:50 am Reply DDN says:
Thanks bro i like twitterbar October 16, 2009 at 10:38 pm Reply Mike says: How do I change between Twitter accounts? October 22, 2009 at 10:09 am Reply sourav ray says: Twitterbar is an amazing tool for stealth mode twitting. I use it a lot when I’m in office. Thanks Christy. October 24, 2009 at 3:52 pm Reply devon says: how do i get a twitter account October 24, 2009 at 5:52 pm Reply auto sport says: Twitter Bar – Twitter works because it is plain and simple. October 26, 2009 at 1:20 pm Reply ROFLcOptimist says: Hey there, Twitterbar is a nice Addon. Why did you remove dot.tk as Url Shortener since the new version? It takes 3 more characters.
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kathie says: hey! i changed my twitter password, do i need to like change it on twitterbar as well or something? thanks man, kathie:D November 21, 2009 at 7:39 pm Reply Dugald McLachlan says: hi Chris Finke! unable to log in to twitter bar at present. Thank you regards DMcL November 28, 2009 at 1:31 am Reply kefelegn minda says: how can i use the twitter bar properly? December 1, 2009 at 2:25 am Reply video75 says: I saw another addon that can send tweets in the search from December 6, 2009 at 9:37 pm Reply Arkantamis says:
Hello! Excellent App… But it’s still having the problem with the XML options dialog… It was working anyway, but I updated to the last version (2.7.3) and the app didn’t work anymore… =( Some ideas? (I’m using Win7 and the last version of Firefox…) December 12, 2009 at 1:06 pm Reply Gitana says: TwitterBar is really helpful. Thanks so much :D. December 20, 2009 at 2:11 am Reply vikas yadav says: All is good except a major problem these days. If I try a really long tweet which is beyond 160 char (or some) limit then bar does not complain that twitter has refused and you even looses the tweet from the address bar. now there is no way to get what you were writing and it was saved nowhere. December 22, 2009 at 6:24 am Reply
Advericks says: Firefox 3.5.5 Vista Home Error de lectura XML: entidad no definida Ubicación: chrome://twitterbar/content/optionsDialog.xul Número de línea 4, columna 1:
Firefox address bar. 233 thoughts on “TwitterBar” Dave says: hey; thanks for the great extension; very useful. Just for info: I had trouble using this at work; I ran wireshark and found the problem was that the proxy was rejecting the packet because there was no content length set. I fixed it by opening the xpi file and changing the following code from: req.onreadystatechange = getTwitterResponse;
req.open(“POST”,”http://”+username+”:”+password+”@twitter.com:80/statuses/update.xml?status=”+status, true); req.send(null) to: req.onreadystatechange = getTwitterResponse; req.open(“POST”,”http://”+username+”:”+password+”@twitter.com:80/statuses/update.xml?status=”+status, true); req.setRequestHeader(“Content-length”, “0”); req.send(null) this seems to work fine. You might have a better way of fixing this; I just thought I’d let you know what worked for me Thanks again May 16, 2008 at 8:17 am Reply Dan says: Nice extension. I’m new to Twitter, and was thinking “this really needs a FF extension to allow me to send a tweet without going to the Twitter webpage”; and voila! One curiosity: For some reason, the character countdown decrements by 20 extra characters when there is a URL in the URL bar. As soon as I type the second ‘/’ in ‘http://’, the char count drops from 134 to 113. I am no programmer, but when
I looked in the source, I saw that ‘count’ is calculated two different ways, so
I assume this is intentional; is it something required for sending URLs to Twitter? Anyway, great job and thanks for the extension. May 25, 2008 at 11:36 am Reply Christopher Finke says: Dan: the issue you’re seeing is because TwitterBar inserts “Current Browsing:” in front of any URLs you send to Twitter. This accounts for the 20 character change. Note: You can change the “Currently Browsing:” text by changing the value of “extensions.twitter.web” in about:config. May 25, 2008 at 7:20 pm Reply guruubii says: Hi, When i try to post I get an error that says “could not authenticate you” but I’ve verified my password a ton of
times, I cant find the problem :( June 3, 2008 at 8:23 pm Reply Stefan says: Hey, very sweet! Ich hoffe, dass ich nun öfter Zwitschern werde…. Thanks for this very useful plugin! Stefan June 13, 2008 at 3:22 am Reply Stuart says: For some reason my address bar height has now changed by about 10px in height, even the favicon is stretched. When I disable twitterbar it comes good again. Any thoughts as to why the look of my address bar might have changed? Regards. June 20, 2008 at 4:34 am Reply dupola says: haha,Great idea.I saw another addon that can send tweets in the search from. Thanks. June 23, 2008 at 12:49 am Reply Amy says: Flock, like a Christmas Tree?
It’s providing me with imaginative mental pictures! Just kidding of course! July 8, 2008 at 11:42 am Reply Christopher Hitchcott says: Hey, just wondering if there is a shortcut to post to twitter, rather than having to click the icon? Perhaps you could add an option to customise this in later versions; it’d be nice to just be able to [alt-return]. July 24, 2008 at 4:43 am Reply Susan says: HI, I’m trying to install the twitter bar extension on the Flock Browser and it’s not working. I know that it does work with this extension as many people who are doing the 30 Day Challenge with Ed Dale are using it. Any suggestions? Thanks, Susan August 1, 2008 at
11:26 pm Reply WWWWolf says: This looks like a handy extension. Any chance that you would support specifying the website API root in the future? This would make the bar work for any laconi.ca based server (such as identi.ca), which are compatible with Twitter API. For example, for identi.ca, posting is as simple as changing [http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml] to [http://identi.ca/api/statuses/update.xml]. August 2, 2008 at 3:31 am Reply Sav says: Great piece of code! Nice, minimalistic and discreet! Thank you! August 8, 2008 at 6:01 am Reply Frank Abrams says: clean and serene – I like it! August 25, 2008 at 9:27 am Reply Ian says: WOW! Great add-on! I especially love the currently browsing thing. :) August 27, 2008 at 6:30 pm Reply Geir says: Hi! Nice addon, really enjoying it! But a thought, is it possible, when posting only a url, to change the “Currently reading: ” part with the title of the page you’re posting? September 5, 2008 at 2:14 am Reply Kristen says: I love this add-on, but uninstalled it when I upgraded to FF 3.0.1.
When I tried to reinstall it, it now says that it’s not compatible with FF3. But I want it! September 5, 2008 at 7:40 pm Reply zustand says: this rocks!! thx from berlin September 24, 2008 at 10:57 am Reply Samantha says: Okay, so I’m late to the party, but I love this addon. Easiest way to Tweet yet! @Kristen: I am using FF 3.0.2 and it works great for me. Please try again! September 25, 2008 at 8:01 pm Reply Jon says: I had a problem posting the below URL. TwitterBar split the URL oddly and only tinyurl’d the part up to the end of the im:. http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Barack-Obama/ss/events/pl/020807obama/im:/080924/480/
77b900c2f9fa4fa298cfa43d396d4825/ resulting shortened URL is broken: http://tinyurl.com/5y5t6r=/080924/480/77b900c2f9fa4fa298cfa43d396d4825 September 29, 2008 at 2:06 pm Reply Benoit Caccinolo says: @Christopher Hitchcott: just type your message followed by the –port and press Enter :) October 2, 2008 at 7:23 am Reply Heather says: Great add-on! I know I’m going to Tweet a ton more with this thing perched atop my screen. No more excuses. October 4, 2008 at 10:43 pm Reply mike says: Could you pls add identi.ca support? October 9, 2008 at 7:37 am Reply Tolefairy says: Really, really nice! Thank you! November 5, 2008 at 11:23 am Reply rob says: I cannot get it to install on FF 3.0.3, instead getting the Error 203 thing, which I’ve seen before with other extensions too. I tried the fix as detailed here: Unable to install themes or extensions – Firefox – MozillaZine Knowledge Base Delete “extensions.ini extensions.cache extensions.rdf” and restart FF. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions_-_Firefox#Corrupt_extension_files Still no go at the AddOns page, nor with File Open the xpi downloaded from Softpedia. Any idea if it has a conflict with some other extension? November 8, 2008 at 3:17 pm Reply Jono Martin says: I love this add-on. The only thing I don’t like is that it somehow interferes with the Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures add-on. When TwitterBar is enabled, the Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures add-on doesn’t work. Any thoughts on that? Thanks again for a great add-on for us Twitter users. Jono Martin November 10, 2008 at 10:30 am Reply Anonymous says: Great app. Two suggestions: 1. A record/pause setting which tweets address bar on every change. 2. Tweet search bar contents for when a search is started from the search bar. Thanks. November 11, 2008 at 4:28 pm Reply Vick says:
Hi, Wonderful extension. How do I access Twitterbar icon from the keyboard? Would be very cool to have that! November 14, 2008 at 7:25 pm Reply Tomek says: Hey, great extension. I am new to Twitter, but TwitterBar is really THE thing, for me. Also, like Vick, I would love to know, how to access “Post to Twitter” icon from keyboard. If it’s not avaible now, maybe, Christopher, you should consider putting it in a new version. November 24, 2008 at 2:23 am Reply Spacebom says: Hello. Thanks for the plugin it’s very useful. I have modified the file twitterbar.js archive for change “Currently browsing…” message. It could be good idea if everybody could change it by a more simple way. Best regards. December 1, 2008 at 8:41 pm Reply Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey says: Where is support for TinyURL? December 12, 2008 at 9:13 am Reply john says: Noticed an error when posting. I had a url with spaces in it a pdf file. When i posted it didnt put in %20 to replace the spaces. The tiny url was broken. Hope this helps. cheers http://zebracube.wordpress.com December 18, 2008 at 6:33 am Reply Dave says: The Options dialog box appears, but doesn’t show the “OK” button. What am I missing? Thanks. January 15, 2009 at 7:26 am Reply Newcomer says: This addon posts without asking for confirmation.
That should be fixed because it’s too easy to post without intention. January 22, 2009 at 6:01 pm Reply Ian Brodie says: Chris – love twitterbar! One question – is it possible to configure to use twurl rather than tinyurl as the URL shortening service. I’d like to take advantage of the ability of twurl to track clicks. Ian January 22, 2009 at 6:47 pm Reply rogerpfaff says: I wrote you already by mail but for everyone who doesn’t want for a new release I say it here too: I extended the add-on so that the title of a page is added to the tweet. if you’re interested you can download it here http://rogerpfaff.de/en/content/firefox-twitterbar-extension-hack-update regards roger January 23, 2009 at 10:00 am Reply Magali says: Doesn’t seem to work with Firefox 3.0.6? February 4, 2009 at 11:43 pm Reply Ian says: My post button has disappeared with 3.0.6. any ideas? February 6, 2009 at 6:56 am Reply Twitch says: Nice extension, unfortunately for me, the “–post” shortcut is short-circuited by one of my “must-have” extensions – SuperDragAndGo (version 0.2.6.3-directional) Weird. February 13, 2009 at 3:44 am Reply Julia says: Any way we can use the full url of the site we are posting? and not use the tinyurl? February 14, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Reply Anonymous says: where is it possible to find this hack? http://rogerpfaff.de/en/content/firefox-twitterbar-extension-hack-update It does not seem to be on the web page and would be extremely useful!! February 17, 2009 at 4:24 pm Reply andychin says: my Post button has disappeared on FF306. February 17, 2009 at 7:55 pm Reply Jared says: How about adding bit.ly or is.gd support for auto-shortening URLS? February 18, 2009 at 2:39 pm Reply greggace says: giving your app a whirl today… did 3 as of this writing and its so far okay… will get back to ya— if I feel its not up to stuff… peace…greggace March 13, 2009 at 8:37 am Reply Jeketem says: Could you produce a similar extention using the Remember the Milk api. I love the simplicity of your application but i cant get RTM and Twitter working together. March 23, 2009 at 11:35 am Reply Dougie says: Thanks for maintaining this. It’s a superb FF addon. So much easier than having to cut’n’paste URLs from FF into Tweetdeck to be able to tweet them. March 23, 2009 at 6:49 pm Reply jeremy young says: Great work, use this all the time. Thanks. March 24, 2009 at 5:05 am Reply Revisit says: It keeps on requiring authorisation. I think that that is taking more than a second. :I March 26, 2009 at 10:15 am Reply Phil Massyn says: Is there a way I can prevent TwitterBar from asking permission everytime I reboot & start Firefox? It’s really distracting..
Thanks Phil March 27, 2009 at 2:40 am Reply ZipZink says: Thanks – TwitterBar is for me, by far, easiest way for me to post to twitter. I use it along with scripts I’ve written in AutoIt. If you could build in a URL-shortener it would be outstanding. March 27, 2009 at 4:06 am Reply Angelo Alberico says: The new Auth system is broke, EV
ERY TIME I try to tweet it ask me to authorize, I do and it doesn’t remember. I’ve tried this on both my mac and windows systems. Great/useful tool before you added Oauth. March 27, 2009 at 10:52 am Reply Michael Weiksner says: Thanks for creating TwitterBar – I find it indispensable. I just installed the new version, and I see that you have migrated from tinyurl to is.gd. Fine. But seeing that change made me wonder: can you hook up bit.ly instead? bit.ly lets you track the clicks on your links, which is definitely worth something to me. Thanks and keep up the good work. – Mike March 27, 2009 at 5:20 pm Reply Todd says: I’m having a the authorization problem too. It continually asks me to reauthorize twitterbar to use my account. Is there a way to solve this? Sorry if I am missing something obvious. March 30, 2009 at 11:20 am Reply David says: This is a great extension. I use it a lot to post links and updates for my students to follow. April 2, 2009 at 2:07 am Reply Effective Web Design says: I didn’t read all comments above, maybe i’ll repeat somebodies suggestion, but i didn’t see this feature in the current version. I think its a good idea to have an option when submitting the tweet to include the
TITLE tag of the web page (link) that we submit. Thanks April 2, 2009 at 2:59 am Reply dailybarid says: i will return to old version because the last have problem with some thing : autho error April 2, 2009 at 4:10 am Reply millionart says: Bug report: the “before url” in options dialog cant input chinese or japanese, maybe it doesnt support utf8. Some wish: let me choose and change some shortcut key to post. thanks. April 2, 2009 at 9:21 am Reply amoswhite3 says: Thanks for the Twitterbar update. Great ff addon! April 3, 2009 at 9:46 am Reply kidtechguru says: I Agree! I think its a good idea to have an option when submitting the tweet to include the TITLE tag of the web page (link) that we submit. see http://www.myce101.com thanks Julius http://www.julrides.com April 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm Reply Piyush says: I have Firefox 3.0.7, i gives error: “TwitterBar encountered an error (401) ” I think its because , i didnt sign in..
How to sign in to my account through TwitterBar. When i click “Reset Authorization Settings” in options. nothing happens.. April 5, 2009 at 9:44 am Reply Royston Morgan says: I am having a lot of trouble with this add on since the ‘upgrade’ – keeps requiring reauthorisation and stalls regularly. Is it possible to revert to the previous version. Else will have to be uninstalled – also crashes Firefox occasionally which is strange. Roy April 7, 2009 at 5:59 am Reply Brendan says: Thanks much! I enjoy Twitterbar a lot. I have also had trouble with authenticating, though. I’ve found that if I log into twitter first, then install the add-on, the authentication works fine. I’d also like to second the option to turn off URL shortening. April 7, 2009 at 11:50 am Reply max says: Since v 2.x I can’t use twitterbar on my two pcs anmore.. up to that point of time I had it installed on my laptop and my office pc. however somehow it only works now on one computer at a time. so i have to authorize the pc i use every single time again and again.. that sucks. is there any other solution for this? April 8, 2009 at 3:56 pm Reply mazenovi says: error message “TwitterBar encountered an error (401):” when I want to allow twitter profile access … any idea?
April 9, 2009 at 4:04 am Reply Jamie says: Hey. Great idea. I am trying to use it and this is the message that keeps coming up: Invalid / expired Token /statuses/update.xml what I am doing wrong – you can email me. April 9, 2009 at 12:34 pm Reply Christopher Finke says: The “Invalid / expired Token” error was due to a combination of a bug in TwitterBar and an API change that Twitter made. You can download an update to TwitterBar that fixes the bug at http://is.gd/rIsP or you can wait for Mozilla to approve the update and have Firefox download it automatically, although this may take a couple of days. April 9, 2009 at 11:37 pm Reply Henning Ulfarsson says: Hi, I regularly use TwitterBar but with the newest update the support for Icelandic letters (æ, ö, á, í, etc) is gone. Any chance it can be fixed? Best, Henning April 11, 2009
at 1:28 pm Reply Salta3317 says: würde gern mehr über Twitter erfahren, wer hilft mir? April 11, 2009 at 11:47 pm Reply Ann says: I am trying to enter into twitter but when trying to register, I am told that my user name is invalid! Please help!! xXx P.S. I am not really computer literate! xXx April 12, 2009 at 11:24 am Reply Jacob says: Thanks for the 2.1.2 update it fixes the token error temporarily for me, but when I get twitterbar setup on one machine then get home and use my laptop, I get the token error again. Even though I have 2.1.2 installed. Is there something I can do? April 14, 2009 at 8:37 am Reply bringerj says: I want to delete Twitterbar. Any ideas on how to do this? April 14, 2009 at 10:56 am Reply Kelly says: ey! love this add-on! great work! April 14, 2009 at 5:38 pm Reply Morgan Sully says: Howdy Chris, TwitterBar ROCKS. I’ve used it a for quite while now
and the time you’ve spent on it is so awesome. I noticed that after I upgraded, long URLs are automatically shortened using is.gd. I’m a heavy user of bit.ly for it’s analytics (which also rock) and am wondering if there is a way to either turn *off* the is.gd shortening service OR, even better, have it use bit.ly instead (with my account). I’d be happy to provide any feedback, testing on teh awesome next version of TwitterBar -m April 15, 2009 at 11:56 am Reply StoreCrowd says: I’ve been using Twitthat! for a while now but find Twitterbar a much nicer integration & feels cleaner. Plus it also takes up one less space on my Bookmark Toolbar :) April 15, 2009 at 10:58 pm Reply Timgray says: sorry but version 2.1.2 is still giving me the problem. It works under OSX but on my vista64 laptop it says it’s unauthorized. yes I reinstalled it twice it still will not work. and yes it IS authorized.. my OSX machine at work is operating perfectly. April 21, 2009 at 8:08 am Reply sprabs says: For someone who asked above, keyboard lovers can just type –post in the address bar after their tweet to send it. Note that tweet is posted AS SOON AS you type in –post i.e. no need to press enter. April 27, 2009 at 12:22 am Reply sprabs says:
Read -post as –post in the above post. April 27, 2009 at 12:23 am Reply sprabs says: Just a quick clarification, there are TWO hyphens required before post. For some reason, the two hyphens appear like a single long hyphen in posts above. April 27, 2009 at 12:24 am Reply Ewen says: I like it but it removes some icons (& therefore their funnctionality) from the address bar, namely the Xmarks icon & the RSS icon for the Newsgator add-on. That’s a deal-breaker for me. April 27, 2009 at 6:47 pm Reply red says: so this is just like Twitlet huh………………….. i use now 3 types or 3rd party Twitter app..the amazing TweetDeck, Twitlet (in my Google Chrome) and now Twitbar…(in Firefox) May 1, 2009 at 6:54 am Reply Anonymous says: version 2.1.2 is still giving me the problem. It works under sabayon and firefox 3.0.8 but i can reach the authorization from twitter or wathever… yes I reinstalled it twice it still will not work. and also i reset the autorization from twitter… but it’s not working… :( May 3, 2009 at 7:49 am Reply janice jenkins says: do not want to install twitter May 10, 2009 at 10:03 am Reply Gary says: every useful tool, however is there a short cut key to post twit without having to use the mouse to hover on the icon and click to post? May 14, 2009 at 7:00 am Reply Christopher Finke says: Gary: Just type –post at the end (don’t press enter), and it will post. May 14, 2009 at 9:20 pm Reply Milo says:
Great idea, but the one-click tweet isn’t usable without the ability to dynamically include the title of the url you’re tweeting. Why would anyone reading that tweet click on a shortened url with no description? Failsauce. May 15, 2009 at 3:43 am Reply Milo says: Great idea, but the one-click tweet isn’t usable without the ability to dynamically include the title of the url you’re tweeting. Why would anyone reading that tweet click on a shortened url with no description? Failsauce. May 15, 2009 at 3:44 am Reply Scott Costello says: great extension, I just got into twitter and will be using this often. Thanks! May 18, 2009 at 9:37 am Reply TOULOUSE s
ays: comment supprimer cette fenêtre qui me demande un mot de passe que je ne connais pas ! May 20, 2009 at 10:25 am Reply zeta says: it will be good a easy way to switch accounts May 20, 2009 at 1:19 pm Reply Spritemoney says: Wow! Really useful. Although i wanna use another url shortern thing, can i do that? It looks like I can’t. Now i’m updating more on twitter because of tweetbar May 22, 2009 at 12:52 pm Reply bedo says: every useful tool, however is there a short cut key to post twit without having to use the mouse to hover on the icon and click to post? May 23, 2009 at 5:00 am
Reply George says: Twitterbar used to work for me, but after an update it no longer will connect. Whenever I try to post I get an error box that says: Twitter responded with an error (401): Failed to validate oauth signature or token I am running FF 3.1.10. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Twitterbar. I revoked and un-revoked access to Twitterbar on the Twitter site. Anyone have suggestions on how to get it to post? Thanks! May 24, 2009 at
2:33 am Reply Gina M says: Just testing our Twitter. Newbie Twitterer :) May 27, 2009 at 8:21 am Reply George says: An update on comment 146. Twitterbar works fine from the browser on my laptop, but not from the browser on my desktop. Is there some kind of problem trying to access twitter from 2 different computers via Twitterbar? Thanks! May 28, 2009 at 12:53 am Reply Jilles van Gurp says: Thanks for this extension. It’s the best UI for entering tweets as far as I’m concerned. I had some issues with authentication after recent extension upgrades. It was complaining about invalid oauth token. Resetting the authentication from the preferences didn’t help (despite the oauth roundtrip it triggers) however the following did fix things for me: 1 go to about:config 2 type twitter in the search field 3 note that the twitter bar oauth token setting is NOT set, despite several oauth roundtrips to twitter 4 right click and reset all the twitterbar entries (empties them I assume) 5 restart browser, it will ask to authenticate and this time actually stores the token Done!
A second minor bug: the spinning icon spins forever after failed authentication even though it is no longer waiting for a response from the server. May 28, 2009 at 4:44 am Reply Coolest Geek says: Great, thanks for this program, I love how it’s lightweight. Ok it’s no TweetDeck, but then again, sometimes I just want to post a tweet and not have to load up that hog of a program and get all my updates from elsewhere. So twitter bar does the job. Love it – Thanks. Ollie – Coolest geek on the net! May 28, 2009 at 8:48 am Reply AJ Armstrong says: What a great extension. I hooked this up to my Twitter account and hooked my Twitter up to my Facebook account, and now I’m updating both at once. -Thanks. May 28, 2009 at 9:03 am Reply Kuroir says: How about instead of that predefined message that you can setup when you send urls, you add the title of the web page? For example, I’m visiting this site http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/twitterbar/ and I press the button, then it posts on twitter as: I’m checking out :
Twitterbar ( http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/twitterbar/ ) ( ) May 30, 2009 at 6:42 pm Reply Dan says: Love the app. Having a couple issues though. On my wife’s computer, it continually says it can’t do the oauth thing. I have tried some of the tricks I have read around here, but to no avail. It worked fine on my computer. Incidentally, we are both using the latest macs with the latest OS, for what it’s worth. Second, when the window pops up asking if I want the social search thing, I hit cancel, thinking that this is referring to the magenta colored box in my url bar. If it is, I don’t need that and don’t want any more things in that bar than is necessary. But regardless, it still shows up. Thoughts? So, until I can get those two things settled, I am back to version 1. I preferred the simple dot idea too – doesn’t have to be a grey dot or anything, but I would like something more generic. And for those who think this app is too simple, that’s exactly why I love it so much. I don’t want to open up two or more apps to tweet. Oh ya, I would also prefer a tiny url creator with stats, as others have mentioned. Keep it up! Great add on. June 3, 2009 at 1:00 am Reply kelvin says: cool stuff though, BIG UPS!!! June 3, 2009 at 6:46 am Reply Daniel B. says: To George, comment 153, I have the same problem. Can’t figure out what’s the problem, so I haven’t tested this add-on yet. June 4, 2009 at 6:11 pm Reply Cathy says: Lazy people
LOVE your add on. I am a lazy person. I LOVE Your Add on! Because of research and those following me on Twitter, I have to pass on vital information we come across. Simply using the bar means I do not have to constantly log into my page when on the Net. One of the best add ons Firefox was lucky to get! Thanks for the hard work. June 9, 2009 at 7:15 am Reply devhubfan says: thanks for the great plugin, which makes my life more easy.:) June 11, 2009 at 11:13 am Reply ViperGeek says: Thanks for an excellent, lightweight, easy to use extension. TwitterBar is now my primary way to post quick notes or Web pages. I’m a bit disappointed that you moved from is.gd to .tk (Tweak) for URL shortening. I realize you’re saving ~3 characters, but I’ve been using is.gd for a very long time and prefer it over all the other shortening services. Perhaps in a future release, you’d consider making this a configurable option? June 12, 2009 at 2:24 pm Reply Wisdoom says: Hi, I don’t know if what I’m going to say is doable, but I had and idea you may like. When you click the ‘Post to twitter’ button, instead of a confirmation, could you put a space to write, so you can personalise each tweet?? Just an idea ;) June 12, 2009 at 3:50 pm Reply
Craig says: Yeah – I am after something like Wisdoom too. Like, when you post is there a variable that could be used for the (shruken) URL. e.g. “Reading and interest post about the excellent TwitterBar.. %%” When %% would be swapped out with the URL. Often the page title ($$) is not that great a summary of the page content. June 21, 2009 at 8:20 pm Reply Craig says: Just to answer my own question posted above, and perhaps yours @wisdoom All you have to do to post a URL (shortened) with a personal message is type your message in front of the URL, leaving the URL in place. Click post and on twitter you will see: “My personal message http://12345.tk“ June 22, 2009 at 11:36 pm Reply Robert Wictorzon says: Great plugin!
I just want to know why you changed the short url handler? Those %¤#&@.tk takes forever to load, if they load at all. I’ve been using Twitterbar for some time, and I haven’t noticed this problem before. Please change it back! :) June 24, 2009 at 11:19 am Reply Rachel says: I’ve been using Twitterbar for months with no problem and love it. I installed some update to Firefox last week and the post icon disappeared from my browser address bar. I’ve tried uninstalling, reinstalling it and disabling my other add-ons to determine the problem and nothing. I’m running Windows Vista and Firefox 3.0.11. Any ideas on how to fix it? June 30, 2009 at 11:11 am Reply Seth says: Why is Twitterbar now showing an Asian Favicon when sites do not provide one of their own now? June 30, 2009 at 2:17 pm Reply Pontus Berg says: Twitter bar is one of my all time favourite plugins! Makes it so much easier. Only drawback is that I get all confused using computers and browsers where it’s not installed as i take it for granted in all my work locations ;-) July 6, 2009 at 4:55 am Reply Kyle says:
Thanks for the addon , but i think if it’s to add the current page title on the default tweet,it’s better. July 8, 2009 at 12:53 am Reply Tina says: My twitterbar is not working. (re-installed, no help) It says I wonder if this is because I changed the firefox address bar search default setting last week… (running with windows XP and FF 3.5) any advice? thanks in advance. July 9, 2009 at 3:44 am Reply Ankit Aggarwal says: Great extension. Must say.I was not posting on twitter just because it was too much to post a tweet especially when you are on slow connection. But after getting this extension all my tweets are from TwitterBar. Lot more add-ons are released to post directly from firefox, but this one is my fav. till date. July 10, 2009 at 8:54 am Reply Robert says: Hi Great tool!! Is it possible to managed 2 twitter account with this tool. I like to switch between the two accounts…. Thx July 12, 2009 at 5:32 am Reply Nina says: as 177 Rachel sais: with FF 3.5 Twitterbar post icon disappeared and I have done all thats possible to fix it. Me too running Vista. I´m soooo sad… help me, mr tweetbar :) July 15, 2009 at 4:28 pm Reply Top PS3 Games says: Hey Chris, great tool. I have recently changed my Twitter name and now when I post via TB it is not posting to my Twitter account. Is there a way to change the name on TB? Thanks! July 17, 2009 at 11:22 am Reply zeocu says: The new Auth system is broke,
EVERY TIME I try to tweet it ask me to authorize, I do and it doesn’t remember. I’ve tried this on both my mac and windows systems. Great/useful tool before you added Oauth. July 17, 2009 at 9:13 pm Reply Nima says: Hi, I use Firefox 3.5.1 but I receive the error 401. What should i do? I also couldn’t use the “Reset Authorization Setting” Help me plz July 18, 2009 at 8:18 am Reply Jasmine says: TwitterBar encountered an error (401): /oauth/access_token Invalid / expired Token Love the app but got this error. Running on vista. Thanks! July 20, 2009 at 7:04 pm Reply M) says: Great handy tool. Thanks so much. FYI, I hid the icon in th
e address bar and then brought it back and now it sits on the left of the address. :/ Fix this if you can. I have two ideas to share as well. Consider showing the icon only when typing in the address bar. Also, as mentioned in an earlier post, consider creating a shortcut key instead of –post. Like ALT enter. My fingers are twitching to have this. July 21, 2009 at 11:12 am Reply Katherine says: What do I need to do in order to authorize the Twitter Bar to access my twitter account in order to be able to post?? Please let me know ASAP. Thanks. July 23, 2009 at 1:31 am Reply Free Articles - KeyKnowHow.com says: Great extension; simple July 23, 2009 at 8:44 pm Reply Randall says: Hi, I have firefox 3.5.1 too but I can’t running Twitterbar. I’ve tryed to download and install it 4-5-6 times but nothing happened… Restarted firefox every time and already my PC. Can somebody help me? Thanks in advance, R July 24, 2009 at 8:05 am Reply Clive says: I can post a Tweet or a URL but cannot do the two together. Maybe I am missing something? July 26, 2009 at 5:21 pm Reply Fernando says: Error in –options command Error de lectura XML: entidad no definida Ubicación: chrome://twitterbar/content/optionsDialog.xul Número de línea 28, columna 3: —————-^ July 27, 2009 at 1:21 am
Reply Helen Hunt says: Thanks for this lovely addon. I currently use twitterfox which sits on the status bar, and think it’s a good idea to try yours and see how they compare. Thanks again for sharing :) July 27, 2009 at 3:58 am Reply Larry says: Let me just say that I love this add-on. It has become the de facto manner by which I bookmark interesting web sites. One small annoyance though…whenever I post to Twitter, usually by clicking the address bar (+) icon, a new Firefox tab automatically opens up to show me the tweet at my Twitter home page. Is there a way to suppress this from happening? All I really want to do most of the time is tweet away and not get distracted/interrupted. July 29, 2009 at 10:17 am Reply Sebastian says: Hey Chris, thank you very much for this addon. I am new to twitter and I love ur addon right from the start!! Keep on the good work! Sebastian August 1, 2009 at 2:10 am Reply Christopher Finke says: Larry: In the TwitterBar options (type –options in the address bar), there is a checkbox to turn that feature off. August 1, 2009 at 10:04 am Reply videolar says: The new Auth system is broke, EVERY TIME I try to tweet it ask me to authorize, I do and it doesn’t remember.Thank you.. August 3, 2009 at 10:30 am Reply Jake says: Are you planning of making one for Safari? August 7, 2009 at 4:51 pm Reply Ishak says: #196 Randall. I have firefox 3.5.2 and initially thought that the addon could not be found. It is in the address bar. You’ll see the blue twitter icon, just click that and you would be required to authorize postings to you twitter account- just once.
Then write your tweet and click the tweeter icon and you are done. Thanks Chris for an awesome tool! August 11, 2009 at 8:33 pm Reply CT says: Hi everyone, Great add-on…but a question… I use this add-on to publish both on Twitter& Facebook. The question is : Is it possible to post with my twitter-bar on my Facebook profile AND on the Fan page I manage ??? Maybe with 2 different twitter bar ??? Thanks a lot, Best Regards, Control Tower http://www.facebook.com/pages/Control-Tower/15081197465 August 13, 2009 at 4:08 am Reply Linda says: I added Twitter and every time it tells me that I need to authorize, but I can’t seem to figure out how to do that… Please advise…. August 14, 2009 at 9:46 pm Reply apex says: Hey! it’s not working on 3.5.2 401 error invalid token August 24, 2009 at 4:30 am Reply youtube says: I use this add-on to publish both on Twitter& Facebook. August 25, 2009 at 8:02 am Reply 22vanilla22 says: Hey where is Chrisdog93? August 27, 2009 at 7:31 pm Reply erkek bileklik says: as 177 Rachel sais: with FF 3.5 Twitterbar post icon disappeared and I have done all thats possible to fix it. Me too running Vista. August 28, 2009 at 8:25 am Reply Anonymous says: yes, it doesnt work on my 3.5.2 ,too …error 401 :( August 29, 2009 at 9:32 am Reply litercilio says: oi é a primeira ves que eu entro no twitter, ainda não sei como funciona, espero que eu apreendo logo August 30, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Reply onlinesitem says: Twitterbar post icon disappeared and I have done all thats possible to fix it. Me too running Vista. August 31, 2009 at 5:30 am Reply SubmitguRu says: Thank you for Twitterbar ! I like it. Thank’s again !!! September 1, 2009 at 6:22 am Reply kang dwi says: I added Twitter and every time. THANK FOR INFORMATION September 2, 2009 at 9:30 am Reply Mark Felix says: Great, love it…Mark September 6, 2009 at 12:23 pm Reply Roschelle says: I love it. I just recently found out how much better firefox is as opposed to IE. And then I received an added surprise with all the add-on features that are available. Great work. Thanks so much September 12, 2009 at 12:26 pm Reply Terry says: Pretty cool… September 15, 2009 at 12:30 pm Reply praveen says: i love twittor.. nice .. thanks September 18, 2009 at 3:55 am Reply John Kevin Beaver says: Wel Just Upgradeing Around on Here Eh?!: September 18, 2009 at 3:29 pm Reply Bob Borghart says: Is it possible to ad the active url when posting a tweet from Twitterbar?
One can click on the twitter icon to post the url which results in a ‘currently browsing’ text followed by the link on Twitter or write a tweet from the Firefox adress bar without the url of the webpage, but is it possible to combine both in the current version of Twitterbar? Being able to write a header or subject line that inserts the webpage? September 20, 2009 at 5:26 pm Reply Dean Cruddace says: I agree with Bob (#230) it would be nice to extract the title of the page being browsed to accompany the link. Is this already available through about:config? September 21, 2009 at 8:18 am Reply John Kent says: I fully agree with Dean September 29, 2009 at 7:17 am Reply Nico Coer says: Hey! I LOVE this Add-On an insane amount, it has really h
elped with my productivity (don’t have to bring up a new window to tweet a new resource). I’m wondering if you have plans to make one for Google Chrome? I’m considering switching (I downloaded it) but the lack of twitterbar makes me a little doubtful about how useful it will be for me. Thanks! September 29, 2009 at 1:21 pm Reply bpp candipuro says: Great idea.I saw another addon that can send tweets in the search from. Thanks for Information October 14, 2009 at 12:50 am Reply DDN says:
Thanks bro i like twitterbar October 16, 2009 at 10:38 pm Reply Mike says: How do I change between Twitter accounts? October 22, 2009 at 10:09 am Reply sourav ray says: Twitterbar is an amazing tool for stealth mode twitting. I use it a lot when I’m in office. Thanks Christy. October 24, 2009 at 3:52 pm Reply devon says: how do i get a twitter account October 24, 2009 at 5:52 pm Reply auto sport says: Twitter Bar – Twitter works because it is plain and simple. October 26, 2009 at 1:20 pm Reply ROFLcOptimist says: Hey there, Twitterbar is a nice Addon. Why did you remove dot.tk as Url Shortener since the new version? It takes 3 more characters.
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kathie says: hey! i changed my twitter password, do i need to like change it on twitterbar as well or something? thanks man, kathie:D November 21, 2009 at 7:39 pm Reply Dugald McLachlan says: hi Chris Finke! unable to log in to twitter bar at present. Thank you regards DMcL November 28, 2009 at 1:31 am Reply kefelegn minda says: how can i use the twitter bar properly? December 1, 2009 at 2:25 am Reply video75 says: I saw another addon that can send tweets in the search from December 6, 2009 at 9:37 pm Reply Arkantamis says:
Hello! Excellent App… But it’s still having the problem with the XML options dialog… It was working anyway, but I updated to the last version (2.7.3) and the app didn’t work anymore… =( Some ideas? (I’m using Win7 and the last version of Firefox…) December 12, 2009 at 1:06 pm Reply Gitana says: TwitterBar is really helpful. Thanks so much :D. December 20, 2009 at 2:11 am Reply vikas yadav says: All is good except a major problem these days. If I try a really long tweet which is beyond 160 char (or some) limit then bar does not complain that twitter has refused and you even looses the tweet from the address bar. now there is no way to get what you were writing and it was saved nowhere. December 22, 2009 at 6:24 am Reply
Advericks says: Firefox 3.5.5 Vista Home Error de lectura XML: entidad no definida Ubicación: chrome://twitterbar/content/optionsDialog.xul Número de línea 4, columna 1:
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