tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18266737.post5862309673177455969..comments2023-04-17T17:00:37.223+01:00Comments on Andrew R H Girdwood: The importance of local advocacy... on TwitterAndrew Girdwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402619137250257058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18266737.post-37852670074769407182008-10-23T22:03:00.000+01:002008-10-23T22:03:00.000+01:00Thanks for the input Neil. I've made some changes ...Thanks for the input Neil. I've made some changes to the twitterfeed to drop the 'bigmouthmedia' prefix.<BR/><BR/>I've kept the 'news' prefix as we actually import a number of feeds. The one you'll like the least is our delicious feed, which we use as a news clipping service, as that's prefixed with #bigmouthmedia in order to get the hashtagging done.<BR/><BR/>Why did we add 'bigmouthmedia' to the prefix in the first place? Not for SEO - Twitter's content is so transitory that on-page syntax is given a low weight. Rather it was future proofing to allow us to add one of the bigmouthmedia blogs or sub-brands if we wanted.<BR/><BR/>I think the addition of a blog is unlikely and I agree with your point about the character limit and the tone of voice - so I'm pleased that you prompted me to make the edits.Andrew Girdwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402619137250257058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18266737.post-46565892347207221942008-10-23T21:30:00.000+01:002008-10-23T21:30:00.000+01:00Hi AndrewI don't mean to be overly critical, quite...Hi Andrew<BR/>I don't mean to be overly critical, quite the opposite but just to address your post, I think the official bigmouth twitter account could be a bit more personal without being less official. It's off-putting (to me) to see nearly every post starting with "bigmouthmedia news:" (hence my initial response to you). If nothing else its a waste of twitter real estate. It smacks of SEO strategy and also it suggests to the reader that "this is all about us". Sorry, that's harsh. What's the answer? I dunno. Maybe more conversation and even though the account is bigmouthmedia you could still sign off each twitter with "cheers, Andrew" or something (mindful of those 144 characters again).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com