Twitter is all about short snappy conversations, but if your not in the habit of following people, it can soon become just a blank page that no one wants to read.
So how you can you find and follow people who use twitter?
Finding good people to follow, especially for new users, can be a bit daunting.
To help with this important task there are a number of ways to find like minded people, its just a matter of knowing where to look.
The sites that are listed below can certainly help you find the right people, or businesses, to follow.
Twitter’s built in people search is not the greatest way to find people on Twitter, but it’s probably where you should begin your search.
Twitter searches the real names that people enter into their bio fields, but because there is often a lack of any sort of detailed bio information and because Twitter doesn't have any sort of requirement to use your actual name when you sign up, this can make it difficult to find people, especially those with common names.
The patchy profile information also makes it hard to verify that the people you find are actually the ones you are looking for.
Despite these drawbacks Twitter's Find People Search is still a good place, at least to begin your search. You do need to be logged in to use it.
twitter.com/invitations/find_on_twitter
Because the bio information Twitter collects is minimal, no Twitter people search engine can improve on Twitter’s People Search that much. Third-party site Tweepz does an fine job, though. Tweepz lets you limit searches to specific parts of Twitter’s user information, like name, bio, and location and then lets you filter results by follower/following numbers, by specific location, and by any other freely available bio terms. It also greatly improves on the layout of the search results.
Some of the Twitter profiles it finds can be a bit out of date in terms the number of followers, those following and the number of tweets made, but the detail and results that Tweepz gets are impressive.
TweepSearch lets you search by Twitter name or location, or search a specific username to get a list of all friends and followers.
TwitDir is yet another another search engine and is certainly not a bad people search engine. It has some helpful “top” lists. If you’re concerned with who are the most popular or prolific people on Twitter, then TwitDir will be ideal for your research.
Your best bet for finding like-minded Twitter users might be to use a directory, and Twellow is certainly one of the most complete. Nearly 6 million Twitter user profiles are indexed in Twellow and placed into a huge number of categories. You can search the entire lot of profiles, or confine searches to a single category.
Twellow also operates a local directory called the “Twellowhood.”
Created by Digg founder Kevin Rose, WeFollow is a Twitter user directory that organizes people by hashtags. WeFollow is user-generated and anyone can add themselves by tweeting @wefollow with three #hashtags that describe them.
Just Tweet It is another user created Twitter directory. It’s not quite as well organized or easy-to-use as Twellow or WeFollow, but it is certainly large enough that you should give it a browse when trying to locate and follow people in your areas of interest.
Twubble recommends people to follow by spidering the people you’re already following and recommending users that they’re following. The idea is that the people you’re following are interesting to you, so if more than one of them are also following another person, that person might also be interesting. Of course, that means that Twubble can’t be your first stop when finding people to follow. You already need to be following some people for the service to work properly.
Twitterel attempts to find people you might be interested in following by doing keyword searches of tweets. The service can update you by email, direct message, or @reply when it finds new people it thinks you might be interested in following.
It’s kind of like Google Alerts for Twitter follower recommendations.
Enter your Twitter username into Who Should i Follow? and the service finds users who are similar to those you’re already following. Who Should i Follow? is pretty accurate at finding users whose tweets are similar in content to your followers. The results can be filtered by how popular the people are, and how close they are to a specific location.
Once you find people to follow and engage with, Twitter becomes exceptionally useful. You can share thoughts, ask questions, get updates about news, music, brands, and businesses, and discover helpful links and information.
So make good use of these free tools to grow your presence in Twitter.
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