Using the Twitter Search Widget to search for information on the Superbowl is easy. All you need to do is pop in the hash tag #SB44 and you can see all Tweets pertaining to the NFL’s new Superbowl Twitter hash tag.
Check it out:
The NFL has created a web page that provides you access to all of this information in a visual format that also includes images from Flickr that are tagged #SB44
http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/44/fans
Happened upon tweetcloud after searching twitter for widgets.
tweetcloud.com offers exactly what you would think. The top trending Twitter topics in a standard Tag Cloud format. When you click on a topic, the most recent Tweets are loaded below the “tweetcloud”.
tweetcloud as you can see below, tweetcloud delivers everything…even some unsavory items.
tweetcloud widget
The tweetcloud widget was constructed utilizing the Clearspring widget platform. The widget displays a mini tweetcloud and when you click on one of the trending topics in the cloud, you are given a list (right in the widget) of the latest tweets on that topic.
Unfortunately, when you click the “back to cloud” button at the top of the widget…nothing happens. You don’t get to go “back to cloud”. You are stuck, unless you refresh the page.
I don’t know the solution because I don’t program JavaScript. But I’m sure its probably pretty simple.
You can see the widget at tweetcloud.com
You can also find the widget at the super secret Clearspring hidden tweetcloud widget page.
LiveIntent (beta–Invite only) offers a widget that allows you to add Twitter users with a suggestion to follow them. Lets say you have 5 editors on your blog. You can add them to the LiveIntent widget as suggestions to follow on Twitter. You could add anyone that you think is worthwhile to follow.
The widget:
At this point, the widget appears as a small “Share This” chic-let style embed that, when you mouseover it, a box appears that displays your suggested Twitter users. The LiveIntent widget is currently using JavaScript.
LiveIntent is focused on “Making social media connections that matter”.
The actual scope of LiveIntent is rather fuzzy. There is a LiveIntent blog post that indicates the direction of the company.
One of the things that we discuss a lot here at LiveIntent is, appropriately, intent. Consumer intent. Advertiser intent. Publisher intent. Even our intent! The real-time web is all about intentions and our goal is to digest and learn from these intentions. Our theory is that the more alignment of intent that we can create, the higher the utility that we provide.
…Technological innovation has long been fueled by advertising dollars and if social media is going to continue it’s explosive growth, it too will require a sustainable advertising model. At LiveIntent, we hope that we can create this model by providing meaningful, targeted, intent-aligned connections on social media.
sumtnsumtn.com has released an embeddable widget that allows your readers to send and receive Tweets in real time right from your blog.
SumtnSumtn brings Twitter-conversation directly onto websites – for everyone – on every page!
The widget appears as a small icon that displays the number of Tweets with a smaller “re-tweet” button underneath. The button is small enough that it won’t eat up much space on your site…but powerful enough that I’m sure you’ll benefit from it!
When you click the button the sidebar slides in from the right hand side of your browser and will allow you to login and Tweet right from the page.
This is a great way to both have your readers stay onsite and retweet your content.
for those of you curious…here is what the code for the widget looks like.
Bookmarklet:
sumtnsumtn.com also has a bookmarklet that lets you take the sidebar with you wherever you go on the internet. Just drag the bookmarklet onto your bookmark toolbar and you are good to go!
Lab.Neo22s left a comment on a previous Twitter post sharing a Twitter badge that they had created.
We liked the badge! …so we are sharing it.
Like I said, its a simple badge. You input your Twitter username and then choose the background color and text color. Then you get to decide the text on the badge. Simple!
This badge is designed to sit in a vertical position on the right hand side of your page and it scrolls with the page. I assume a simple code edit will allow you to place it on the left hand side and possibly stop the scroll action. (not sure here)
I would request the the author of the widget/badge gave the option for right/left placement without the need to edit the code.
you can find the Twitter badge here.
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