Twitter started as “Twtter” as it was reported in Twitter Turns Three on TechCrunch.

By curiosity, I wanted to know the possible misspellings for the “hottest social media site.” For that I used Typo Generator created by Aaron Wall. The result: 166 popular misspelled words and here they are:

Skip letter

1. witter
2. titter
3. twtter
4. twiter
5. twiter
6. twittr
7. twitte

Double letters

8. ttwitter
9. twwitter
10. twiitter
11. twittter
12. twittter
13. twitteer
14. twitterr

Reverse letters

15. wtitter
16. tiwtter
17. twtiter
18. twitetr
19. twittre

Missed key

20. rwitter
21. 5witter
22. 6witter
23. ywitter
24. hwitter
25. gwitter
26. fwitter
27. tqitter
28. t2itter
29. t3itter
30. teitter
31. tditter
32. tsitter
33. taitter
34. twutter
35. tw8tter
36. tw9tter
37. twotter
38. twltter
39. twktter
40. twjtter
41. twirter
42. twi5ter
43. twi6ter
44. twiyter
45. twihter
46. twigter
47. twifter
48. twitrer
49. twit5er
50.twit6er
51. twityer
52. twither
53. twitger
54. twitfer
55. twittwr
56. twitt3r
57. twitt4r
58. twittrr
59. twittfr
60. twittdr
61. twittsr
62. twittee
63. twitte4
64. twitte5
65. twittet
66. twitteg
67. twittef
68. twitted

Inserted key

69. rtwitter
70. trwitter
71. 5twitter
72. t5witter
73. 6twitter
74. t6witter
75. ytwitter
76. tywitter
77. htwitter
78. thwitter
79. gtwitter
80. tgwitter
81. ftwitter
82. tfwitter
83. tqwitter
84. twqitter
85. t2witter
86. tw2itter
87. t3witter
88. tw3itter
89. tewitter
90. tweitter
91. tdwitter
92. twditter
93. tswitter
94. twsitter
95. tawitter
96. twaitter
97. twuitter
98. twiutter
99. tw8itter
100. twi8tter
101. tw9itter
102. twi9tter
103. twoitter
104. twiotter
105. twlitter
106. twiltter
107. twkitter
108. twiktter
109. twjitter
110. twijtter
111. twirtter
112. twitrter
113. twi5tter
114. twit5ter
115. twi6tter
116. twit6ter
117. twiytter
118. twityter
119. twihtter
120. twithter
121. twigtter
122. twitgter
123. twiftter
124. twitfter
125. twitrter
126. twittrer
127. twit5ter
128. twitt5er
129. twit6ter
130. twitt6er
131. twityter
132. twittyer
133. twithter
134. twitther
135. twitgter
136. twittger
137. twitfter
138. twittfer
139. twittwer
140. twittewr
141. twitt3er
142. twitte3r
143. twitt4er
144. twitte4r
145. twittrer
146. twitterr
147. twittfer
148. twittefr
149. twittder
150. twittedr
151. twittser
152. twittesr
153. twitteer
154. twittere
155. twitte4r
156. twitter4
157. twitte5r
158. twitter5
159. twittetr
160. twittert
161. twittegr
162. twitterg
163. twittefr
164. twitterf
165. twittedr
166. twitterd

Top volume of misspellings from Google keyword tool

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When I came home last night, there were two Yellow Pages phone books at my door. Like all the others, they ended up in the trash bin.

Who is using phone books nowadays? Not many for sure.

Yet, businesses are paying several millions of dollars to display their ads. Money is being wasted; trees are being wasted.

If At&t, Verizon, and YellowBook were to conduct ethical business, they could send a postcard instead of the phone books. The postcard would ask for the permission to send out the phones books. Suddenly, we are collectively saving trees.

Then, At&t, Verizon and YellowBook sales representatives would present to business owners the real number of persons willing to receive the phone books. Suddenly, money is not being wasted and the lies stop.

The ethical move is unlikely to happen… Well, the Yellow Pages phone books might just simply disappear.

[update]

[update]

I have been researching how I can opt out automatic deliveries of phone books:

• How to Stop Receiving Phone Books and Yellow Pages by leelefever. The comments are very interesting.
• Yellowpagesgoesgreen.org is “an organization working to educate consumers and promote the green movement to eliminate the unsolicited delivery of Yellow and White Pages books.” You can sign up to stop receiving the telephone directories.

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Posting comments is becoming more and more popular. You can do it on blogs, on photo sharing sites, on video sharing sites, and even on “non-social media” platforms. When you do it right, leaving your comments will help to:

• drive free traffic to your website
• make you more noticeable

It’s not rocket science. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Set up a free account with Gravatar (Globally Recognized Avatar). Gravatar allows associating any of your emails with your picture. When you leave your comment with your registered email on Gravatar supported platforms, your picture will automatically be displayed. The more you put your face out there, the better is your personal branding.
2. Find good blogs to leave your comments. For me, good places are:
   • blogs from experts. You can be noticed and build your reputation. However, you would need to bring your A game.
   • do follow blogs. Do follow blogs are blogs where the link to your website will count in Google’s eyes. Here is a search on “do follow list” on Google.
3. Chose a name. Sometimes, it will be appropriate to put your full name; sometimes it will be appropriate to put a keyword phrase relating to your website. I prefer to put my full name because the keyword phrase makes your comment look like a spam.
4. Add the url of your website. You can either point to the homepage or even better to a page developing similar or complementary idea.
5. Leave meaningful comments. It seems obvious but it’s not easy to do. Post comments that will be useful and interesting. If you are an expert in your field or would like to be recognized as an expert, it’s your chance to show what you got. Be smart and don’t post comments that look and smell like spam.
6. Repeat. The more you comments the more traffic you will drive and the more noticeable you will be.

What about you start practicing by commenting on this post? What do you have to say?

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What you are losing without SEO

How you website is written. This is the content of your website: the coding, the text, the pictures, the videos, etc.

How people search online. People use keyword phrases to search for what they need: one word, several words, whole sentences.

Without SEO, you just care about your website without any consideration for the way search engines display search results and the way people search online. Your are losing free traffic and under utilize your website.

What does SEO do?

SEO is the set of optimization tactics to drive traffic to your website by understanding how search engines ranks and display results and how people search online.

How search engines ranks and display results. The ultimate goal for every search engine is to display relevant results. “The perfect search engine,” says Google co-founder Larry Page, “would understand exactly what you mean and give back exactly what you want.” When you know the rules of the game, you can improve your play.

How people search. The content of your website matches what people are looking for.

SEO in the big picture

How important is SEO?

If you have a website, you owe to know the game of SEO and how it impacts on your bottom line: more traffic, more customers, more leads, more sales.

Now, you are ready to tell your marketing team, your online marketing consultant, or yourself the following:

I want [my website] to show on the FIRST page of [search engine] for the [keyword phrase] using SEO!

You might use chom chom advertising infographics under the Creative Commons License:

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The American Marketing Association defines marketing research as “the function that links the consumer, customer, and public to the marketer through information.” Information is knowledge; and knowledge is power.

There are many ways to find information. I want to share three very powerful tools that give results in real time and best of all completely FREE.

Google Trends & Google Insight for Search

Google Trends displays on a graph over time the number of searches for one, two or more keywords. When you know the trend of searches on a particular term, you can have a clearer picture. Here is an example:

PPC vs. SEO vs. SMO

If you were in internet marketing, you might want to focus on providing search engine optimization (SEO) services instead of pay-per-click (PPC). Also, social media optimization (SMO) might represent a good business opportunity since this tactic appears to be relatively new to the public.

Google Insight for Search is the advanced version of Google Trends. You can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames. Here is an example:

Myspace vs. Facebook

Where would your company rather be Myspace or Facebook?

Twitter Search

Twitter is obviously the hottest spot for social media in 2009. Twitter Search is a tool that allows you to see what people have been saying (or twittering) about a certain term. The term can be anything relevant to your research: your brand name, your competitor’s brand name, a trendy product, etc.

Twitter Search is not only a research tool, but also a communication tool. Once the results are displayed, you can pro-actively participate in a conversation.

Google Alerts

Google Alerts are updates directly to your email of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, blogs, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. The best usages for marketing purpose are:

• industry updates
• competitor news
• brand monitoring

I have a Google alert set up for the terms “chom chom advertising.” Whenever a website mentions those words, Google Alerts will provide me the url of the source.

Google Trends, Twitter Search, and Google Alerts are simply great as a starting point for your marketing research. Should you base all your decisions based on the information provided? May be, may be not. It really depends on the complexity of the information you are looking for.

Are you using any of the tools? For what searches?

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No doubt having a child is the most wonderful thing parents can experience. I have been blessed with an adorable and precious daughter named Ellie. It’s truly a miracle to see her grow from inside the womb to almost a 11-month girl now. If I am writing this post and you’re reading it, we were also at one point of time a baby. And somehow we were incredibly successful babies. We started with almost nothing in the brain, limited mobility, unable to speak, and sleeping 20 hrs a day. Yet, we did it! We did it! Sadly on our way to adulthood, we forgot what made us successful and loved as when we were babies. We have to put on our “seriousness” mask, we have to “behave” in society… work, work, work, and no more time to play. And last but but least: STRESS. Where the heck did that come from? No wonder many of us feel success is out of reach.

I observe Ellie day after day and I know she is a happy baby. Here are a few things I learned from her:

1. Everything and anything is a playground. If you can infuse fun and play in whatever you do, you are already happy.
2. Fail, fail, fail, until you succeed. You probably forgot all the bruises and bumps before you could walk.
3. Don’t take “NO” for an answer. Actually, “NO” is the start of the conversation. No matter how many times I say “NO”, she keeps doing it. Very challenging!
4. Move on. Resentment, vengeance… those are adult stuffs; not baby stuffs.
5. Ring the alarm. If you feel the situation is out of control, call for help. If you don’t, a baby would be smarter than you are!
6. Learn, learn, and learn. “Knowledge is power” Samuel Johnson.
7. Be fearless… it won’t kill. Why are those children always laughing, crying, and running during the mass?
8. Do no evil. Yes, Google is a big baby.

My wife always wishes our Ellie stays a baby forever. She might be right after all. What are you still waiting for? Go and find the baby in you!

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