Comments on: Twitter Followers

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:04:00 +0000

I am proud to say Firefighter Blog was included.

Nice information...

Thank you very much...

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:32:42 +0000

"Also, the count is not as important as the quality of the visitors."

The count is important for assessing if Twitter can be considered a replacement for a blog.

Based on Mike's numbers, I'd say Twitter isn't there yet.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:13:57 +0000

Thanks for the tip Mike. Very interesting a bout the big Canadian ship being staged in SoCal.

I'll work something up tomorrow. Thanks for the kind words.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:53:30 +0000

PS — there are now three big planes in SoCal, a DC-10, a 747, and now the Mars.

http://www.thevillagenews.com:80/story/39206/

Your insights re that would be most appreciated.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:49:25 +0000

Ditto Kate and Anon. Your insights and cross-connections are more valuable than the momentary sparks from Tweeters. You fill in the blanks. Please keep it up.

Also, the count is not as important as the quality of the visitors. Quality of content draws quality visitors, and they are really the only ones worth communicating with.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:25:20 +0000

Anon from yesterday. Thank you for the comment.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:23:46 +0000

The most visitors I ever had in a day was 10,000 during the fires in Southern Greece a couple of years ago.
During the Basin Complex last year I was buzzing near 4,000 a day for a couple of weeks.
Depending on the event I can see 500 to 6,000 a day.
When there are no fires 150 to 400 a day surf in. Most of the traffic is from search engine referrals.

Oddly the single most referred post is the one I wrote about fire services in Dubai.

The term Twitter Follower is definitely loose as followers don't have to click anywhere to read updates. There is no way to gauge how many are actually reading them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:55:32 +0000

How do the 2000 Twitter Followers number compare to your daily page views of the blog during peak fire season?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:43:25 +0000

mike — i so value this blog as is, echoing bigsurkate's comments. twitter just cant replace all i've learned here…

By: bigsurkate

bigsurkate — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:00:34 +0000

I like Facebook, too. So, I post a link there for my more interesting or important blog posts.

Maybe I just need to learn how to use twitter more effectively. (a good possibility).

Possible thunderstorms tonight here, so keeping a close eye on weather reports, now that the Sulphur Springs fire is being handled.