If you are on Twitter, as you follow more and more people,
it can be difficult to keep up with your close friends. There is a really simple solution to keep an eye out for their latest tweets.
Using iGoogle and RSS Feeds to Track Tweets
iGoogle lets you create a personalized homepage that contains a Google search box at the top and your choice of any number of gadgets below. All iGoogle pages start out with a Home tab on the left side of the page and you can add new tabs to organize your content. The first step is to add a tab for your Twitter Friends.
Next, with that tab open, click on the “Add Stuff” link in the upper right hand corner.
On the Adding Stuff page, at the bottom of the left column you should see:
Click on the link.
In another tab on your browser, go to the Twitter page of the Twitter user you want to track.
For example, to track Dallas Marketing’s tweets, you would go to http://twitter.com/dallasmarketing
On the bottom of the right sidebar, under the Following images, you should see:
Right click the link and choose “Copy link address.”
Window back to the iGoogle page, click the “Add feed or gadget” link, paste the link and click the Add button.
Click the “Back to iGoogle home” link on the top left and your feed should be on the page.
Simply repeat for all your Twitter friends that you want to track. Another use for businesses - set up a tab to track your competitors, customers and alliances or partners. Then just pop over and check on your Twitter tabs a few times throughout the day as you work to check in on everyone.
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Thank you so much for sharing this! I’m using Twitter but fairly new to it and keeping up with it is a pain – I’m always looking for new ideas! Appreciate it.
Glad to help and thanks for stopping by!
Outstanding article, it’s sad that the post above had to spoil our comments already with the paragraph of uselessness. Google seems to be opening up so many different venues for so many different people – yet they give you every option to leave their services for another – I think that’s what draws people in – the universal uses and tools.
Glad you found it helpful! I have 6 different iGoogle pages set up for this purpose and it works great. Thanks for your comment!
It’s funny to see this new twitter-conomy popping up everywhere. There are all these new sites that augment Twitter.
Yes, checking out all the new Twitter tools is a full time job! Thanks for your comment.
Twitter was really good for promotion, Ive done this for all my client and very effective.
Great advice. RSS feeds are wonderful to use to focus in on what you want to receive – and great for keeping an eye on competition. Very nice post.
Thanks Eric. I am getting addicted to RSS – think I’m up to 15 tabs on iGoogle! Thanks for your comments!