Running out of ways of keeping your company’s twitter feed alive and fresh? Check out these suggestions – from Vertical Measures – guaranteed to spice up even the stalest twitter campaign & keep your company’s feed buzzing –

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Source: Mashable – How an African Chief Uses Twitter to Keep the Peace

An African administrative chief uses Twitter to help solve problems and maintain order in his Kenyan village, showing another example of how social media has evolved beyond wired metropolises to reach even the most previously unconnected corners of the globe.

Chief Francis Kariuki — or, @Chiefkariuki, as he’s known online — tweets to defeat thugs and thieves, locate missing children and farm animals, and organize village logistical matters, according to the Associated Press.

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Source: News Junkie Post – By Ole Ole Olsen

This is the first in a series of short articles that are intended to help grassroots activists better utilize social media websites. These are the definitive and comprehensive guides for progressives. Every week there will be a new guide published about how to more effectively use Reddit, Digg, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Other Sites, and on Advanced Strategies.

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Source: Net Collective

Twitter has rapidly become the leading way to exchange short messages online. Within the 140 character limit, people socialize, network and talk about anything they want.

Twitter has a very simple interface, but at the same time it can be effectively used for many different purposes.

That’s why it can be the perfect place to promote any kind of online business. Twitter is used by many online marketers to increase website traffic and sell products. Twitter can be very profitable, but you should stick to certain guidelines if you want to succeed.

We will now discuss a few helpful strategies so that you can get the most from your Twitter marketing efforts.

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Source: Google Webmaster Help

Q: I use the Google Toolbar to monitor PageRank. I read on the Internet that it gives old and quite unreliable data. Can I have reliable realtime PageRank information about the sites I administer? And how can I identify causes of a PageRank drop? silviot, Torino, Italy

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