Comments on: Twitter is IM (and why the limit is 140 characters) http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/07/15/twitter-is-im-and-why-the-limit-is-140-characters/ Entrepreneur turned VC Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2514 By: Ronald Garner http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/07/15/twitter-is-im-and-why-the-limit-is-140-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Ronald Garner Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:13:03 +0000 http://bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=354#comment-415 Mark, Another consideration of the 140 character limit is for search engines. Note the descriptions in search results are typically about 140 characters, but if the description is longer it results in ellipsis.... Tweets avoid ellipsis and thus show up prominently is SERPs. You have only to Google you own name to see your description results. Add "Twitter" after your name and the ellipsis-free results rise to the top of the SERPs. I like your blog and will help bring it to the attention of others. RG Mark,

Another consideration of the 140 character limit is for search engines. Note the descriptions in search results are typically about 140 characters, but if the description is longer it results in ellipsis….

Tweets avoid ellipsis and thus show up prominently is SERPs. You have only to Google you own name to see your description results. Add “Twitter” after your name and the ellipsis-free results rise to the top of the SERPs.

I like your blog and will help bring it to the attention of others.

RG

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]]> By: Scott Shapiro http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/07/15/twitter-is-im-and-why-the-limit-is-140-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Scott Shapiro Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:12:33 +0000 http://bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=354#comment-413 I guess we weren't that advanced in using UNIX talk on Solaris in the UCSD computer lab in the early 2000's after all! It worked much better than the java-based AIM clone at the time and of course Meebo was years away. I guess we weren’t that advanced in using UNIX talk on Solaris in the UCSD computer lab in the early 2000′s after all! It worked much better than the java-based AIM clone at the time and of course Meebo was years away.

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