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Affiliates – Expand Your Twitter Network with Google Follow Finder

We can’t really swear that Google Follow Finder will in fact expand your Twitter network. Actually, the jury is still out on this one, but the possibility is there.

Follow Finder is still in the experimental stage, but it is functional. Aaron Wise, who is Google’s Associate Product Manager, said, “If you see someone you want to follow, just click ‘Follow on Twitter,’ log in, and they’ll be added to your following list in Twitter. This integration is based on Twitter’s new @anywhere frameworks, which make it easy for any site to add Twitter functionality. We’re using the frameworks to provide dynamic information about Twitter accounts and one-click following.”

We had to wonder is this is new enabling technology for the creeps and stalkers that live on the Internet, but we were assured that isn’t the case.

The lists in Google Follow Finder are produced using public following and follower lists on Twitter: i.e., if a user follows CNN and Time, Follow Finder determines that most of those who follow CNN and Time also follow Newsweek, so Follow Finder will suggest Newsweek as a “Tweep you might like.”

The list of “Tweeps with similar followers” is a list of Twitter users with follower lists that is similar to yours.

Go try it for yourself. Go to Follow Finder and type in your Twitter user name to find a list of “Tweeps”.

We’ll be interested in knowing what you think of Follow Finder, so be sure to leave a comment.

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5 Comments

  1. I am fairly new to twitter and have been wandering how to attract the quality followers that are interested in what I have to offer, not those just interested in selling me something I am not interested in.
    This sounds like it maybe the solution.

    Darrel Wright

  2. That’s a really nice app, thanks for pointing it out!

  3. I just gave it a try and it did a pretty good job of finding people who are tweeting about what I’m interested in.

    Thanks for telling us about this new app.

  4. Darrell,

    The best way to find twitter peeps is to add the ones who resonate with you and they will most likely follow you back.

    A more time consuming option is to look on twellow.com, which is a Twitter directory. Create a profile in there and then you can do a very granular search by geographic region, interests, industries and other parameters.

    Thanks, Anik for the tip on Follow Finder. Will give it a try.

  5. Thanks for the message. If Tweeter can help me find people who needs the products on
    my Business, then I will like it.