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The Top 10 Participants for The London Olympics 2012 on Twitter

Published: July 17th, 2012

As excitement levels in Great Britain rise another gear, I shall be giving a low down of my top 10 favourite participants in the 2012 London Olympics.

With the Olympics starting on 27th July and finishing on the 12th August, it will be fascinating to see how many followers each of the ten participants can generate while they are competing.

My Top 10 Athletes in The London Olympics 2012

10. Jessica Ennis

Just making the top ten, Jessica is a track and field specialist, in which she will be competing in the Heptathlon. Jessica is one of the favourites to achieve gold in this summers London Olympics.

Jessica has 184,453 of followers and you can follow her at @j_ennis

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The Future of TV and Social Media

Published: July 16th, 2012

As television becomes more digital, people do not simply consume content on different social platforms, they start sharing it. As television shows continue to release articles and reviews about the show, fans increasingly share interesting information about the show such as trailers and clips. Those shows that are therefore discussed via social networks such as Twitter and Facebook are more likely to have higher ratings than shows that are not.

It is no surprise that people are tweeting about TV shows and creating Facebook statuses about them, but data from Nielsen has produced the first reliable data set deducing the fact that there is actually a correlation between social noise and television ratings.

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Free Twitter Analytics Tools

Published: May 9th, 2012

In September 2011 Twitter announced they were launching Twitter Web Analytics to enable website owners to understand how much traffic their site receives from Twitter and the effect had of integrating Twitter within their site.

However, it is now May 2012 and the analytics still do not appear to have been fully rolled out which leaves some of us wondering what the best way might be to discover our Twitter analytics. I have put together a list of 5 free Twitter Analytics tools that I have used previously:

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The Top Sporting Clubs and Individuals on Twitter Part 2

Published: January 25th, 2012

Part 2 into my investigation of the top official sporting clubs and individuals on twitter, sees county cricket, basketball, ice hockey, speedway teams and snooker players given a low down.

Previously I had looked into the top official sporting clubs in Football, Rugby League, Rugby Union, whilst I’ve also done the top 5 ranking male and female players in Golf, Tennis and Formula 1 drivers. See here

Highest Ranking LV County Championship Cricket Teams On Twitter

Cricket Team Twitter Username No. of Followers Ranking
Durham @durhamcricket 4,864 4
Lancashire @LancsCCC 8,747 1
Middlesex @middlesexccc 1,370 9
Nottinghamshire @TrentBridge 4,710 5
Somerset @SomersetCCC 5,374 3
Surrey @surreycricket 7,371 2
Sussex @sussexccc 4,432 6
Warwickshire @cricketingbears 1,643 8
Worcestershire @worcsccc 2,442 7
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The Top Sporting Clubs and Individuals on Twitter

Published: December 28th, 2011

Have you ever wondered how many followers your team or favourite player has on Twitter? I’ve done a low down of all the top official sporting clubs in Football, Rugby League, Rugby Union, whilst I’ve also done the top 5 ranking male and female players in Golf, Tennis and Formula 1 drivers.

Premier League Football Teams On Twitter

Premier League Football Team Twitter Username No. of Followers Ranking
Arsenal @Arsenal 1,100,185 1
Aston Villa @avfcofficial 32,419 7
Blackburn Rovers @OneRovers 10,702 16
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