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The Daily Tweet is a useful way to discover and track Twitter trends. Use it to find tweets, news and other interesting information related to what people are talking and tweeting about across the 'Twittersphere'.
Twitter Trends
Twitter trending topics are items that have been identified as being highly popular or recently active. Such topics usually indicate what the 'Twitterati' are talking / buzzing about and often reflect what is happening in the world. The Daily Tweet tracks three sets of Twitter trends to provide rich and comprehensive trend coverage.
currently
Diplays the current top 10 trending topics on Twitter.
24 Hours
Displays an approximation of the top 20 trending topics for the last 24 hours.
48 Hours
Displays an approximation of the top 30 trending topics for the last 48 hours.
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The Daily Tweet is powered by a range of key sources to provide a comprehensive 'snap shot' of information related to a trend or search query. Portions are powered by Twitter, Google Blog Search, Bing, Yahoo!, YouTube, Wikipedia, Tweetmeme, Friendfeed and Topix.
Twitter
Twitter is a highly popular 'micro-blogging' service that allows users to post text updates (up to 140 characters in length) via sms, instant messaging and the web. As Twitter has grown it has become the 'pulse of the web' offering an incredible new source of fresh real-time information.
What is a tweet?
A tweet is the name for a Twitter text update. As users post updates they 'tweet'.
What are @replies?
@replies are tweets made with reference to a particular Twitter user. The most common use is for replying to tweets. Example: @joebloggs I love starbucks too!
What are hashtags?
Hashtags are a way twitter users 'tag' tweets to provide extra contextual information - much like tagging photos or images. Example: A tweet with the hashtag #apple is likely to be related to the company Apple, Inc.
