A: TweetVolume is a fun and free interactive Web analytics tool.
Q: What does TweetVolume do?
A: TweetVolume allows users to submit up to three words or phrases to search how often they appear on Twitter, the popular social networking Web site. TweetVolume enables visitors, specifically frequent Twitters users and those interested in measuring social networking data, to see and learn how people are communicating. The information can be used to measure popular words and phrases, which in turn, can help identify popular brands, issues and themes.
Q: What is the time frame of the measured results?
A: TweetVolume users have the ability to choose which time frame to search for, including: Anytime (from the launch in March 2001 to present), Past Day, Past Week and Past Year.
Q: What is the history of TweetVolume?
A: TweetVolume was developed by Wowza, Inc., a Minneapolis-based word of mouth marketing consulting firm, and went live on May 23, 2007. The concept of TweetVolume originated when brainstorming new ways to use Twitter's open API. Since it's launch, TweetVolume has rapidly spread throughout the Internet and is reported on by bloggers nationally and internationally.
Q: How are the results measured?
A: The TweetVolume results are an estimated count of the number of times a word or phrase has appeared in a Twitter post. We generate the estimates by utilizing resources from Google's search engine and Twitter's open API to capture and compare data points.
Q: How can I share my results?
A: If you would like to share your search term results with others, simply enter the email address of the person you wish to send to and click the Share this stuff! button. You can also copy and paste the results page link as well.
