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Just a little quickie for Twitter Hacks readers: I whipped up 3 URL shortening domains using a script I found. I plan on doing some upgrades to it like adding stats and a few other things (api, etc.) but for now they work. Feel free to use them on Twitter or on your web sites!

tnurl.net
pkurl.net
wsurl.net

Happy Linking!

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Mashable breaks the news that Twitter has been banned by the United Arab Emirates. They ban pretty much everything eventually.

We apologize, the site you are attempting to visit has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates.

Kinda sad, I think.

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Twitter announced today New Replies Settings. The new setting will let you tweak how you want to handle @ replies. You have 3 options: All Replies, Replies from people I’m following and None. The best one here is All Replies. There have been many times when I’m following someone and want to @ reply to them but I know they won’t see it because in the past they only got messages from those they follow. This way if someone is directing a message at you, even if you don’t follow them, you can choose to see those messages. Very nice update guys.

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Twitter had a database restart today that caused some slow down. I can imagine with a database their size it could take a few minutes.

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My pal Matt suggests Is Twitter Down. The site gives you a simple yes or no if the Twitter service is down or not. I usually do that by going to Twitter, but hey ;)

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Having a SideKick has made it easy for me to do things on the go that I always wanted to. I’m a big book nerd and so is my wife so we try to save money anytime we can when buying books. So when we are out shopping at th bookstores I always like to see what Amazon is selling it for so I can decide if I want to buy it locally with my book club discount or with my Amazon Prime account (free shipping). I love supporting local bookstores but I spend a lot on books and I’m a big fan of Amazon as well. I saw a tweet today from Writers Write about a cool bot that I can see me using quite a bit. Amazon Search lets you lookup products from Amazon.com. This appeals to my inner book nerd as well as feeds my Twitter / Gadget need.

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You bet! Santa is keeping the “kids” update via Twitter. Pretty funny stuff and a great way to get visitors to his site. Santa’s got mad PR skills!

Get your deal on! Don’t miss out on any deals by following along via Twitter.

Shopping, My Coupons, Gorilla Shopper, Dell Outlet, Amazon Deals, Deal Twit, Black Friday, Deals and Woot

via Bloggers Blog

If you know of any more shoot them my way (hacks [at] twitterhacks.com)

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1. you’ve followed a large number of people in a short amount of time
2. there is a small number of followers compared to number of people you’re following
3. the updates consist mainly of links and not personal updates
4. a large number of users blocking the profile and writing in with spam complaints

Read the rest via Chris Garrett. I think he’s right in suggesting that #4 is the real kicker here. Almost everyone does most of these from time time and as Chris mentions many of the people he follows post copious amounts of links including some pretty big blogs who use Twitter to promote their blog/posts. More than a handful of people I follow do the same.

One thing I’d add to the thought process is the context of the messages and links. If they are obviously trying to sell a product or service, especially those considered spam (viagra, make money schemes, drugs, porn, etc.) your more likely to get banned. I think it’s a combination of the content and #3 and #4.

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