If you have a Twitter account, then you'd better take a minute to check your grade. You might be surprised by what you find. Here's a snapshot of the NextMark report card:
TWITTER.grader.com uses a proprietary algorithm to score and rank Twitter accounts on six weighted factors listed below:
- Number of followers: a non-discriminating count of how many followers you have (higher is better).
- Ranking of followers: the grades of those who follow you (higher is better).
- Number of Updates: within reason (more is better). Don't be a spammer!
- Recency of Updates: if your last tweet is recent, then you're doing good here.
- Follower/Following Ratio: this factor is more important in the early stages (higher is better). This becomes less important as your followers and engagement levels increase over time.
- Engagement Level: references and retweets from other users, combined with the ranking of those users.
NextMark ranks list managers in a similar fashion by using an algorithm to score and grade data card quality on thirteen attributes. Fortunately, the basics of these algorithms are revealed to help list managers and tweeters succeed. However, if you want to see the algorithm for Google search engine optimization (SEO) then good luck.
Click here to get your Twitter report card, and let us know your score (comment section below). Here's one final tip - follow Barack Obama on Twitter -- he might just follow you back and boost your Twitter grade!
Thank you so much! This is great information.
Posted by: Zorka Kovacevich | June 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Very cool roundup of social tools. I really appreciate it.
Posted by: Peggy McKee | July 26, 2009 at 05:45 PM