by Michelle Lentz

Twitter.com has updated the Replies tab to act more like the Replies in your third-party Twitter application. Oh, you’re using Twitter.com? Then you’ll like this.

The first thing to notice is that the tab no longer reads Replies, and instead is @UserName. Replies are now officially referred to as Mentions.

It now functions differently as well. Previously, only true replies would display in the tab, such as:

@writetechnology We liked your last blog post!

Now, all mentions of your user name (thus the official change to “Mentions”) will display in the tab, such as:

I enjoyed meeting @writetechnology at @tk09.

The above tweet would show up in @ tab for both me and the TK09 account. Previously, that would have displayed in Twhirl, and I assume Tweetdeck, but not actually in the Replies tab on Twitter. This is a pretty cool change, allowing you to better track whenever your user name is mentioned.

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by Michelle Lentz

I saw this over on TechCrunch, where Robin posted about it, and decided the word should be spread. Twitter has made a tiny UI change that makes a definite (and rather immediate) impact on your, um, Google juice. (As an aside, where on earth did that term originate?)

If you look at your profile page in Twitter, you’ll see that the title in the browser no longer reads Twitter / username. It now reads Your Name (username).  Title tags are Google-gimmes and Twitter has just done that for you.

Now, in Google, my Twitter page has never popped up on the front page. That’s all fine and good considering that my LinkedIn, my Wine Blog, and another Michelle Lentz (a rather talented artist) are all there. But now, immediately following my LinkedIn page, is the Twitter page. It’s also worth noting that my private (locked) Twitter account does not show up at all in Google, which makes me rather happy.

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Contact Michelle with news, stories, events, and more.
Email: michelle[at]writetech[dot]net
Twitter: @writetechnology, Friendfeed: michellel
Blogs: Write Technology, Wine-Girl.net