Google's Twitter Algorithm
How will Google incorporate live twitter updates into their search algorithm?
News recently came out that Google and Bing will be featuring live twitter updates into their search results. The big question here for SEO’s is how they will incorporate twitter into their algorithms. In order to shed some light on the potential of Google’s Twitter Algorithm, I’ve looked at how different Twitter grader algorithms work and any additions to these that we might see go live.
One of the more popular site’s out there that will rank your Twitter profile is the Twitter Grader by the guys over at Hubspot. Now while I wouldn’t suggest you optimize your Twitter profile for this tool, it is still useful for gauging success. Over on their blog, Hubspot details what factors are part of their Twitter Grader’s algorithm. Here’s a list of potential factors in the Google Twitter Algorithm: