Twitter merupakan microblogging atau blog mini dimana pengguna bisa menuliskan sebuah status dalam 140 karakter. Layanan situs ini termasuk yang paling laris dipakai di internet bahkan perusahaan besar seperti Google juga mempergunakan layanan ini. Google mempergunakan Twitter untuk memberitahukan beragam update terkini layanan Google. Tapi ternyata tidak hanya satu buah akun saja yang dimiliki oleh Google melainkan lebih dari 40 buah akun.

Berikut ini daftar akun Twitter yang dimiliki Google diambil dari Google Blog:

• twitter.com/Google – our central account
• twitter.com/Blogger – for Blogger fans
• twitter.com/GoogleCalendar – user tips & updates
• twitter.com/GoogleImages – news, tips, tricks on our visual image search
• twitter.com/GoogleNews – latest headlines via Google News
• twitter.com/GoogleReader – from our feed reader team
• twitter.com/iGoogle – news & notes from Google’s personalized homepage
• twitter.com/GoogleStudents – news of interest to students using Google
• twitter.com/YouTube – for YouTube fans
• twitter.com/YouTubeES – en Espanol
• twitter.com/GoogleAtWork – solutions for IT and workplace productivity

Geo-related

• twitter.com/SketchUp – Google SketchUp news
• twitter.com/3DWH – SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse
• twitter.com/Modelyourtown – 3D modeling to build your favorite places
• twitter.com/EarthOutreach – Earth & Maps tools for nonprofits & orgs
• twitter.com/GoogleMaps – uses, tips, mashups
• twitter.com/GoogleSkyMap -Android app for the night sky

Ads-related

• twitter.com/AdSense – for online publishers
• twitter.com/AdWordsHelper – looking out for AdWords questions and tech issues
• twitter.com/AdWordsProSarah – Google Guide for AdWords Help Forum
• twitter.com/GoogleAnalytics – insights for website effectiveness
• twitter.com/GoogleAdBuilder – re building display ads
• twitter.com/GoogleRetail – for retail advertisers
• twitter.com/TechnologyUK – for U.K. tech advertisers
• twitter.com/InsideAdWordsDE – for German AdWords customers
• twitter.com/GoogleAgencyDE – for German ad agencies
• twitter.com/AdSensePT – info for Portuguese-language publishers
• twitter.com/AdWordsRussia – AdWords news & tips in Russian
• twitter.com/DentroDeAdWords – Spanish updates from the Inside AdWords blog
• twitter.com/AdWordsAPI – AdWords API tips

Developer & technical

• twitter.com/GoogleResearch – from our research scientists
• twitter.com/GoogleWMC – Google Webmaster Central
• twitter.com/GoogleCode – latest updates for Google developer products
• twitter.com/GoogleData – Data APIs provide a standard protocol for reading and writing web data
• twitter.com/app_engine – web apps run on Google infrastructure
• twitter.com/DataLiberation – our initiative for complete import/export of all data
• twitter.com/GoogleMapsAPI – about using Google Maps embedded in websites
• twitter.com/GoogleIO – Google’s largest annual developer event

Culture, People

• twitter.com/googletalks – notes from our @Google speaker series
• twitter.com/googlejobs – the voice of Google recruiters

Country or Region

• twitter.com/googlearabia – news from the Google Arabia Blog
• twitter.com/googledownunder – Google activities in Australia & New Zealand
• twitter.com/GoogleDE – Google in Germany
• twitter.com/GoogleLatAm – Latin America (en Espanol)
• twitter.com/GooglePolicyIt – Notes on Google policy issues in Italy

Cukup banyak bukan, sampai bingung akan follow yang mana. Mungkinkah suatu saat nanti Twitter akhirnya dimiliki oleh Google. Kita lihat saja nanti perkembangannya. Blog ini juga mempunyai Twitter tapi hanya  satu akun yaitu twitter.com/darmawanku.

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