Twitter Places Launch Means Better Reach For Restaurants
June 16, 2010
Twitter announced on their blog Monday the advent of Twitter Places, an enhancement to their location-based tweeting service. The new feature will allow users to select not only the geographic location of their tweets but also specific sites, such as a local restaurant, sporting venue or other public places.
A user has to share their location with Twitter by clicking on the “Add Your Location” link below the message box at the top of their home page in Twitter. Once their city and state are shared, the user can identify their exact location by clicking upon the down arrow next to the city and state location. Here’s an example from the TwoTables twitter page:
The rollout also included integration with Gowalla and Foursquare so that now users of those services can associate a Twitter Place with check-ins that are tweeted. Twitter partnered with Localeze and TomTom to gather data for the new feature.
While it seems a bit erratic at times to add a new place or to search for a Twitter Place that is not originally listed, we’re confident that the talented folks at Twitter will iron out the kinks very soon.
Have you or your customers run Twitter Places through its paces yet? Let us know what you think by leaving a comment!