I Overheard.it On Twitter Web Service

This is a guest post by Grand Effect Network blogger Corvida of SheGeeks.

I know you’d probably like to point out the dot that’s in the middle of "Overheard" and "it" in my headline. Too bad you can’t. However, you can head over to Overheard.it a web service that eavesdrops on Twitter.
     

A Sidebar Creative web service, Overheard.it gives you a space to post what you may have overheard somewhere and you’d like the world to know about. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be something you overheard directly on Twitter! Getting on the homepage of Overheard.it is pretty simple and easy to do in 3 steps:

1. Have a public (unprotected) Twitter account (don’t you always?)
2. Follow @overheard
3. Start a twitter message (tweet) with "OH:" or "overheard"

From there, the service uses Tweetscan and Terraminds, two of the most popular and efficient search engines for Twitter, to find your tweets and pull it into Overheard.it. According to the site:

If you’re not following Overheard on Twitter, it can take 10 to 15 minutes before the tweet gets included.

If you follow Overheard then the time to get included should be within 2 minutes.

So the sooner you follow, the sooner they can get your tweets. I’ve always personally wondered why people put "OH:" in front of their tweets. This could be the reason, though if it is, I wish they would’ve told me sooner!

Tags: Twitter, Twitter App