Twitter, the popular social messaging utility which recently experienced a massive increase in traffic due to publicity, is experiencing a very high bounce rate!

Bounce rate is a term common to those who blog. If you have a high bounce rate, it means that users only check a single page and their off to the next one which can suit their fancy.

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eBay bought StumbleUpon (SU) for $75-million last May 2007.

StumbleUpon is a social media site which allows you to share your favorite web pages to other people in the SU network. You can also discover random, new sites via “Stumbling.”

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Twitter has confirmed that it will be offering paid pro accounts in the future. The social messaging utility has definitely risen in popularity, not just to average everyday people, but to celebrities and major companies as well.

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WeFollow is dubbed as a user-powered Twitter directory. It puts you in your chosen category by tweeting “@wefollow #yourtag #yourtag #yourtag.”

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Shown above is the first ever production photo from the set of Iron Man 2, present in the photo is director Jon Favreau and cinematographer Matthew Libatique. Favreau posted this photo via his Twitter account. The set being constructed appears to be that of Tony Stark’s Malibu house. Twitter certainly has become a new way for celebrities to connect with their audience.

If you frequent Twitter, you’d notice the recent uproar of some users who rant about users who recently mass unfollowed other Twitter users. The most mentioned ones are Jason Calcanis (Founder of Weblogs, Inc., TechCrunch50 and Mahalo) and Joel Comm (Author of Twitter Power).

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