It’s Twitter day at Microsoft, apparently. Not only did the software giant announce that it would start adding tweets to its Bing search results, the company actually started officially using Twitter today.
To be clear, Microsoft had a rather large presence on Twitter before through its various departments/products/services, but now it’s using the main /microsoft account to tweet. The account is being run by its corporate communications team, consisting of four people. So far there have been only 2 tweets and the account only has about 1,000 people following it. That should change, fast.
So what was its first tweet? “Anyone can make games now, Kodu is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace http://bit.ly/3wlWKo #microsoft #xboxlive #kodu” Like any good Twitter user, Microsoft has self-promotion down cold. But that’s not nearly as slick as Google’s first tweet back in February.
There’s probably not much to read into Microsoft’s love-fest with Twitter today, but you never know. After all, rivals have been snooping around, flirting with the service.
That is cool. If it was actually Bill, Steve or Ray it would be much better.
Yes. It should be coming from a person — even a minor employee designated as the rep — not the corporation.
Good move by Microsoft. Would like MG to write his next post on Kodu. I want to know more about it.
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Great. Wonder if we will follow each other?
welcome to twitter (officially) M$!
But will it require an IE download?
Ok MG please do not make M$/Bing your newest company/product to receive several fan boy posts a day…
3 M$ stories from you today alone… Way to stay focused champ!!!!
Let’s be honest, is it news that A COMPANY STARTED USING TWITTER TODAY!!!! ?
Oh wait what’s this the company has already been using twitter you say?
So your big news is that the main company is using twitter and not just the product divisions.
PLEASE STOP posting about companies twittering, it happens allot, and everyday hundreds maybe even thousands of companies jump on board… This is NOT news.
Microsoft isn’t just some run of the mill company.
that’s what i was thinking when I was reading the comment. M$ on Twitter using its own name straight (no chaser) is news.
Its like a M$ employee with an iPhone connected up to a MAC in his corner office at work twitter.com/microsoft??? priceless
It’s not news that a company is using twitter… It’s even less news when you see that the company has had a facebook presence for some time, just not @microsoft as MG points out they have been using twitter for a while now: http://on10.net...itter-Accounts/
So where is the news?
should read “has had a twitter presence”… I guess I like MG also push the post button before looking over what I write
Wow, is it me, or is everyone jumping on the let’s-put-a-dollar-sign-on-MS-because-it’s-clever bandwagon? 1999 was 10 years ago. Let it go.
First of all I can legitimately be called biased, however, Microsoft is solid company, consistently generates excellent financials, has tons of talent and is not afraid to invest, bet big and learn from failures.
For those who have jumped on the “bash Microsoft” bandwagon in the past (cause, in your mind, it gave you something you thought added to a conversation) . . . be honest with yourself and your friends when you begin to change your mind.
And your mind will be changed, whether you admit it or not.
So you fancy yourself a tech savvy individual, and you are not following Microsoft on Twitter . . . I suggest making Microsoft your next “follow” and keeping tabs on their contributions to innovation.
Microsoft abused its monopoly for many years, and continues to do so with OEM pricing, so you’ll forgive people for not being so quick to forgive.
great….
Yes, Welcome Microsoft…..Didn’t take ya that long I guess……………
wont be interested in bing, unless MS can create more useful and innovatory products to drive my interesting.
but maybe still try a follow,see what will happen in that place,
Does every company have to be on Twitter these days? What’s Microsoft going to use this for?
M$ on twitter is great for self promotion, I created a twit account for a website I run, and in the first week saw a 3% increase in traffic from twitter. Twitter is a great way to promote your site or product offerings and for free at the moment.
Shouldn’t they have a verified account ? I’m sure it’s on the way, just thought they’d already have that sorted.
Yes. How do we know it’s really Microsoft?
Looking forward to the next successful twitter campaign after Dell promotion!
Yes, we just got the previously squatter inhabited “@symantec” account today, having worked with Twitter for months on the issue. http://twitter....atus/2426802813
I agree with Kevin, this would be much cooler if it was Gates or any of the others on the top of the mountain.
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Don’t they need verified a/c ?
Well, as of now, MS has a third tweet – USA Today on Bing v Google ‘For a search that sings you may want to Bing it.’ So now 2/3 of the MS tweets are dedicated to Bing. This is a smart MS move: it puts a human face (actually four) on the giant. Maybe MS will be using Twitter to get Bing socialized, monitor Bing reputation, and even field some open questions about Bing from its users.
Just now am i following @google >.<
@microsoft will be interesting to watch. okay ill stop using twitter lingo….
I heard that Coca Cola and Pepsi actually tweeted each other. I think one even followed the other although I am not sure which is following which.
I wonder when Audi and BMW will go at it on twitter like they do billboards?
They’ve now changed their background, which has 4 pics and account names (twitter) of the corporate communications team (i’m assuming..)
But I think Microsoft has t improve in it’s spellings and sentence formation as I could see many mistakes in their updates
don know who is inchrge of should be sent to a english class rght now
This post is hilarious regardless of whether it was serious or sarcastic. Well done.
Good grief. Microsoft just GO AWAY!
If microsoft wants to be taken seriously, they need to fix all of their buggy ridden programs.
Eh… If you consider their products so greatly sub-par, just don’t use them. Microsoft is as important in this free market as Apple or Google or any other big shot company out there. Without them, other companies wouldn’t have as much incentive to innovate to gain that competitive edge.
What about http://twitter....real_microsoft?
You’re telling me that the “real_” is not actually truth?
I thought Microsoft was getting “nicer” by retweetting every message with the #Microsoft tag, even if it’s a negative comment. Go ahead, try it!
Ouch! Bing that Google!
Good move by Microsoft, but are they following google ?
That will be very interesting!
MS @google: i’m here now!
google @MS: what’s going on there? what about Bing?
Good grief. Microsoft just GO AWAY!
Go away? That’s nuts. They make some good developer products.
I see them going the way the rest of the old software-as-a-product companies did by giving away their products (like Eclipse) and make their money selling services and add-ons.
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