2009 Word of the year - Twitter

http://news.discovery.com/human/twitter-word-2009.html

http://www.popfi.com/2009/12/01/2009s-word-of-the-year-is-twitter/

I recieved an email yesterday informing me that the 2009 word of the year was Twitter. Twitter is a word that we have been hearing a lot about this year in class, on the radio, on tv, and through word of mouth. Twitter is a popular networking service that has taken off over the last year. Normal people, corporations, and celebrities have jumped on this technology in a very short period of time. Microsoft says that "Twitter" was among the top searches of 2009 on its new Bing search engine. Other words making the list of top Bing searches were "Stock Market", "Farrah Fawcett", and "Patrick Swayze". As for other top words of 2009, Twitter beat out other top words such as "Obama", "Stimulus", "Vampire", and "Deficit". I found this to be an interesting fact since I have been hearing about Twitter so much both in class and outside of class. I've seen advertisements from business to check them out on Twitter and I've heard about various celebrities using Twitter on a daily basis. This social networking site is not just used by regular consumers, but also by companies for advertising and marketing. This site, along with facebook and blogger, is a great way to reach out to potential customers in a new and interesting way. I just thought this was a fun fact to share about this incredibly popular site that we have been hearing so much about.