Those of you who keep track of search trends, patterns, keyword volume, and search origins should love Google Insights. Insights is a tool that was released by Google which allows you to tap into the data behind the searches people are making across the globe. You can use this tool to figure out search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames. Bloggers can use this tool to figure out what people are searching for and then provide that content on their blog. For the purpose of this overview, I'm going to be using the search terms: icons, blogging, wordpress, and monetization.

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Intro:

The Mattinator is a nifty little web service which gives Twitter users a way to manage multiple twitter accounts. Unlike using Twitter directly where you would normally have to log in to each account separately to post a message, this web service gives you the interface to choose which Twitter account the message will be posted from.

The design of the website is pretty interesting in and of itself. It looks like something out of a cartoon dealing with spaceships and aliens. However, they have at least made the aliens highlight specific areas of the site and some of them are even helpful. Just don't tick that monster off with three heads and razor sharp teeth.

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