Inside The Mind Of Timothy Allard http://www.timothyallard.com/blog And Some Stuff Outside Of It Too. Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:18:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en Twitter Search API And jSON Callbacks http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/26/twitter-search-api-and-json-callbacks/ http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/26/twitter-search-api-and-json-callbacks/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:06:15 +0000 Timothy Allard http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/?p=250 Over the weekend I integrated a Twitter Profile Search Tool in my blog using the Twitter API and the jSON callback functions. What it does, is let you search Twitter profiles right from my blog, and display their latest Tweets. I have full control over the number of tweets to display, the amount to show, and more. The Twitter API and jSON functions are very cool, and this is only the beginning to what can be done with it. I started with a search tool because it is a very practical thing to make. Let’s dissect it a bit to see how it was done.


First off, what is the Twitter API, and what can I do with it?
Well simply put, Twitter exposes some of its functionality via an Application Programming Interface (API). This allows us so to some cool things with it, like my Twitter Profile Search Tool.

Lets get dirty.
There are a few things that must be included to get this to function correctly. Here is a quick overview.

We need to have a search field and button to submit, lets use “user” as the search fields name.

We then need to place < ?php $user = $_GET['user']; ? > high up on our code. This will grab the variable $user to send through the API and jSON, giving us the profile we would like to search.

Inside the form action we need to do method=”GET” and action=”&user=”. This will add the variable user to the URL and encode it to manipulate the data.

Next we need to include an element with an ID called “twitter_update_list” I chose to use an Unordered List. jSON will look for this ID and know where to place the called data.

We are just about done, here is the last chunk of code.


< ?php echo " “; ? >

I converted the last javascript line to PHP because I wanted to make it dynamic. You see how there is “$user.json?” typicly in a static call, $user would be an actual profile name. But since I wanted to make it a dynamic call and enable the user to search for themselves, I added the profile name a variable.

The last part to this is to change count to the number you want to display. 20 = 20 Tweets.

The End Result:



Twitter Updates From:



    What Now?
    I have created a code document you can download right from here: Twitter Search Tool. It works right out of the box. Have fun with it and see what you can do to make Twitter a better application and micro-blogging tool.

    That’s about it. That’s the user profile search in a nutshell. Have any questions or suggestions? Let me know in the comments below.

    I may even port this out to make it an Adobe AIR app with some improvements.

    ]]>     http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/26/twitter-search-api-and-json-callbacks/feed/     Search Twitter Profiles From My Blog http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/26/search-twitter-profiles-from-my-blog/ http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/26/search-twitter-profiles-from-my-blog/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:37:28 +0000 Timothy Allard http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/?p=235 Use this Twitter profile search to pull in feeds from all of your friends. Type in the profile name you want to search then press the button.





    Twitter Updates From:


      ]]>       http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/26/search-twitter-profiles-from-my-blog/feed/       MyDentify Business Directory To Break 4 Million PVS For 2008 http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/23/mydentify-business-directory-to-break-4-million-pvs-for-2008/ http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/23/mydentify-business-directory-to-break-4-million-pvs-for-2008/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:52:29 +0000 Timothy Allard http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/?p=195 This is incredible. I just pulled up my stats for MyDentify Business Directory and I am at 3,780,049 page views for the year. My goal is so close I can feel it. I did a post about two years ago on Setting Goals for Web Traffic And AdSense, both short term and long term, and I have been right on track. My first big goal was to achieve 50,000 page views for the year back in 2006. It was tough that first year, but I did it. My goal after that was to double it, and I did, with 101,003 page views. My Next goal was to get 500,000 and boy was that tough. BUT I was able to even double that and for that year I reached 1,000,000 page views. Since last year and today, I have almost quadrupled in traffic. Which is so sweet. MyDentify has about 40,000 indexed pages of both static and dynamic content and my SERP results are great. People searching - Search Engines make up 74% of my traffic as of now, direct traffic is 14% and referring is 10% (I rounded the decimals). Read More…

      Recently I have been on a very positive upward traffic curve. I think it is a lot to do with some important modifications I have made, and am continuing to work on. Other things to look out for are some tools im programming to enable business and links to get better SERPS and monitor competition In 1 clean area. Cool!

      My other sites still need a lot of work,.. their more so content driven, as MyDentify is running itself (I need more of these) outside of me approving link submission.

      Something nice to sleep on. Im looking forward to what the weekend brings! AdSense has been down a little over the past few days, but the economy isnt helping those AdWords publishers one bit. >.<

      Do you have any feedback for making MyDentify Business Directory a better website? If so, Ill give you a featured link ($26.99 value) If it gets implemented. If it doesnt get implemented but you suggest anyway, I will still give you a free link byassing the payment.

      ]]>       http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/23/mydentify-business-directory-to-break-4-million-pvs-for-2008/feed/       Top Google AdSense Whores http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/23/top-adsense-whores/ http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/23/top-adsense-whores/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:20:44 +0000 Timothy Allard http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2007/06/16/top-adsense-whores/ AdSense is an amazing tool. If you play your cards right, you can have that your full time job, and just sit back and watch. There are some real “movers and shakers” if you will who simply make it great. AdSense takes quite a lot of work if your just starting out, especially if you don’t have an established website getting a lot of traffic. Don’t get me wrong, I use whores in the nicest way possible :) Here is a list of the Top AdSense earners.

      1: Markus Frind: PlentyOfFish.com - $300,000 per month
      PlentyOfFish.com is one of the most popular free dating websites in existence. It is simply an amazingly high traffic website, Markus is gettign about 500 million page views a month and an astonishing $10,000 a day with AdSense alone. Best part is its just Markus and his girlfriend running the website.

      2: Kevin Rose: Digg.com - $250,000 per month
      Kevin Rose, owner of Digg.com is a real cool guy. I personally am a huge fan of Digg, and participate faithfully. Started just a few years ago, Digg is a super duper traffic machine. Getting about 200 milion page views a month, Kevin Rose will rake in about $3,000,000 in ad revenue this year alone.

      3: Jeremy Schoemaker - $140,000 per month
      Jeremey Schoemaker aka ShoeMoney, is in my opinion a god of internet search engine marketing. He is a real AdSense and AdWords Guru and knows how to use both to make great profit.

      4: Jason Calacanis: Weblogs, Inc. - $120,000 per month
      Jason Calanis, founder of Weblogs Inc, sold his company to AOL for a nice $25 million. He makes about $4,000 a day with AdSense, who would complain!?

      5: David Miles Jr. & Kato Leonard - $100,000 per month
      Known for freeweblayouts.net, David and Kato crafted a great template site for the #1 social network MySpace.com.

      6: Tim Carter: AskTheBuilder.com - $30,000 per month
      Tim Carter has a real passion for building. So, being natural he founded AskTheBuilder.com. Making about $1,400 a day with AdSense.

      7: Joel Comm - $24,000 per month
      Joel Comm is your “get rich quick” sort of guy. He wrote the best selling e-book, What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense.

      8: Shawn Hogan – DigitalPoint.com $10,000 per month
      DigitalPoint is where I spend about 60% of my internet reading. The user base on digitalpoint forums are amazing, very helpful and great AdSense community. Without them I would not be doing this right now. Thanks guys!

      Do you make a lot with AdSense? Mind to share? we want to hear it! Post in the comments below to share your info.

      ]]>       http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/23/top-adsense-whores/feed/       Improvements To MyDentify Business Directory http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/18/improvements-to-mydentify-business-directory/ http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/2008/10/18/improvements-to-mydentify-business-directory/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:32:52 +0000 Timothy Allard http://www.timothyallard.com/blog/?p=193 This has been a busy weekend for MyDentify Business Directory. There have been many improvements on both the front and back ends. First off, Time for a background color change. Its now blue. Some other things most notably, is a quicker load time. I have made many modifications to improve a quicker connection to the rapidly growing database. Another load modification is how you search. Before, when searching for a keyword, it would list hundreds of results with no pagination. There is now pagination to keep load times nice and quick. It also is a much more fluid experience. Another slight modification to the visual look of the directory is alternating background colors on each link.

      From a category standpoint, the travel section has gotten an upgrade! We have added the following subcategories: Air Travel, Cruise Travel, Discounts And Coupons, Exotic Travel, Facts And General Info, Hotels And Accommodation, Limo Services, Rent A Car, Travel Agencys, Travel Guides, Travel Jobs, Win Vacations.

      Travel got some love, that should suffice for now!

      Do you have a suggestion for MyDentify? If so I would love to hear it. If it gets implemented you will receive some featured links. (worth a backlink and $23.99!) Send me your suggestions in the comments below. As the holiday season comes along. We will be doing some featured link giveaways as well.

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