TwitterHawk name changed to TwitHawk

There’s been a few big updates recently (check the changelog), but none as big as this.

As part of a list of requests directly from Twitter, the name of the site needed to change from TwitterHawk to TwitHawk.
All accounts will continue to function as normal, and all pages at twitterhawk.com will redirect to the equivalent page on twithawk.com.

There will be a bit of a delay though in changing over the email accounts to @twithawk, so for now any emails should be sent to the @twitterhawk.com accounts (when the email changes come through, any mail to the old domain will be redirected to the new domain)i

TwitterHawk now integrates with Google Analytics

While the internal link tracking on Twitterhawk shows you how many links have been sent out, and how many times they’ve been clicked (to give rise to your CPC), any links you shorten via Twitterhawk for your replies will now also have a few additional parameters added to them to allow you to track the campaign through your Google Analytics account

This will be in effect only for new links and when you check the box below the link field, if you want to take advantage of this new feature, you will need to replace your link with the new version

Search builder updated

The ability to choose a timeframe you want the tweets to be found in has been removed from the search builder.
This is due to there being more confusion over the functionality than anything else, and it caused more issues than provided benefit to campaigns.
Additionally, in the near future we are planning to potentially use the time frame to help improve your searching process in a ‘behind the scenes’ manner, to ensure you and your followers get the smoothest experience.

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More advanced statistics for Twitterhawk users

The “link stats” tab on the account page has now been replaced with a “campaign statistics” tab, this still contains the link stats information as it did before but there is now another added feature to keep an eye on your usage.

Below is an example of the new graph showing how many tweets you have sent on any given day, even tracking retrospectively right back to when you first signed up and started using the app.

You can choose to zoom in and out to different date ranges (see top left) to see more or less detail, the bottom section highlighting the date range you are currently viewing.

TwitterHawk referral system released

It’s been a long time coming, and requested by a lot of users, and it’s finally ready for public release.

The TwitterHawk referral system.

Now you can earn free credits, simply by referring other people to sign up to the site and purchase credits. Each time someone that you referred purchases credits, you will also get 25% of the amount of credits they purchased, including any bonus credits. (the % may drop off to a lower amount later, so get in now while it’s a generous 25%!)

What’s more, it’s not a one off, each and every time your referred users purchase credits, you get the freebies!

To refer users, all you need to do is grab your referral link from http://www.twitterhawk.com/free_credits and start spreading the TwitterHawk love.

TwitterHawk now uses oAuth

A lot of people have requested this in the past, and it’s finally here.

oAuth twitter authentication, no more passwords requried.

All new accounts created will be created using oAuth, and all existing users will be pushed over to oAuth when they attempt to view their account details or update their TwitterHawk Noise Ratio (which as a side note, is also fixed up now).

So if you haven’t already, I urge you to update each of your accounts to use oAuth, just head to your dashboard and click through to your account. When you do, you’ll get a popup requesting that you connect via twitter, when you click on the button you will be taken to Twitter to authenticate you (please make sure that you login with the correct account at Twitter). When you come back, you’ll jump straight back into your account page. It’s that easy.

NB Which ever account you login with when you are directed to Twitter, that is the account that will be updated / created at Twitterhawk.

Users can now turn off email notifications

Originally, this was not an option, as it was decided that all users should be told when new matches are found for them to confirm.

As I’ve received a few requests for this as the site gets more and more widespread, it made sense to listen to the masses.

Si, due to popular demand, you can now turn off email notifications when new matches are found. To do this, from your dashboard, click on the ‘edit global settings’ ink (top right of your stats bar), and select ‘No’ to the option ‘Receive emails’.

Scheduled maintenance July 26.

TwitterHawk will be down for a 1 hour window for maintenance, on Sunday, July 26th 2009 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM PT

To see when this maintenance window will occur in a different timezone please click here: http://mediatemple.net/go/date/0907261800

Twitpocalypse bug fixed - Duplicate search results

A remnant bug from the twitpocalypse has been found in the TwitterHawk system that was the cause of a lot of people mentioning that they were getting duplicate results for their searches, even when they removed them they seemed to be reappearing.

This issue has now been resolved, although the effects may still be felt for a day or two as the existing matches are replied to or removed.

Apologies for any inconveniences caused.

Blog upgraded

Keeping in line with noting any changes to the site, this is a quick post just to note that the blog has been upgraded to the most recent version of WordPress (v2.8)

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