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How to stop Twitter from tracking you online

Twitter has a new feature out called 'Who to follow' basically helping you find people who you might want to follow on Twitter. This feature has been announced on a blog post and we have written about it as well. It is a very simple update and it works like this. The feature will track your movements all across the web and based on websites you visit. Suggested users will appear on your 'Who to follow' timeline. These websites and blogs must of-course have a Twitter button or a widget. These buttons and widgets can in turn send back information to Twitter and they are able to track which websites or blogs are receiving the most tweets or follows. This information is then passed down to Twitter users allowing them to find great Twitter accounts to follow. Read more about it in our previous post. if you would like to stop Twitter from following you this is what you need to do. How to stop turn-ff or disable Twitter from tracking me 1. login to twitter 2. Click on down-a...

Twitter: Who to follow

Image Credit: Twitter Twitter has another interesting innovation that they have launched. It is called 'Who to follow', this feature will have a specific page and can be used by new users who signup for the service as well as for seasoned users. Twitter's 'Who to follow' will be based on a couple of algorithms like geographic location of the user. Websites the user or his friends visit in the Twitter ecosystem.  as well as websites on the internet that have Twitter buttons or widgets. Information from these buttons can be used to determine which buttons and widgets are getting tweeted and followed a lot. These accounts that have been gaining a large number of followers in the last 10 days can be used as a suggested person or account to follow.  Another smart move by Twitter is the offering of 'Do not track'. With do not track turned off - you can be assured that Twitter will not be following your activity and everything gets turned off. This is one of the pr...