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Celebs have arrived in the world of twitter – you can’t turn on the TV or the radio without a journalist speaking about the latest post from Elijah Wood or Stephen Fry being stuck in a lift for instance – I’m so sick of it!!

Latest news on board: Erykah Badu Twittered the recent birth of her child. Ashton Kutcher sent a support “tweet” to Michael Phelps after his marijuana photo disaster.

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Britney Spears: @britneyspears

Pop star

62,049 followers

http://twitter.com/britneyspears

Recent tweet: “Hung out by the pool yesterday, checked out some sketches of costumes for the tour & rented Pride and Glory. The costumes are crazy! -Brit”

Lance Armstrong: @lancearmstrong

Cyclist

59, 875 followers

http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong

Recent tweet: “Good Morning. Today is world cancer day. Make it a good one.”

Elijahwood: @ Elijahwood

Actor

4200 followers

http://twitter.com/elijahwood

Recent tweet: “Listening to the fresh album and checking out YouTube for classic sly videos“

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I don’t really know if it is cool to know all these details…but it is actually worries me…sometimes…Was just randomly looking up my favorite Molly Jensen alias Demi Moore a couple of days ago and guess what – there are about 4 of them!! Let’s have a look at Angelina Jolie – 3 of them…

So which one is the right one? How can I be sure it is not a random hacker or spammer??

That got me thinking of how easy it is for someone to pretend to be a star or anyone. In Britney’s case, her real account was hacked and thanks to that her followers were being told all sorts of lies about her.

Thanks to hackers, these fans have been advised that Britney Spears has, ummm, undergone a rather radical transformation: “HI Yall! Brit Brit here, just wanted to update you all on the size of my vagina. Its about 4 feet wide with razor sharp teeth.”

Within seconds, the announcement had spread across the all world. Thousands of her fans learned about her alleged case of vagina dentata, as it disseminated across the web.

It wouldn’t have been the first time that Britney – or her PR people – made an unexpected disclosure via Twitter and surely not the last time Brit will be the victim of such a scam.

However, I just wanted to emphasize that this just ONE example among MANY others and demonstrates how the twitter madness around celebrities everyday.

The offending message has now obviously been removed from Spears’s Twitter account, and all seems back to normal. Following that, Twitter has posted phishing tips inside of their blog to help all users remain safe… but again be aware someone is surely spying you at any times! (Shall I remind you the sad story of the French user Marc L?)

Social Media as many people are aware plays such a huge part in PR, especially for online content and sites. Travel sites are’nt necessarliy updated as frequently as they should:

“On travel companies not reviewing Web 2.0/Social Media as part of a comprehensive Internet marketing and distribution strategy, together with website re-designs and optimisations, search marketing, email marketing, strategic linking, online sponsorships and display advertising: Many travel companies don’t have the resources or confidence to think holistically.” said Scott McNeely, Director of Consumer & Affiliate Web, Viator Inc. also recommends that travel suppliers should constantly update content.

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The need to keep up-to-date with social media and business is imperative to promote the brand as much as possible…SEO, SEM, link building, web design etc

The WebCertain International Search Summit event about Social Media and International opportunities will be held in London @ the British Library on 14th May 2009… Find out more

Techradar thinks that “Facebook has jumped the shark”

The Telegraph seems to publish about 5 Twitter stories a minute, which proves it is hot stuff (they have an editorial policy of making sure they are writing stories on the top Google searches, something they have been mocked for.

But, hey wait a minute – this providing what the reader wants rather than forcing upon us the biased views of the owner – right kids? And it was what we were doing years ago at www.ananova.com – before I’d heard of SEO)

However, at the moment at least the Telegraph list of the top 30 Twitter users is blank…tut tut.

Tech Digest doesn’t think Facebook will be around in five years

I don’t know, but I do know that Friends Reunited is but a distant memory…