Just a moment ago we’ve experienced some downtime. We’ve been investigating the problem and the hostingprovider was under a DOS attack. At the moment al systems are running again and it looks everything is stable. In the coming hours we’ll monitor our servers closely.

Please let us know if you’re experiencing problems.

Almost a week ago we’ve implemented Tweetburner accounts and the FriendFeed integration.

Shortly after launching the updates we’ve experienced performance issues. A lot of our users took the time to respond on Twitter and leave us feedback. We are thankful for all the feedback and we’ve done our best to respond to all messages. Currently the performance issues are solved and we’re now working on usability updates.

From our own observations and the user feedback we’ve compiled a small list with updates for the bookmarklet. The updates to the bookmarklet will be made in the near future.

We hope you like the new features as much as we do. If you’re a FriendFeed user, add us :-).

Feel free to send us your suggestions, questions and problems!

We’re happy to announce that your personal Tweetburner account and FriendFeed integration is now available!

Tweetburner accounts
We now provide our own accounts. This means that from now on, you will have to sign in with your Tweetburner account credentials. If you have an existing account, it will be migrated on your next log in. Don’t worry about your account name, it will be preserved and migrated.

Besides technical advantages we now have a basis we can use to integrate more social networks and other cool features in the future.

Posting to FriendFeed
You can now use Tweetburner to share and track your links on FriendFeed. To post to FriendFeed you will need your Remote Key. This is used to allow us to post your content via the FriendFeed API.

New bookmarklet
Both the new functions are accessible from the bookmarklet. We took the opportunity to make some improvements too. We’ve blogged about the bookmarklet changes before, but since we’re launching Tweetburner accounts it has some additions.

The bookmarklet allows you to log in to Tweetburner. If you’re logged on to the website it will automatically use that account for the bookmarklet too. The bookmarklet will use the Twitter and FriendFeed accounts associated to your Tweetburner account to post the link to. If you don’t want to store your account credentials in Tweetburner you will be able to give your account info manually.

Note: to use the new bookmarklet, remove the old link in your bookmark bar and drag this link onto it.

Like most of our users know, you can find us on Twitter. From this moment you can find us on FriendFeed too! While we complete the last tasks before we go live with the new features, take a minute and add us.

The very last changes to FriendFeed integration and Tweetburner accounts are being made. We’ll keep you informed on the progress.

Yesterday Bob Walsh posted an article on CNET Webware about Tweetburner. It describes the essential functions of Tweetburner and how it can be used. Getting coverage from such a website is a big complement to our work.

After the article was published Twitter showed it’s muscles again. The word was spreading and our servers were getting busy, to say, a bit too busy. The service experiencend slow downs within the first two hours after publication of the article. Solving these performance issues is our first priority after finishing Tweetburner accounts and FriendFeed integration (more information on the later today).

Thanks Bob for publishing the article, we really appreciate it and look forward to your experiences with Tweetburner! This applies to all our users, we like to know what you think about Tweetburner!

Here is a short update on the FriendFeed integration that’s coming next week.

As we announced yesterday, the integration is pending on the realisation of Tweetburner user accounts. Tweetburner was created around Twitter and their API, therefore it’s difficult to provide good statistics for FriendFeed links in a user friendly way.

Our beta tests are proofing FriendFeed is ready to go live. It allows you to post a Twurl to FriendFeed and track the statistics for that Twurl. The link will show up on your personalized statistics page. Currently it shows up like all other Twitter links you’ve shared. In the near future you will be able to separate the traffic to the Twurl and see the traffic details for FriendFeed and Twitter separated.

More detailed information on the FriendFeed integration will be available next week. Feel free to contact us if you have questions.

In the past days we’ve been working on user accounts for Tweetburner. With the FriendFeed integration coming up, there are some technical improvements we need to make so everything will work fine.

Why Tweetburner user accounts all suddenly?
Introducing our own user accounts is something that has been on the roadmap for quite some time. As it’s a big update we first want to focus on integrating more webservices to make Tweetburner more relevant. While we were investigating some bugs found in the FriendFeed integration, we saw that introducing user accounts was necessary to solve the bugs.

Until the day we introduce Tweetburner accounts, the service will rely strongly on Twitter. This means that our scripts use Twitter to track links. Technically there will be changes, but the experience for our users will remain the same.

Next week the changes will be ready. We’ll keep you informed through our blog. If you have question, please feel free and let us know!

Today Miles Baker posted a video about his experience with Tweetburner. He shows how Tweetburner is helping him to track the links he shares on Twitter.

Thanks Miles for putting this video online. We hope you keep enjoying the service!

If you’re reading this and also created a video about Tweetburner, please let us know and it will be posted to our blog!

This morning we’ve reached a big milestone for Tweetburner. The one millionth Twurl has been generated!

At 06:08:20 this morning this Twurl has been generated: http://twurl.nl/v8uw2t

We’re very excited about this! Thanks for using Tweetburner and the continuous support.

It’s been a few days since we’ve first announced that we will start integrating FriendFeed into Tweetburner. The features have been developed and tested. There are a few little bugs left before we can put the new version live.

There have been several changes to the bookmarklet. Above we see the old bookmarklet (on the left) and the new bookmarklet (on the right). Let’s take closer look to the new bookmarklet.

We’ve tried to apply a cleaner and better design. On the bottom of the bookmarklet you notice the two login features for Twitter and FriendFeed. For Twitter you use your login credentials just as in the old bookmarklet. For FriendFeed you’ll need your remote key. To post to the services you check the box in front of the input boxes. If you want your login info to be remembered, check remember on the right.

As soon as we get the last bugs out, we will launch the FriendFeed integration. As always, we’d like to know what you think!