Question

Can anyone suggest a reliable Twitter client for Google Talk? Tweet.IM is always going offline

Answer 1

You have various options - including

• Ping.fm

Ping.fm is a simple and FREE service that makes updating your social networks a snap! Supported interfaces: Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, Windows Live Messenger and standard e-mail

• filttr

There are times when you would like to cut out the chirping and just focus on what is important. Filttr makes it easy for you to do just that. our super intelligent birds understand what interests you, and only fetch you the tweets they think you’ll want to see. what's inside. Use our groups, custom keyphrases, priorities, source filtering to manage your Twitter stream. use our web interface, instant messaging bot

• Excla.im

Excla.im is a jabber bot that allows you to update your twitter status very simply. All you need to get started is a jabber account (google talk will work as well) and a twitter account. Log in with your google account to associate the tw

• Yakkle

Yakkle is a third party VoIP & IM client supporting Gtalk and twitter integration as where as desktop sharing capability

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• Twip.me

Twip.me allows you to receive all your friends’ updates and direct messages right in your IM window and you will also be able to send tweets or DMs. Twip.me currently works with Yahoo Messenger, Windows Messenger and Jabber/Gtalk.

Answer 2

You might have a look at digsby, whose private beta has added Twitter support.

Also FriendFeed over IM :

Read and share however you want — from your email, your phone or even from Facebook. Publish your FriendFeed to your website or blog, or to services you already use, like Twitter.

Answer 3

You can use http://sourceforge.net/projects/twitter-xmpp/ by simply adding twitter@devrandom.net to your buddy list and sending it the !help message.

Good luck

Answer 4

Add Twitter@Twitter.com to your buddy list in google talk.