Experts think search engines consider:

Kunal Singh Mon May 30, 2011 10:02 pm

*Presence of an avatar or portrait. Spam accounts often don't have one.

*Has the account been verified? Did the person confirm their email address? (People can't

see this, but Twitter has this information, and the search engines may be able to get it.)

*More followers.

*Quality followers. (This means people who follow someone for a good reason - NOT

purchased followers!)

*Ratio of following to followers.

*It may be better if the URL in someone's profile doesn't match domain they're tweeting

about, because then it's certain the person isn't engaging in self-promotion.

*Twitter handles that don't have numbers. (Many spam accounts on Twitter have user names

like Name8765.)

*A bio with complete information.