Twitter is not just 'en vogue'...it is a powerful microblogging platform and engagement tool.

The reason for this post is due to an interesting conversation which took place today in which tweets were under direct attack as being just some miscelaneous recreational undertaking. Sorry but for those of us who use twitter on an almost daily basis understand its true importance and impact in helping us communicate, network, and become informed. For some, twitter is just the new kid on the block and for others it is an essential component of creating a strong online presence.

Here are two good sights full of statistics to share and help you make the most of those "So what?" conversations.

50 twitter goodies

The Ultimate List: 100+ twitter stats

RESTON, VA, July 13, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In June 2010, Americans conducted 16.4 billion core searches, up 3 percent vs. May.

Here are some additional highlights of the report:

Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in June with 62.6 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (up 0.6 percentage points to 18.9 percent), and Microsoft Sites (up 0.6 percentage points to 12.7 percent).

Americans conducted 16.4 billion searches in June, up 3 percent from May. Google Sites accounted for 10.3 billion searches (up 1 percent), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 3.1 billion (up 7 percent), Microsoft Sites with 2.1 billion (up 8 percent), Ask Network with 584 million (up 1 percent), and AOL LLC with 368 million (up 2 percent).

For the full search enginge rankings report.

Source: (comScore)