Meerkat Alexandr Orlov: more influential than Boris Johnson, John Prescott and Hillary Clinton.

Financial Services

Ed Kemp

May 06, 2009

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Meerkat Alexandr Orlov: more influential than Boris Johnson, John Prescott and Hillary Clinton.

LONDON - Comparethemarket.com's comedy brand mascot Alexandr Orlov is a more influential micro-blogger on Twitter than London Mayor Boris Johnson, John Prescott and Hillary Clinton.

The JCPR Twitter Index launched today calculates Twitterers influence rather than number of followers.

Orlov is the world 113^th most influential micro-blogger leaving Clinton (116^th), Johnson (127^th), John Prescott (165^th), John McCain (177^th) and Joe Biden (188^th) in his wake.

The most influential micro-blogger is Jonathan Ross followed by Perez Hilton, Stephen Fry, Ashton Kutcher, Graham Linehan, Demi Moore, CNN, Lance Armstrong, New York Times and Will Wheaton.

Sadly - and surprisingly - Marketing has been edged out.

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Nor was there a place for our recently launched Marketing Industry Triathlon blog, which is keeping our entrants to the 2009 event up to speed with the developments.

To view the methodology used to create the JCPR Twitter Index, visit: .

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