I have been using Twitter for about two weeks now. Twitter explains there site as; “Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?” This site like MySpace and Facebook are part of this social networking arena.

   Now I have a myspace account and am being pressured to create a Facebook account as well. I also have a Linkedin account. I cannot speak on Facebook yet but of the services I participate I find Twitter to be the most compelling. Much like receiving an email on the blackberry you feel almost guilty if you do not respond. It amazing how these technologies that once did not exist now shape our behaviour. I think I favor Twitter because it is simple and very viral. I also prefer it because it integrates well with my Wordpress blog, www.faslip.com .

   Twitter also has allowed me to meet people that share similar interest and who have already helped me to gain new knowledge. Considering the service is free , and the time I did not have to spend trying to learn the same points, the service has returned value many times over. I must point out, I am not a texting nut or addicted to IM. In fact, I have often avoid these services as I would rather speak to someone directly because it is more personal. But Twitter has captured me at this time as a long term user.

   In summary if you run a Wordpress log get the tools to integrate your Wordpress Blog with Twitter. Just google Twitter Wordpress plugins. At minimum get a plugin that tweets your blog posts and one that posts your tweets on your blog. This should help with creating material on your site for the search engines to index and hopefully drive organic traffic to your blog.

~ Matt