Twitter feeds indexed by search engines
Posted on 03 June 2008 by Russ
Twitter is certainly a cool way to keep friends and family abreast on what you are doing. I have used it in the past and have started using it to keep folks up to date on RF Web Studio. I was looking for creative ways to show off my twitter feed. Among the best that I found were the Twitter application for Facebook and the Twitter Badge. There are some more useful Twitter tools at Quickonlinetips.com that Wordpress users may appreciate.
The biggest thing though that I have found is that Google and other search engines index your Twitter Feed. So using relevant key phrases in your Tweets is a good way to get some search engine exposure. Try searching for “Twitter ‘your name’ ” or “Twitter hillary clinton” in your favorite search engine. They are indexed in some way shape of form.
Is Twitter worth the time? I know I don’t wake up and think “hey let me go Tweet”, but I have added the Be Twittered Gadget to my iGoogle Home page, and that makes it pretty easy to add Tweets without interrupting my daily activities and getting too side tracked.
If you are thinking about using Twitter or want to know more about it, read up on Problogger. Of just sign up for a Twitter account and start Tweeting.
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Hi Russell,
Thanks for all of your helpful hints. Your articles are very simple, direct and easy to follow. I appreciate that immensely!!!This tech-world is a whole universe I have just begun to explore. You are a super pilot.
Amy : )
June 19th, 2008 at 5:06 am
Yep - I would agree with that.. Thanks for the line.
June 27th, 2008 at 1:08 am
I found your site on faves.com bookmarking site.. I like it ..gave it a fave for you..ill be checking back later
August 4th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I am with you, I think twitter can be leveraged for exposure on the web in the search engines. I don’t know if it is more effective than other techniques, but I would like to see someone just use twitter for a site for a while and see if they start picking up an steam in Google. If I only had the time
August 7th, 2008 at 1:14 am
Russell,
I am pretty new to twitter, but I heard that they are even using it for a political debate platform.
As far a SEO, if they are getting indexed, that is a cool thing. Can you link in your tweets?
August 9th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Thanks for the link to wordpress tools!
August 12th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I have been a member of twitter for over a year now, but did not find it that useful. I have only been suign it from time to time. But your article makes me think that it might be useful in some way…
August 12th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Nice news for Twitter:)
August 16th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Nice Site. I am new here but will be visiting more often as you have done a good job.
Thanks
August 17th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Twitter must be dancing
August 19th, 2008 at 6:37 am
It’s quiet old news now
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 am
What’s more, Twitter pages are not only indexed, they get quite a nice PR from Google as well (last time I checked mine had a PR6 actually). So it could get some Google juice easily.