Twitter has certainly become very popular this past little while and it seems like everybody is “tweeting” these days. We’ve already talked about using Twitter for business, but did you know that you can automatically post your Twitter updates (“tweets”) on your blog? It’s actually a very straightforward process.

First, you’ll want to go to the Twitter and log into your account. From there, you will be presented with the standard homepage containing all of the recent tweets from the people you are following. If you look over to the sidebar on the right, you’ll first see your name and avatar. Below this is a section called “currently”, which displays your most recent Twitter update.

Just below “currently”, you’ll see a text box that reads “Put your updates on your site!” Click on that. You will then be presented with a few options. If you want to integrate your Twitter updates onto your WordPress blog, select “Other”, which is the last option on the list.

You can choose between Flash or HTML/Javascript. Of the Flash options, there is a widget that shows just your updates and there is another option that shows the updates of all your friends. It’s up to you whether you want to use Flash or Javascript, but the Javascript option is probably more universally compatible.

For the HTML/Javascript option, you will be offered two areas of customization. First, you can adjust the number of updates shown. This can range from just your most recent Twitter update to showing 20 tweets. Second, you can change the title of the Twitter update section. From here, you just copy and paste the code into where you want your Twitter updates to be displayed. Most people will throw it into the sidebar some place. The text from the Twitter updates will automatically take on the CSS properties of your blog. You can see this in action over at Beyond the Rhetoric.

Happy tweeting!