WordPress Wednesdays: Twitter Blog Updates?
Posted on December 3rd, 2008
Twitter has been called a microblogging platform, because it gives users the opportunity to go through a similar process as publishing a blog post, but for items that may not warrant a blog post of their own. For example, you may find an interesting link on the Internet and you want to share this with your readership, but it’s not noteworthy enough to dedicate an entire blog post to it.
As I’m sure you already know, it is very much possible to integrate your blog with your Twitter account (and vice versa). For example, there are several WordPress solutions out there that will automatically send out a “tweet” each time you publish a new blog post. On the flip side, you can install a small piece of code on your blog that is automatically updated with each of your Twitter tweets.
For this second scenario, there are generally two schools of thought. Here on the BlueFur blog, you may notice the Twitter widget in the sidebar, reminding readers of the BlueFur blog that we also have a Twitter account. People can click on that widget and follow @bluefur should they choose to do so. On Beyond the Rhetoric, however, you’ll find that the three latest Twitter updates are displayed in the sidebar.
Naturally, there are pros and cons to both approaches. The icon-only approach serves as a reminder of a Twitter account without taking up too much room, whereas the constantly updated list of Twitter updates is more comprehensive, but could also be seen as more intrusive (and possibly a waste of valuable space).
What’s your take? If you have both a blog and a Twitter account, how far do you go with integrating the two?
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I have tried using twitter numerous times, but i have never gotten into it for an extended period of time. I don’t like it personally. Can’t really tell you why I don’t. It just hasn’t grown on me yet.
Do you use a gui like twirl?