Twitter as SEO Ranking Tool

Over the past year the buzz over Twitter has hit an all time high. Everyone is using it so you’ve got to jump on the bandwagon too, right? I’m the first to openly mock posting what I’m eating for lunch or the traffic status of I45. But there can be a optimization angle for this that is attractive…

I’m all for using “grey hat” techniques to rank a site, and leveraging twitter links is one great approach for that. And in a nutshell, many SEOs have found links between tweeting links and improved rankings. Twitter should be considered a safe and efficient tool for adding another dimension to your link building efforts.

Here are a few great articles to jump start your learning:

  • Google & Bing Twitter Signals for SEO
  • ReadWriteWeb’s Twitter/SEO take
  • Tiger Woods Quits Golf Experiment
  • Now get out there and start tweeting!