Comments on: Using Twitter to create social media content that boosts SEO http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo with Alexandra Samuel Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: EJ Ellis http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-197006 EJ Ellis Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:59:52 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-197006 Well, I see both your points. However, I don't like looking at my Twitter stream and seeing a flood of auto-posts jamming up my feed--I prefer to "listen" in real time to the tweets of the people I find most compelling. As a matter of fact, just last week I began following an interesting tweeter on Tues, only to unfollow him on Fri night because his voluminous tweeting that clearly wasn't real time. He may have been moving himself up in the SEO world, but he lost my attention and lost the attention of anyone I might have influenced to widen his audience. I think there's some middle ground here with fewer, more carefully spread tweets. But whether to stand on that ground or not depends I guess on what your objectives are. For me, Twitter is a great listening/meeting/research tool. I just am not ready to part yet with these functions for the sake of search engine optimization. Well, I see both your points. However, I don’t like looking at my Twitter stream and seeing a flood of auto-posts jamming up my feed–I prefer to “listen” in real time to the tweets of the people I find most compelling.

As a matter of fact, just last week I began following an interesting tweeter on Tues, only to unfollow him on Fri night because his voluminous tweeting that clearly wasn’t real time. He may have been moving himself up in the SEO world, but he lost my attention and lost the attention of anyone I might have influenced to widen his audience.

I think there’s some middle ground here with fewer, more carefully spread tweets. But whether to stand on that ground or not depends I guess on what your objectives are. For me, Twitter is a great listening/meeting/research tool. I just am not ready to part yet with these functions for the sake of search engine optimization.

]]> By: EJ Ellis http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-198556 EJ Ellis Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:59:00 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-198556 Well, I see both your points. However, I don't like looking at my Twitter stream and seeing a flood of auto-posts jamming up my feed--I prefer to "listen" in real time to the tweets of the people I find most compelling. As a matter of fact, just last week I began following an interesting tweeter on Tues, only to unfollow him on Fri night because his voluminous tweeting that clearly wasn't real time. He may have been moving himself up in the SEO world, but he lost my attention and lost the attention of anyone I might have influenced to widen his audience. I think there's some middle ground here with fewer, more carefully spread tweets. But whether to stand on that ground or not depends I guess on what your objectives are. For me, Twitter is a great listening/meeting/research tool. I just am not ready to part yet with these functions for the sake of search engine optimization. Well, I see both your points. However, I don’t like looking at my Twitter stream and seeing a flood of auto-posts jamming up my feed–I prefer to “listen” in real time to the tweets of the people I find most compelling.

As a matter of fact, just last week I began following an interesting tweeter on Tues, only to unfollow him on Fri night because his voluminous tweeting that clearly wasn’t real time. He may have been moving himself up in the SEO world, but he lost my attention and lost the attention of anyone I might have influenced to widen his audience.

I think there’s some middle ground here with fewer, more carefully spread tweets. But whether to stand on that ground or not depends I guess on what your objectives are. For me, Twitter is a great listening/meeting/research tool. I just am not ready to part yet with these functions for the sake of search engine optimization.

]]> By: Joyce Anderson http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-190624 Joyce Anderson Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:21:44 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-190624 I'm new to the blogging stratosphere and was directed to your site by a link from the Harvard Business School. I'm delighted to be reading this particular blog and being a Newbie, Techno, FB, Twitter, Flickr potential participant, I await the accumulation of more stellar info from you! Many thanks! I’m new to the blogging stratosphere and was directed to your site by a link from the Harvard Business School. I’m delighted to be reading this particular blog and being a Newbie, Techno, FB, Twitter, Flickr potential participant, I await the accumulation of more stellar info from you! Many thanks!

]]> By: Joyce Anderson http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-198555 Joyce Anderson Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-198555 I'm new to the blogging stratosphere and was directed to your site by a link from the Harvard Business School. I'm delighted to be reading this particular blog and being a Newbie, Techno, FB, Twitter, Flickr potential participant, I await the accumulation of more stellar info from you! Many thanks! I’m new to the blogging stratosphere and was directed to your site by a link from the Harvard Business School. I’m delighted to be reading this particular blog and being a Newbie, Techno, FB, Twitter, Flickr potential participant, I await the accumulation of more stellar info from you! Many thanks!

]]> By: Lindiwe http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-190336 Lindiwe Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:26:05 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-190336 I also read this post because I subscribe to your blog. I actually had no idea that people feed rss direct into twitter, but I guess it doesn't really surprise me. It doesn't really bother me that people do it either, but I personally wouldn't tweet or re-tweet something that I hadn't already read. It's about standing behind your work (whether that work be either writing, researching, and/or reading). I also read this post because I subscribe to your blog. I actually had no idea that people feed rss direct into twitter, but I guess it doesn’t really surprise me. It doesn’t really bother me that people do it either, but I personally wouldn’t tweet or re-tweet something that I hadn’t already read. It’s about standing behind your work (whether that work be either writing, researching, and/or reading).

]]> By: Lindiwe http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-198554 Lindiwe Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-198554 I also read this post because I subscribe to your blog. I actually had no idea that people feed rss direct into twitter, but I guess it doesn't really surprise me. It doesn't really bother me that people do it either, but I personally wouldn't tweet or re-tweet something that I hadn't already read. It's about standing behind your work (whether that work be either writing, researching, and/or reading). I also read this post because I subscribe to your blog. I actually had no idea that people feed rss direct into twitter, but I guess it doesn’t really surprise me. It doesn’t really bother me that people do it either, but I personally wouldn’t tweet or re-tweet something that I hadn’t already read. It’s about standing behind your work (whether that work be either writing, researching, and/or reading).

]]> By: Nikki Benner http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-190149 Nikki Benner Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:20:26 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-190149 I was not led here by a twitterfeed tweet; I subscribed to your blog with Google Reader. But - social media to me is an extension of the "real" world in that your virtual relationships should be treated the same way you treat contacts in your offline networks. I'd never call or email my friends with automatic messages, so I don't believe social media should be automated in that way. I think it violates the basic tenants of the social part of social media. It is more work to send personally vetted recommendations, but I would stop following someone if all they tweeted were useless retweets and auto-generated content. I was not led here by a twitterfeed tweet; I subscribed to your blog with Google Reader. But – social media to me is an extension of the “real” world in that your virtual relationships should be treated the same way you treat contacts in your offline networks. I’d never call or email my friends with automatic messages, so I don’t believe social media should be automated in that way. I think it violates the basic tenants of the social part of social media. It is more work to send personally vetted recommendations, but I would stop following someone if all they tweeted were useless retweets and auto-generated content.

]]> By: Nikki Benner http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-198553 Nikki Benner Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:20:00 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-198553 I was not led here by a twitterfeed tweet; I subscribed to your blog with Google Reader. But - social media to me is an extension of the "real" world in that your virtual relationships should be treated the same way you treat contacts in your offline networks. I'd never call or email my friends with automatic messages, so I don't believe social media should be automated in that way. I think it violates the basic tenants of the social part of social media. It is more work to send personally vetted recommendations, but I would stop following someone if all they tweeted were useless retweets and auto-generated content. I was not led here by a twitterfeed tweet; I subscribed to your blog with Google Reader. But – social media to me is an extension of the “real” world in that your virtual relationships should be treated the same way you treat contacts in your offline networks. I’d never call or email my friends with automatic messages, so I don’t believe social media should be automated in that way. I think it violates the basic tenants of the social part of social media. It is more work to send personally vetted recommendations, but I would stop following someone if all they tweeted were useless retweets and auto-generated content.

]]> By: nearjones http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-190142 nearjones Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:50:38 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-190142 I have an ancillary question to yours: Is hiring ghost writers for your twitter account better or worse than setting up rss-to-tweets? I have an ancillary question to yours: Is hiring ghost writers for your twitter account better or worse than setting up rss-to-tweets?

]]> By: nearjones http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/toolbox/using-twitter-to-create-social-media-content-that-boosts-seo#comment-198552 nearjones Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:50:00 +0000 http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/?p=9400#comment-198552 I have an ancillary question to yours: Is hiring ghost writers for your twitter account better or worse than setting up rss-to-tweets? I have an ancillary question to yours: Is hiring ghost writers for your twitter account better or worse than setting up rss-to-tweets?

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