{"id":511,"date":"2008-05-15T12:14:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T16:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordwebdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/15\/twitter-your-way-to-more-traffic\/"},"modified":"2008-05-21T06:13:25","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T11:13:25","slug":"twitter-your-way-to-more-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/05\/15\/twitter-your-way-to-more-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Your Way to More Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are not using Twitter you may want to strongly consider giving it a whirl. My Twitter site is http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mccordweb<\/a><\/p>\n

I have been having fun with Twitter for about the last 30 days. I went from posting all the time to posting every day or so and include interesting links in my posts.<\/p>\n

Twitter is like a mini-blog. I like it, it is easy to use, and I am using it to keep on top of the NOW news on the Web. I have found more really cool applications using Twitter and links from other peoples Tweets than taking the time to read a full blog.<\/p>\n

What I like is also the ability to subscribe to Twitter Feeds of others in my industry and real celebrities in my industry as well like Matt Cutts (Google engineer) and Danny Sullivan (SEO guru). I find it hugely interesting to see what they are watching and even seeing their mundane day Tweets as well.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for a bit of fun, check out Twitter, you may become addicted too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are not using Twitter you may want to strongly consider giving it a whirl. My Twitter site is http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mccordweb I have been having fun with Twitter for about the last 30 days. I went from posting all the time to posting every day or so and include interesting links in my posts. Twitter is like a mini-blog. I like it, it is easy to use, and I am using it to keep on top of the NOW news on the Web. I have found more really cool applications using Twitter and links from other peoples Tweets than taking the time to read a full blog. What I like is also the ability to subscribe to Twitter Feeds of others in my industry and real celebrities in my industry as well like Matt Cutts (Google engineer) and Danny Sullivan (SEO guru). I find it hugely interesting to see what they are watching and even seeing their mundane day Tweets as well. If you are looking for a bit of fun, check out Twitter, you may become addicted too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,103],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-social-media","tag-social-media"],"yoast_head":"\nTwitter Your Way to More Traffic | The Web Authority<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/05\/15\/twitter-your-way-to-more-traffic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twitter Your Way to More Traffic | The Web Authority\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you are not using Twitter you may want to strongly consider giving it a whirl. 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