Thanks for clearly and concisely breaking down the link between Twitter and SEO.  
 
@EatDrink.it

Great article. I did a blog post about something similar last week and got quite a stir on this.  
 
People seem to be hung up on the 'nofollow' tag on links. This doesn't mean that they don't index it, just that they don't assign any page rank to it. 
 
I can see Google building something like Trust Rank on social media links. So the more your tweets are RT the more they are important and trusted. 
 
Really find your articles refreshing - and thought provoking!

When i started Ladies Fishing last August, there was competition in my local market place tied in with a national fishing manufacturer. 
 
With no money, (we are a group of ladies who go fishing and raise money for charity) I had to think out of the box! 
 
The only way to establish the group online with zero budget was to have a blog and a twitter account. By January we were 1st on the google rankings. We are currently postions 1,2 and 3. This is the result of the wordpress blog and twitter linking together. 
 
Yes its taken time, but when you are passionate about what you do and have set yourself goals its part of my daily routine.  
 
More people are using twitter, which is great for Ladies Fishing, because we are now starting to receive followers from the fishing industry who are now using twitter. 
 
Keep up the good work Hubspot 
 
Regards 
Anne Woodcock 
Marketing for FishPal.com and ladies fishing.

Great recap! I'm surprised that the internet isn't going crazy over this, it's big news. It's something a lot of people have suspected for a long time, but now it's confirmed - There is SEO value in participating in social media. 
 
This may be only one of the many good reasons to be involved in social media, but it's a clearer link to real revenue (which could be just what a lot of organizations need to be convinced.) Exciting stuff!

Hi there - the piece by Search Engine Land is certainly worth reading. And for any new Twitterers - you may find this How to use Twitter by a relatively new Twitterer useful. http://www.carvillcreative.co.uk/blog/how-i-am-using-twitter-by-a-relatively-new-twitterer/

As an internet marketing guru committed to the small business community I really welcome this article as I have been trying to encourage small business owners to make more use of twitter and this was always one of the benefits.  
 
 
 
Another reason I like this article is because it addresses the other components you need to think about when building up your twitter account. 
 
 
 
Whilst I help small business owners improve their website footprint on the internet, I will agree that we are all a bit guilty of trying to find sufficient time in the weekly schedule to tweet and do all the other things needed to power up a website. 
 
 
 
But this article gives even more reason why we should all find 'some' time to do a bit of tweeting as to what we all have to offer.  
 
 
 
Many thanks for sharing this with us Erin

Very intriguing to think about the future of social WITHIN THE CONTEXT of SEO. Not that search is going anywhere in the short term, but the growth rate suggests its becoming more realistic to think of "social search" as a stand alone concept. It'll be fun to watch as real-time information continues to evolve.

great information in this post. I will repost it at my site, this is "need to know" information.

I always get the comment that twitter is cluttered or too confusing. Once you get involved you quickly realize how clear the channel is and how OPEN that space is for new business. Still surprises me how some companies are making a killing on inbound leads, and still others say on the sideline.  
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Thanks for clearly and concisely breaking down the link between Twitter and SEO. In order to get first place for the search term law cloud on Google we've been trying different approaches but our twitter account is a massive part of maximising traffic flow. 

Thank you for a clear and concise article about Twitter! I am going to use your twitter grader! The graders are fantastic tools!!!

Here's my big SEO question concerning Twitter: is it best to use native URLs in tweets or are those shortened ones just as good?

I really love twitter I've used this tool to improve my page ranking on my sites. Thanks

I'm JUST starting out so I'm taking in as much as I can. This article helps me understand a bit more of the relationship with tweets and search engine relation. Awesome! I'll be checking more!

For Bill Bennett, we have done some testing over the last few months and we found the full URL did better than bit.ly shortened URLs to support SEO tactics. 
 
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@Bill Bennett and @Brian Mathers: the challenge with a native URL in Twitter is character limits. Hence, shorteners and ability to track click thru. Thoughts?

@Karyn - yes that was exactly my point. Does a cryptic, shortened URL help a site's SEO in any way? I think the answer I got says it does, but not as much as a full URL with words.

Erin, Great overview! 
 
I always get the most blog views with articles on FB and twitter. Now I see why. It seems there is always something new to discover.