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Twitter & Its Use in SEO

Social networking sites, such as Facebook and My Space, play an important role in search engine optimisation strategies. Twitter is a new and exciting way of finding out and reporting on what is happening right now via text based messages.

Twitter was launched in 2006 and was the brainchild of Jack Dorsey. Since then it has become increasingly popular with over 100 million users globally. Twitter is relatively simple and easy to use. It is not only utilised by individuals, businesses are increasingly using Twitter to keep in contact with its customers on a daily basis. Our SEO Manchester team suggest that Twitter helps a business to build its brand and its allows feedback from customers, whether negative or positive, which is essential for any company.

For Twitter to be effective it needs to be regularly updated. If used correctly it can be an effective SEO tactic by raising a businesses profile. This in turn will attract the attention of potential customers and direct traffic to their website.