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Your Twitter Feed on Your Site, Why?

by jasonmorgan
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I've seen a growing trend of sites putting their twitter feeds on their own sites, why?

What purpose does it serve? I know it's kinda cool and whatnot but I don't see a reason for it.

Shouldn't the point of twitter be to drive traffic to your site?

I don't understand why somebody would want to drive traffic away from their site and to twitter.

Am I missing something or are people using a neato widget without really thinking things through.

I do suppose this could be a way to get people to follow you on twitter which isn't a bad reason but it's still a traffic leak that might not pay off.
#feed #site #twitter
  • Profile picture of the author Christina10
    I think twitter is the most fastest way to fee your post... You can refer my page, it has twitter, gbuzz, and facebook plugins >>>> It
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrew Barton
    Sure it is a traffic leak that may not payoff, but having them stay on your site doesn't promise a payoff either. If you can get them to follow you on twitter, then you have multiple opportunities to monetize them.

    If someone leaves your site to read your twitter feed, then you probably weren't going to monetize them right away anyways. At least you get a second chance because they will follow you. It is the same reason that more websites are sending traffic to Facebook... long term monetization.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      Depends on how they use it.

      I'm sure some just stick it on their site because they think it's cool.

      Others are building their Twitter following. If you're on Twitter and you see their tweets and they sound good, you might pop on over there and follow them. So, that's one more opportunity for them to stay in touch with you.

      Almost like a "bookmark this site!" link for people that use Twitter rather than actually bookmark sites.
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      • Profile picture of the author Trent Brownrigg
        I have my twitter feed on one of my sites and it's for the reason that has already been mentioned... So they will follow me and hopefully come back to my site many times.
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  • Profile picture of the author trishworks4u
    I have it on my non-IM review sites and, yes, cuz it's "cool". I don't think that anyone is leaving my site to go read my tweets.

    I DO think that it can infer that I'm "a big deal" and "all over the net" to someone who may not know better.
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    • Profile picture of the author darrenmonroe
      Jason I used to but it became very pase......

      The goal is to get the visitors attention with your free info stay on your site and take a action that either means you getting a email signup or PAID. period. Learn that the hard way
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  • Profile picture of the author Chri5123
    Yes, suppose you would have to test depending on the niche but it can pay off if you are in a niche that is more social i.e gaming etc...

    Also if you use Twitter a lot it is like building a list in a way.

    Agree with you though it would have to bes tested because it is a leak on the page.
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