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With the popularity of Twitter ever increasing, the thought of integrating it into your Wordpress blog should be a no brainer. What started as simple “status-updates,” Twitter has turned into a form of “micro-blogging.” Ever experience a time where you had a thought in your head, felt that it needed to be heard, but wasn’t compelling enough to be a full-on blog post? “Tweet” it!

Not only are you getting your thoughts out, but you make a connection with anyone who follows your account. If you haven’t made a blog update in a couple of days/weeks, at least your readers still know you’re there from your Tweets and aren’t compelled to delete your site out of their RSS feeds.

How can I integrate Twitter into my Wordpress site?

Twitter Tools: This plug in allows you to both display your Twitter feed on your blog via a widget or snippet of code. Both are fully customizable. It also automates a Twitter update every time you make a new post to your blog. So whenever you make a new post, Twitter Tools will create a title and permalink back to your new post, letting all of your followers know about your update. It even allows you to use your Admin area as a tool for Tweeting your messages.

TwitThis: Everyone has seen social bookmarking buttons such as the ones from Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon. TwitThis creates a button that allows a reader to Tweet about your post much like they would use a Digg button to “Digg” a post.