To Twitter or to Blog? That is the Question.
For the past few weeks we’ve been experimenting with Twitter, the micro-blogging service that gives you 140 characters per entry to tell the world what you’re doing.
We decided to limit our tweets to work-related updates and to our blog feed, as a means of branding HeBlogsSheBlogs.com. So if you read our tweets, it’ll sound like all we do is work, work, work.
Although we’re going to continue tinkering with Twitter, I remain skeptical about its usefulness. I read an article by Daniel Scocco on Daily Blog Tips that helped me solidify my opinion that blogging is better than tweeting.
Here’s why:
Bloggers who have something useful or insightful to share have begun giving Twitter priority over their blog. They should be giving their blog priority, because, after all, who owns the blog? You do!
Who owns Twitter? Not you.
“Every time you Twitter instead of blogging something interesting you are risking to lose visitors and backlinks,” writes Daniel.
I agree with Daniel – your tweets should be a way to draw visitors to your blog/Web site, not the other way around.
I don’t mind sharing a tidbit on Twitter when I have a free minute (and all it takes is a minute, literally). It’s a fun challenge to communicate a message in 140 characters, and it’s a kick to look back at my tweets and see what I got accomplished (or didn’t get accomplished) that day.
But as for using Twitter as a primary blogging forum? Nope, I don’t recommend that.
Tags: Blogging, Daniel Scocco, HeBlogsSheBlogs.com, Twitter
