What is Twitter:

Directly from their home page, “Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”

More About Twitter:

• It is referred to as micro-blogging and has a simple interface that allows you to answer that questions in 140 characters or less. – Keeps things short, sweet and to the point.
• You can follow people and be followed so that you can see the ‘updates’ of other people that you choose. – You see what you want to see.
• You can do your updates via cell phone, the website or other tools that the community has created. – Their open-source API has people creating great applications to work hand-in-hand with Twitter.

Why Should You Be on Twitter:

• Because it is a sesspool of information sharing.
• It is a way to share links to your sites and/or content.
• It is a way to get ideas and get feedback.
• It is a way to solve problems.
• It is a viral playground.

But don’t take my word for it. SearchEngineGuide.com author, Jennifer Laycock was asked, “If your goal is to grow a small business online, and you had time for only one social networking / social media site, which would you choose and why?”