WebProNews recently reported on the benefits of using social media site Twitter for link building purposes.
However, many are already aware of the fact that Twitter is “no-follow”, so it begs the question, what use can it really be in link building? Well, if you’re looking for people specific to an industry then they can easily be found on Twitter. You can end up having a link from a highly trusted website that started out as a simple ‘tweet’ but is very valuable to your site because of the specialist, niche area that they operate in.
Whatever industry you are in, some do believe there is potential for networking and link building through the use of Twitter. The obvious positive thing about Twitter links is that they are free and organic, coming from a very trusted site. A link from Twitter could, effectively, outweigh many of your other links from less trusted sites, so this might be something that takes off.