20 Twitter SEO Profile Tips

I’ve done some studying this past weekend, and I’ve discovered that there are two types of people on Twitter.

1. Those that use Twitter as a socializing, meet people, connect with people resource and
2. Those that use Twitter to gain more traffic to their blogs and websites.

Of course, if you’re just using Twitter to connect with colleagues and to socialize, then don’t bother with using these SEO tips to optimize your Twitter profile.  The following Twitter tips won’t mean a hill of beans to you if you only use Twitter to socialize.  However, if you’re using Twitter to increase your Page Rank on your Twitter Profile Page, then keep reading.

Since mid-October 2009, real time search results have been gathered by Google, Bing and Yahoo.  What that means is that your tweets are related to search results and are displayed in the search results in real time.  This means, your tweets now have the ability to provide you with link juice to your blog or website and your Twitter profile.

So, I wanted to know how real time search would effect my Twitter Profile Page and my blog.  Here’s what I found out:

My main two Twitter Profiles @teasastips and @lateaserikard have a Page Rank of 4 and 5 respectively.  I knew I wasn’t doing anything special, no black hat strategies for me.  However, I had amped up my SEO recently.  But, I knew it had to be more to the story than that.  You just don’t get a PR 4 or 5 just from sending tweets on Twitter.

Well apparently, there is a method to the madness.

Tip #1: I discovered that its important to write your Bio on Twitter with keywords.  That is, think about what you are about, what your aim is.  If you blog and write about blogging, then you should write a bio that has keywords relating to helping bloggers.

Tip #2: Always display your URL of your blog/website on your profile page.  Its a great way to get free clicks directly from your Twitter profile, even if it is no-follow.

Tip #3: Try to use the same keywords in your tweets that are also related to your niche.

Tip #4: Place a Twitter widget on the sidebar or footer of your site.  This creates inbound links and gives your profile added exposure.

Tip #5: Participate in do-follow forums and add your Twitter profile link to your signature line.

Tip #6: Follow those tweeters who are from your industry or niche.

Tip #7: Try to get those followers in your niche with high Twitter Profile Rank to follow you back.

Tip #8: The first 27 words of your tweet should include your keywords.  They are very important because Google lists these tweets at the top of the search results.

Tip #9: Make sure you use a URL shortening service like tr.im, bit.ly or TinyURL. I’m going to implement TinyUrl because of the permanent redirect feature.  TinyURL may be the better choice because it redirects users to your real URL via a 301 (the permanent URL).  This provides back links to your content.  The Search Engines don’t index TinyURL’s, but they index and pass Page Rank to the actual URl’s instead.

Tip #10: Place a hashtag (#) before your keywords in your tweets.  Using hashtags make it easier to find your tweets.

Twitter Profile Page Rank For Real?

Tip #11: You should regularly and periodically retweet your content.  Try to retweet (RT) those links that are directly related to your blog niche.

Tip #12: This is very important!  Share your tweets on different social media sites.  I use Plurk, FriendFeed, and Facebook for maximum exposure.

Tip #13: Optimize your title tag, that is, your name on Twitter.  Log into Twitter, and click on settings.  Change your name, do not change your username.  Your name should be the brand you are seeking to optimize and promote.

Tip #14: Tweet high quality content just as you would with conventional SEO.

Tip #15: Encourage others to share and Retweet (RT) your content.  There is no shame in asking for an RT from time to time.  Ask not, want not.

Tip #16: Create content/tweets that is valuable to your audience.  The same way you create valuable content on your website or blog, use this same strategy for Twitter.

Tip #17: Use the words that searchers on Twitter are using.  Locate these words and trends by using Twemes.com or trends on Twitter.

Tip #18: Most of all be real, and use your best judgment.  Remember Twitter is one big conversation, be conversational.

Tip #19: Tweet in order to get your article Retweeted, in order to gain lots of traffic.

Tip #20: Finally, follow me on Twitter because the Page Rank on my @lateaserikard Twitter Profile is PR5.  If you do this you will receive some link juice in return.

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