Twitter: The Next Social Networking Giant?

Social networking giants such as Facebook and MySpace might be the giants in the online world but other sites with unique concepts are fast catching up. The newest addition to the social networking family, Twitter.com, is a micro-blogging tool that enables its members to update friends, family, and strangers about the most important events of their lives while on the go.

Twitter describes itself as the “global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing?” With this simple concept, it has attracted users that range from average internet users to presidential candidates.

It is quite easy to become a member of this site. Members will get his own page on Twitter and he can update it daily through three different ways: through text messaging, through instant messaging, or through logging in on the site itself. Twitter will then automatically update the member page and send a message to your “friends”.

It is apparent that Twitter is the next giant in the social networking industry. However, it is not without its negative reviews. Some people think that Twitter will only make the online community more trivial while some believe that it will encourage cyber stalking. But whatever anyone’s opinion might be, there is no denying that Twitter has come to its own. And it is up to internet marketers how they will take advantage of the unique opportunity that is presented by Twitter.com.