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How Twitter Generated 35,967 Extra Hits

Much ado has been made about search engines not indexing Twitter's tweets. But Gyutae Parks has managed to generate 35,967 extra hits to his Web site in just 14 days by using the microblogging site to direct traffic to his site.

Parks began by writing an article that would appeal to Twitter users. The topic: "6 Reasons Why Twitter is the Future of Search - Google Beware." Writing the article was simple. The trick was getting people to pick up and share the content. Parks also provides a trending graph to demonstrate the lift of visitors to his site from Twitter.

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