Chapter 1
What is Twitter?
Today, Twitter is a social website used by absolutely millions of people to
send messages to groups and friends every day. It has become one of the
hottest social networks on the Internet today with thousand of new people
signing up on a daily basis. This new phenomenon, ranks right up there
with Facebook and LinkedIn for social contact and social media marketing.
Today, companies are using this information to keep their friends, families,
and customer base up to date on what is happening in their lives, families,
and business ventures.
Twitter has long since considered itself to be one of the top