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Every second of the day, so it seems, somebody, somewhere in the world posts a message on the community networking website www.twitter.com, affectionately known as Twitter.

I first heard about Twitter late last year, and sceptically registered on the recommendation of online marketing experts who rated it as one of the frontrunners of the so-called Web 2.0 phenomenon that is changing the way that business utlises the Internet.

Messages posted to Twitter are called tweets and may not exceed 140 characters and are supposed to answer the question: “What are you doing”? The idea is that over time, like-minded people follow your tweets, and of course you selectively follow the tweets of others. All of this seemed distinctly dubious to me when I registered and as if to confirm my worst suspicions, nobody was following me: I was tweeting to myself.

But after a few months, something has changed. I have gained some followers and I am following some interest marketing people around the world. I can see the embryo of a valuable information network and I am curious to see whether it will lead to increased traffic on this blog and on our property portal.

Just search on the Internet and you will find plenty of info on the Twitter phenomenon. And if you are interested in South African property matters and/or online property marketing, why not follow me on Twitter by clicking on this link!