Twitter Lists Adds Descriptions

by Todd Lucier on November 19, 2009

Thankfully the good folks at Twitter have enhanced the Lists feature by providing a space for users to add a description to each list they make.

It should be painfully obvious the last missing piece of the list equation – tags.

All the social media that is shared on the Web (photos, videos, blog posts, etc.) share the same conventions:

  • Title
  • Description
  • Tags

All three are valuable Search Engine Optimization tools but more importantly Description Field and yet-to-be-included Tags field will really let people know the value of the people you are tagging.  This will be much more valuable than just the title tag.

Some of the people I follow have terrific lists, but the list name doesn’t make the list relevant for outsiders and new twitter users who will benefit from your great lists.

So . . . get editing those Description fields in your Twitter Lists.

{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

Greg Salloum November 24, 2009 at 5:39 pm

Great ideas Todd, really appreciate the info on how to communicate in the current generation and beyond

Carol Ann November 24, 2009 at 5:42 pm

Cool Dude!

Christy November 24, 2009 at 5:42 pm

Apparently twitter isn't for twits… I better start giving a tweet about these types of tools!

Aivar Ruukel November 29, 2009 at 12:18 pm

That is great development, adding Twitter more value as every-day conversation tool.

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