New Linking Trend on Twitter

I have noticed an interesting linking trend on Twitter recently and thought I would mention it here to see if anyone has insight into what value it brings if any.

I have seen the spammers who put trending phrases in their tweets in order to get more views on their tweets.  They are working to get their site visited and typically more views means more clicks means more visits.

However, these new linking trends as pictured above include 3 or 4 users who are totally unrelated to each other, the user who made the tweet and the link for which they are providing.

These kind of things just make me wonder why do it. This just adds to the noise of Twitter.

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Richard Hay  (3358 Posts)

Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.