Tuesday 2 July 2013

Twitter reportedly testing a ‘embedded on these websites’ feature

Twitter is believed to be testing a new feature, which it believes will increase the number of clicks to particular articles or websites. this feature under test shows a list of links to websites, under a tweet, which have embedded that particular tweet.
As seen in the above picture, under Mikko Hypponnen’s tweet, there’s a new bar with the heading ‘Embedded on these websites’ and in that bar you see a couple of websites that have embedded Hypponnen’s tweet.

How will it be beneficial you ask? If you embed a celeb or an eminent personalities’ tweet on your website, your site’s link will show up under his or her tweet. This would mean others reading that tweet will also see your site and this could ensure more number of clicks.
It is difficult to say if or when Twitter will finally release the feature to the masses. But it is good to see the social media platform testing such interactive features.