Wordpress Publicize results for Yahoo! Profiles and Twitter
WordPress has introduced a new feature, called Publicize, which allows bloggers to announce new posts through Twitter and Yahoo! Profiles immediately when a post is published. This potentially increases exposure for a blog -- Twitter followers, for example, can see the blog updates and click to the post for reading and comment. Thus Publicize eliminates an extra step of tweeting a blog update. Combine Publicize with the scheduling post feature (see the Publish feature in the Edit Post page of your blog), and efficient blogging nirvana is attainable.
The only downside is that Publicize is not linked into third-party Twitter tools like Ping.fm, where a tweet can be sent across a number of networks, or Hootsuite, where the tweet can be scheduled. But this feature is still welcomed as a timesaver, encouraging bloggers to focus on post content.
You can read about WordPress' new feature, and learn how to set the feature. Users should first open a Yahoo! Profile (through Yahoo! Updates) and/or a Twitter account, then follow the instructions that are included at the WordPress Publicize blog post.
