Sometime 140 characters just isn’t enough!
With Twitter cards, it’s possible to attach media experiences to tweets which link to your content. Simply add a few lines of HTML to your web pages, and users who tweet links to your content will have a “card” added to the Tweet that’s visible to all of their followers.
Well… they say it’s done in three easy steps:
- Choose a card type! Try them out or read more about them.
- Once you find one you like, add the required meta tags to your page.
- To apply for the card you want, validate your meta tags.
Sometimes, one man’s “easy” is another man’s “torture.” If you aren’t very web savvy these so-called “three easy steps” could take quite some time to actually implement.
There are seven card types that can be attached to tweets, each of which has a beautiful consumption experience built for Twitter’s web and mobile clients:
- Summary Card: Default card, including a title, description, thumbnail, and Twitter account attribution.
- Summary Card with Large Image: Similar to a Summary Card, but offers the ability to prominently feature an image.
- Photo Card: A tweet sized photo card.
- Gallery Card: A tweet card geared toward highlighting a collection of photos.
- App Card: A tweet card for providing a profile of an application.
- Player Card: A tweet sized video/audio/media player card.
- Product Card: A tweet card that better represents product content.
So…what are you waiting for? Hop on over to the Twitter Cards Development page and get started on your cards.
At least you get a chance to share in more than 140 characters.