There has been a lot of buzz around Twitter. Most of the bloggers have already started benefiting from the Twitter’s social networking abilities. There are also rumors that Google could buy either Twitter or Twitter rival Jaiku.

As it happens with any prime technology, there are a lot of add-ons to Twitter. With so many people writing about Twitter add-on tools, I thought I might write up a selection of some of the best popular posts on them.

Here are a few authentic posts on Google’s thought of buying either Twitter or Jaiku:

• Schmidt: Google ‘unlikely’ to buy Twitter soon
• A conversation with Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google & Charlie Rose on Google buying Twitter – the transcript of the conversation from TechCrunch
• Twitter turning down an offer from FaceBook

Whatever the road map of Twitter is ahead, today it still stands as the most popular social networking tool among bloggers, small business & even large enterprises.

In no particular order, here is a collection of some of the best lists of Twitter add-ons for WordPress. Many of them are plugins while some are completely new online applications.

• Top 10 Twitter Tools for WordPress Blogs on Twitter Tool Box
• Handy Twitter & WordPress Integration guide book on Create Blog Guides
• Popular Twitter Plugins for WordPress Blogs on NC Trower
• 99 Amazing Twitter Tools on Open Cast
• 150+ Twitter Tools on Twitter Tool Box
• Twitter Widget for WordPress hosted blogs on WordPress
• Top Popular Twitter Tools for Desktops, Emails & blogs on Online Marketing, Startups and Venture Capital
• 10 Twitter Tools for WordPress on WP Scoop

Our usage of WordPress plugins are extremely minimal. We use only the essential WordPress plugins but we have also compiled a list of the popular WordPress plugins that add value to your blog.

We use Alex King’s Twitter plugin for WordPress. Thats free, easy to use & can be customized very easily with no or even the simplest knowledge of PHP programming.