I did this over on my personal site, and thought it was too good not to bring to Geek Smash Me. Check out this article on how to link your facebook, twitter, and buzz accounts automatically.... With the introduction of Buzz to the world, my question as an avid Social Networking user was: "Now I need to copy/paste between each site to update my status'?". If you have the same question ... I have a solution for you here.

It's not another application, and it only takes a few minutes of your time. I admit this isn't the perfect solution, but it will work perfectly until further integration is done by Google, or one of your favorite Social Networking apps/sites. I honestly use Tweetdeck due to it's integration of Twitter/Facebook and it's gorgeous tabbed style. Unfortunately, it doesn't do Buzz. I didn't want to copy/paste everything, so I figured out a solution that works to combine all 3 automatically for you.

First step: Twitter Account Setup/Configuration

Open a Twitter account. Why you ask? Because it will be our gateway between facebook and buzz. Crimm, you ask: "I don't want people reading my tweets/status', why should I do this?". That's actually not an issue. Once you open your twitter account, go to settings, and look towards the bottom. You'll see this:



Check the "Protect my Tweets" box. That way you're tweets won't be public. There is one caveat though. That is, bots will automatically make sure to check your followers occasionally.

Second Step: Facebook Account configuration

Not too long ago, I wrote this article on Crimm.me about integrating your Twitter and Facebook accounts. The process is very simple. Here's what you need to do:

• Go here (http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/) and fill out the information.
  

Now when you update your twitter account, your facebook account will be automatically updated with the SAME tweet.

You have now integrated Facebook and Twitter. Just remember, if you are like me and have websites/scripts/etc automatically posting to Twitter ... It will go to your facebook too!

Last step is Buzz.

Third Step: Buzz account configuration

Visit your buzz account and you will see this at the top:



Click the "Connected Sites" link and you will see:



Add your twitter account to the connected sites.

Conclusion:

You're all done. All you need to do now, is update your private or public (Depending on your options above) twitter account and your facebook and buzz accounts will be automatically updated. Note: Sometimes it takes a few minutes to show on Facebook. Just be patient.

Where does this leave you? Now you can use all the cool twitter apps like: Tweetdeck to update your status or link pictures on the fly using the cool iPhone/PC layout.

I hope that helps someone out there.