In case you didn’t know, a weekly event takes place on Twitter called #followfriday.

The idea is that you recommend a few people to follow (simple enough).

However, as Twitter has grown more and more popular, #followfriday has almost turned into a wave of spam with lists of Twitter IDs.

One of the people I follow is Nikki Pilkington (http://www.twitter.com/NikkiPilkington) and for a while Nikki (and others) have been trying to encourage people to include a reason why they should follow the people they recommend.

This week, Nikki has taken it a step further and is using her blog to recommend people for #followfriday. She just includes a link to the blog post and the advantage is that the restriction of 140 chars is gone.

I think this is a great idea and I’m giving it a go to so here are my #followfriday recommendations for Friday 3rd July 2009:

http://www.twitter.com/PerryBelcher

Perry really knows social media and is well worth following as he gives a lot of good tips and links to help you.

http://www.twitter.com/SteveWeber

If you want to learn more about Adsense, Steve is a good guy to follow. He’s got some great information on his websites and is happy to answer any questions you may want to direct at him

http://www.twitter.com/JULIANBRAY

Julian is a UK based broadcaster who has some good views on current affairs in the UK.

http://www.twitter.com/GuidoFawkes

An insider into the workings of the UK Parliament and doesn’t show any political bias on his blog.

http://www.twitter.com/ClaireHammond

Claire is a lovely, friendly person who is happy to chat with you and brings a bit of light to your day with some jokes she has managed to dig out from the web.

http://www.twitter.com/ExplorerTravel

This is my own UK based travel business and we send out a lot of travel related news and offers every day

http://www.twitter.com/NailSpecialist

My wife is a nail technician and is just breaking into the world of Twitter. She has some excellent info on her blog about nail art and also caring for your nails.

http://www.twitter.com/NikkiPilkington

Finally, Nikki. She is a superstar and has given me a lot of guidance with her in depth knowledge of how to get the most from Twitter. Her Tweetmentor course is excellent so if you are serious about Twitter, you have to follow Nikki

So thats it for my first #followfriday blog post. In future, I’ll try to recommend people who have caught my eye during the previous week.

Have a great weekend