LinkedIn Corp. and Twitter Inc. have announced a partnership that lets users instantly post status updates on both of the social networks.

Twitter on Tuesday linked to LinkedIn, letting people share updates and tweets between the popular micro-blogging service and the career-focused online social networking Web site, the AFP reported.

“The idea is simple: When you set your status on LinkedIn you can now tweet it as well, amplifying it to your followers and real-time search services like Twitter Search and Bing. And when you tweet, you can send that message to your LinkedIn connections as well, from any Twitter service or tool,” LinkedIn co-founder Allen Blue wrote in a blog post.

“And when you tweet, you can send that message to your LinkedIn connections as well, from any Twitter service or tool.”

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said the partnership is like “bringing peanut butter and the chocolate together to make the perfect combination”.The deal hints at Twitter’s future business strategy, especially with more companies discovering how social networking is evolving into an important communications link for employees and customers.

Twitter synchronization features will roll out during the next several days, according to LinkedIn co-founder Allen Blue.