TechCrunch's Duncan Riley reports that Twitter is rolling out ads, based on "some reports of users spotting ads in their Twitter stream" recently.
One of those users then tells him that she was mistaken and hadn't actually seen an ad, after all. But Duncan tells her that ads are coming to Twitter eventually, so it doesn't really matter what she's actually seen.
Our theory: Why not ask Twitter about their ad plans directly? So we did.
Biz Stone replied:
'We're not putting ads on Twitter.com. As far as I can tell, a customized background image had some folks confused and speculating.'
TechCrunch's Duncan Riley reports that Twitter is rolling out ads, based on "some reports of users spotting ads in their Twitter stream" recently.
One of those users then tells him that sh [..] Read complete article
Published 15-Apr-2008 by Silicon in General Read 5 times. More hits in
Is Twitter too important to be left in the hands of Twitter? That's the argument that bubbled up over the weekend. The argument is that Twitter is not distributed. This means that if Twitter goes [..] Read complete article
Published 05-May-2008 by Silicon in General Read 6 times. More hits in
Why does Twitter crash all the time? Various reasons, apparently:
too many connections
errant API project eating too many Jabber resources
past, present, and f [..] Read complete article
Published 27-May-2008 by Silicon in General Read 5 times. More hits in
Call it a modern anomaly, herd mentality or whatever else you want but Twitter seems to continue to grow in popularity as its downtime issues get more pronounced. Amidst recent news of a successful funding round, Twitter’s problems keep getting worse as buzz throughout the blogosphere questions Twitter’s staying power. Is it really that hard [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 27-May-2008 by Zach Epstein in NetworksServicesdowntimefav.or.itNick HalsteadstabilityTwitter Read 4 times. More hits in
A neat new tool for companies that are looking to use Twitter for marketing: Twittertise, which lets you schedule Twitter messages in advance to send automatically.
What's the point? Twitter i [..] Read complete article
Published 05-Sep-2008 by Silicon in GOOGCMCSA Read 0 times. More hits in
"A source close" to Twitter provides TechCrunch with what is supposedly the first realistic assessment of Twitter usage stats. Conclusion: It's a lot more popular than it used to be, but still con [..] Read complete article
Published 30-Apr-2008 by Silicon in General Read 7 times. More hits in
Twitter has acquired Twitter search engine Summize -- or has it?
The deal was first reported by English blogger Josh Chandler; Path 101 founder Charlie O'Donnell confirms th [..] Read complete article
Published 07-Jul-2008 by Silicon in General Read 4 times. More hits in
Kudos to the folks at Twitter, who seem to have gotten their biggest weakness -- reliability problems -- mostly sorted out this summer.
In Twitter's monthly email update, cofounder Biz Stone notes that [..] Read complete article
Published 04-Sep-2008 by Silicon in General Read 0 times. More hits in
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For those who can't make it out to Paris for this weekend's Worldwide Invitational, Blizzard is offering live streams of the main stage and tournament stage, in both low-resolution (400kbits) and [..] Read complete article
Published 28-Jun-2008 by Ross Miller in blizzardworldwide-invitationalwwi Read 3 times. More hits in
Twitter users, and Twitter critics, can't be shocked to have seen this at 2:43 pm est:
The caveat: Just about everyone in techland seems to have struggled with WWDC/iPhone traffic. ( [..] Read complete article
Published 09-Jun-2008 by Silicon in General Read 5 times. More hits in
We're still trying to figure out why we, and many people we know, became much more popular on Twitter in the last few days. Via e-mail, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone offers four possible answer [..] Read complete article
Published 15-Apr-2008 by Silicon in General Read 0 times. More hits in
Last week in my 5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence post John suggested that an additional strategy to grow your follower numbers in Twitter is to target bigger Twitter users for conversation.
The logic behind this is that if you can get them to reply to you and even have a multiple part conversation with [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 11-May-2008 by Darren Rowse in Social Media Read 8 times. More hits in
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