So why the quotation marks around the word ads in the title? It’s like that age old question of if a tree falls in the forest but there is no one there to hear it does it make a sound? This version however reads like, “If you place and “ad” on a website and nobody paid for it is it an “ad”?
Twitter Measured Against Google, Facebook Yardsticks
Twitter turned three years old this weekend, and to hear some people tell it, the service is on a path that’ll have it taking over the world in no time. But comparisons to a sort of kinder, less articulate Stewie Griffin may be a little premature, since it turns out Twitter hasn’t measured up to two other companies.
Driving Traffic with Twitter
Reports suggest that social networking is now more popular than email. Twitter in particular grew 33% in only a month according to Compete data.
Calacanis Offers More for Featured Twitter Spot
Update: Calacanis has upped the ante, saying "My new offer to Twitter: $500,000 for three years for @questions as a suggested user in the sign-up process." He also talks about how this could be the next Super Bowl Ad, and explains his reasoning for making the offer in the first place.
Does Google Need Twitter to Avoid Being the Next eBay?
Many eBay users will be very quick to point out that they feel eBay has lost its luster (to put it mildly). Some think Google could find itself on a similar path.
BusinessWeek is running an article basically warning Google to avoid such a fate. I think Google has a long way to go before it has to worry about getting to an eBay-type status, but the author makes some valid points.
Twitter Experiences 1,392% Growth In February
Most of us would be happy in this economy for any growth that occurred between Feb of 2008 and Feb of 2009. 10 percent would be fine. 50% would be amazing. 100% growth gets you rock star status. So if you are Twitter and Nielsen gave you the news that your subscriber base grew 1,392% in that period you may need to change your shorts.
Twitter is the Fastest Growing Community
Nielsen online is sharing some interesting data about Twitter. For one, it was the fastest growing community destination last month, experiencing 1382% growth from last year. Trailing behind it were Zimbio, Facebook, Multiply, and Wikia.
Analyst: Make Twitter Put Money Where Everybody’s Mouth Is
If you can’t get a good bubble started on the Internet, then where can ya? Aye, times are indeed bad if analysts are even poopooing hot Web properties. And if it’s one thing Wall Street’s got these days, it’s credibility!
Twitter Bigger Than Newspapers in the UK
Data from Hitwise shows that Twitter is getting more traffic than most newspaper sites in the UK. Twitter is the 54th most visited site there.
Twitter has overtaken sites like the Guardian, Times, Sun, Telegraph, and even Google News UK. Daily Mail is the only main newspaper home page that received more traffic than Twitter in the UK.
Twellow, the First Twitter Directory Adds Features
Twellow is expanding nicely into different areas of Twitter-related usefulness. Today a new feature was launched, which allows you to search among your own friends and followers.