How are twitter.com themselves making money ?

MikeWords

15 years ago

theyre not

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askloz 15 years ago

No? then I wonder who gave them $35 million the other month.

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theyre not
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- MikeWords 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by askloz
  
  No? then I wonder who gave them $35 million the other month.
  
  They have investors. They're not generating income. I think that's what the OP meant.
  
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mandyg33

15 years ago

Originally Posted by 3ukman

How are twitter.com themselves making money ?

Here is a good article on the subject.

Twitter's Business Model

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Roger Mayne

15 years ago

I think they're waiting for Google to buy them

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BizBoost 15 years ago

Originally Posted by swiftdeal

I think they're waiting for Google to buy them

I think they suck. Unlike any of the big names we already know and love, like Google, Twitter isn't serving up anything like static web pages of information *yet*... it relies on keeping lonely people with time to waste trying to grab the attention of other lonely people with time to waste for as long as possible.

It makes no sense to advertise to them too much which will take them away from their tweeting. One of the better uses is probably already happening behind the scenes... where Twitter will DATA MINE the kinds of things people talk about in real time and sell it to advertisers who can then tailor their ads to how people REALLY think in REAL TIME.

Here, check out the top 10 results... see if you find anything interesting:

data mining twitter - Google Search

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Alan Petersen 15 years ago

Originally Posted by swiftdeal

I think they're waiting for Google to buy them

Yep the YouTube business model. There have been other great sites offering cool services that were not making money so Google buys them. Like FeedBurner, You Tube, and others. I'm sure someone will snatch up Twitter soon.
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Ross Dalangin 15 years ago

Originally Posted by swiftdeal

I think they're waiting for Google to buy them

I'm also thinking on that scenario and they are just collecting more members for future sale or update their system to make a good community hang outs.

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Roger Mayne

15 years ago

Be careful clicking the link that MandyG posted. It just spawned a ton of IE windows locking my PC up. Don't think there was a virus - but be warned.

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BizBoost

15 years ago

Originally Posted by swiftdeal

Be careful clicking the link that MandyG posted. It just spawned a ton of IE windows locking my PC up. Don't think there was a virus - but be warned.

Could be youre infected with adware that just triggered ads because of something on that page because I'm in IE and it worked flawlessly for me.

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Roger Mayne

15 years ago

Originally Posted by BizBoost

Could be youre infected with adware that just triggered ads because of something on that page because I'm in IE and it worked flawlessly for me.

Hmm - I check my PC regularly and think it's clean. Behind about 3 firewalls too. I'll investigate. All I know is I had about 50 IE windows suddenly open

. Must just be me then if everyone else was ok with it.

Apologies to MandyG if I offended, just being cautious.

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askloz

15 years ago

3 firewalls?

I sure hope that's not on the same pc.

Originally Posted by swiftdeal

Hmm - I check my PC regularly and think it's clean. Behind about 3 firewalls too. I'll investigate. All I know is I had about 50 IE windows suddenly open

. Must just be me then if everyone else was ok with it.

Apologies to MandyG if I offended, just being cautious.

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Roger Mayne 15 years ago

Originally Posted by askloz

3 firewalls?

I sure hope that's not on the same pc.

Hi Loz

Ha! No. 2 hardware firewalls and one software one. You can never be too careful.

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You are right about that site - it is malicious site that opens tons of popups when window is closed. My IE7 totally hang and I had to kill the process.

I am relieved that you got the same problem, in a way. At least it means my PC is probably clean. I've done a full virus and spyware scan since and all clean.
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- askloz 15 years ago
  
  Then you don't need the other one (hard ware), it's causing conflicts that can lead to having your pc taken over due to the same ports being open used by the hardware device, and when both try to access the port, it conflicts and shuts down that port.
  
  only use 1 hardware firewall and one software firewall.
  
  Originally Posted by swiftdeal
  
  Hi Loz
  
  Ha! No. 2 hardware firewalls and one software one. You can never be too careful..
  
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MichaelHiles

15 years ago

They just raised $30 million in their first round of venture money.

You can bet that the business model is forthcoming.

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mark@1to101

15 years ago

They're not YET. I think they'll continue to just build their userbase in the short term and then, when they're mainstream, implement their money making model. What will it be? No sure...maybe they will send sponsored tweets to users?

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Nathan Hangen 15 years ago

I thought Google already tried to buy them? Or was that Facebook? All I know is they turned down a huge sum of money.
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swayman

15 years ago

Maybe after the traffic growth into certain level, they will open up some advertisement spots.

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stefanjames

15 years ago

Don't think they are right at this moment. Trying to build up the momentum

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MaverickWil

15 years ago

Twitter is still in the process of figuring out how they are going to monetize their service and to my knowledge, they've been really at it since last year but the implementation stage is apparently only just beginning.

I was just reading this morning (from a tweet incidentally) that the latest growth rate statistic of Twitter is around 1000+%. Mashable covers this here:

Twitter Now Growing at a Staggering 1,382 Percent

I'm pretty sure in the coming months we'll see an explosion of new Twitter features built in as well as monetizing implementation as their upward growth rate continues.

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Zachary R. Skinner

15 years ago

They are not making any money and yet Facebook put out a bid of $500 million+ to buy twitter......even though they have no revenue.

I'm not sure what their revenue model will be but I REALLY hope it doesn't dramatically interfere with their service :p

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ECS Dave

15 years ago

Recently "tweeted"...

Originally Posted by ECS Dave

Do you think Twitter will base the "new" ads on who you're following, or on your "tweeting" history? I'm guessing it'll be on who you follow.

What do the fine folks here at the Warrior Forum think?

Be Well!
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Jared Alberghini

15 years ago

Has anyone here started their own "Twitter Clone" yet? I've been seeing them pop-up left and right... the software is readily available... is anyone here capitalizing on this phenomenon?

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Midas3 Consulting 15 years ago

Ho Hum

Report: Google in 'late-stage' talks to buy Twitter | Digital Media - CNET News

Didn't take Nostradamus..
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- str1k3r 15 years ago
  
  The guy that made tweeter was on the daily show today. He talks about his business model on there. Look it up on google and you can watch that.
  
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Anna Johnson

15 years ago

Ho Hum

Report: Google in 'late-stage' talks to buy Twitter | Digital Media - CNET News

Didn't take Nostradamus..

And don't forget, Google previously bought Blogger from Evan Williams...

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phish3rz

15 years ago

I dont think they are making money, with all the work they're putting in, they're only getting a few $$ from Advertising, if that at all. Google - Buy Them!!

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