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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Your Blog on Twitter
One of the more interesting angles within the relationship between Twitter and blogs is how people are using Twitter to promote new blog posts. It’s a great way to highlight blog posts, although it can become annoying if you operate a blog that generates multiple blog posts a day. The way that I promote new [...]
Is Twitter’s Growth Stalling?
In the wake of eMarketer’s suggestion that Twitter’s growth (U.S. adults) could nearly double to 20 million users in 2010, Nielsen has an interesting post suggesting Twitter’s growth could be stalling. Nielsen based its thesis by looking at Twitter’s retention rates – the number of people who continued to use Twitter the month after they [...]
Twitter by Numbers 1, 2, 3
So, how many people are really using Twitter? According to eMarketer, the number of adult Twitters users in the U.S. is expected to reach 12.1 million this year and 18.1 million in 2010, compared with six million in 2008. Compete.com, meanwhile, reports that Twitter attracted 14 million unique visitors in March. Technorati Tags: twitter
Facebook is No Threat to Twitter
Apparently, Facebook is going to let third-party developers build applications and services. This decision is going to be threat to Twitter, according to Silicon Valley Insider I hate to be disrespectful or impolite but that’s just bullcrap. For whatever reason, people want to talk about Twitter vs. Facebook, or Facebook vs. Twitter as if they’re [...]
Hot off the Presses: The Twitter Book
Tim O’Reilly has built a high-tech publishing and research empire by recognizing key trends (e.g. Web 2.0) and being opportunistic in serving the needs of people interested in them. A good example is Twitter, a market where O’Reilly has been active and engaged. The latest Twitter “product” is “The Twitter Book”, which O’Reilly has written [...]
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What’s Up with Real-Time Search on Twitter?