Comments on: Apple on the Prowl for Twitter?? http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/05/05/apple-on-the-prowl-for-twitter/ The World of Twitter and Microblogging Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:31:53 -0500 hourly 1 By: PenguinPcHelper http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/05/05/apple-on-the-prowl-for-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2688 PenguinPcHelper Wed, 06 May 2009 13:49:55 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/05/05/apple-on-the-prowl-for-twitter/#comment-2688 agreed agreed

]]> By: gary http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/05/05/apple-on-the-prowl-for-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 gary Tue, 05 May 2009 13:25:30 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/05/05/apple-on-the-prowl-for-twitter/#comment-2651 I agree with Karim. Everything I've heard says Biz and Ev have no urgency to sell for anything less than a billion. There's a potential that literally everyone could have a Twitter account, in the same way they have email accounts. If it's integral to a users web experience, than selling it would be crazy. PS - it seems like TechCrunch has almost no credibility these days. I agree with Karim. Everything I've heard says Biz and Ev have no urgency to sell for anything less than a billion. There's a potential that literally everyone could have a Twitter account, in the same way they have email accounts. If it's integral to a users web experience, than selling it would be crazy.

PS – it seems like TechCrunch has almost no credibility these days.

]]> By: Karim http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/05/05/apple-on-the-prowl-for-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-2648 Karim Tue, 05 May 2009 12:34:39 +0000 http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/05/05/apple-on-the-prowl-for-twitter/#comment-2648 It's not inevitable that Twitter will be purchased wholesale. If the current owners can figure out a way to make money off of it they could take it to IPO themselves (a la google). In terms of making money from Twitter, I don't think this is such a cryptic conundrum, they're already experimenting with 'ads' on user profiles and it wouldn't take a genius to figure out running contextual ads against search terms could be profitable too. To my mind the key issues Twitter has to sort out are spam and platform stability. It's not inevitable that Twitter will be purchased wholesale. If the current owners can figure out a way to make money off of it they could take it to IPO themselves (a la google).

In terms of making money from Twitter, I don't think this is such a cryptic conundrum, they're already experimenting with 'ads' on user profiles and it wouldn't take a genius to figure out running contextual ads against search terms could be profitable too.

To my mind the key issues Twitter has to sort out are spam and platform stability.

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