Tag Archives: revenue
Twitter’s Ecosystem Revenue Conundrum
Here’s the funny thing about Twitter’s spectacular growth over the past four years: As much as the service has attracted millions of people around the world, Twitter’s popularity has been fuelled by the thousands of third-party applications that have made it more useful, user-friendly, valuable and entertaining. The upside is Twitter has a huge ecosystem [...]
How Much is Twitter Worth?
So how is Twitter worth? What’s the value of a service with 125 million or so registered users? Is it $1-billion based on its latest round of funding or, perhaps, significantly more if you buy into the thesis of Naval Ravikant (an early Twitter investor) and Adam Rifkin that appeared recently on TechCrunch? Twitter could [...]
Tweetdeck, Seesmic: Where the Meat?
Tweetdeck and Seesmic are two of the most popular ways to use Twitter because they provide a lot more features than the no-frills Twitter.com. Tweetdeck and Seesmic continue to aggressively push forward with upgrades that make their services even more useful and valuable, particularly for power users who want the benefits of multiple columns. The [...]
The Five “A’s” of Twitter
Much to the disappointment of many people yesterday, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams did not unveil a new and much-anticipated advertising platform during a SXSW presentation. Instead, he introduced a new service called @anywhere, which while interesting wasn’t what the audience expected or wanted. So while Twitter continues to work away to create a viable revenue [...]
Twitter’s Drive for Revenue Ramps Up
Big news from Twitter: it has officially launched its “Firehose” API in which third-parties can have 100% access to Twitter’s data. Twitter proclaims the announcement as something “Enabling a Rush of Innovation” but you could easily argue it is “Enabling a Rush of Revenue” as Twitter will start to charge for different API packages. Much [...]
So How is Twitter Making Money?