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04-03-2009
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| Google in Talks to Buy Twitter FOXNews.com - Report: Google in 'Late Stage' Talks to Acquire Twitter - Technology News Why Google buying Twitter would be a disaster (for one person) | Technically Incorrect - CNET News Google buy Twitter? Probably not the best move. | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com Google's Latest Conquest: Twitter? - Forbes.com .
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05-13-2009
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| Re: Google in Talks to Buy Twitter
Buy Twitter so they can build an Android client? Not likely. They can do that without owning it; they want insider access for search and ads. Same thing they always want. On the bright side, maybe it will cure the recession!  |
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05-13-2009
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| Re: Google in Talks to Buy Twitter
Google already has a plethora of services that don't earn any revenue, so why not add another!? Richard
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05-13-2009
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| Re: Google in Talks to Buy Twitter
I think it would be easy to monetize twitter... ? Eric
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| Re: Google in Talks to Buy Twitter
1c a tweet? Would cut down a lot of the drivel. Richard
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05-14-2009
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| Re: Google in Talks to Buy Twitter Quote:
Eric
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05-14-2009
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| Re: Google in Talks to Buy Twitter
Oh - as in it costs 1 cent to post a tweet. No, I think you just insert ads anywhere or everywhere. Of course you're worried about turning off users, but who is really turned off from Gmail or Yahoo! Mail because of the ads? Hotmail is kind of a special case I think because of the actual system generated/sanctioned spam. I don't think you'd want to insert ad tweets, but maybe an ad underneath like with Yahoo! Mail is ok. Eric
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05-14-2009
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| Re: Google in Talks to Buy Twitter
The problem with adverts and Twitter is that most people use it through the web services and not through the (unintuitive and seemingly limited) web interface. If they start broadcasting sanctioned tweet adverts then the user base is going to drop quickly. Web services would probably have to become a subscription service.
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