In my Recent post i wrote about how twitter could be monetized. But I got strong opposition from Vihesh who said that this could not be possible. At this time you can’t predict anything but we need to wait and see. But for now twitter has started putting Free ads for Twitter Applications on Every Profile Page for users who have logged in.
Here’s what he said –
I can bet, Twitter’s never gonna integrate ads into their page. Not even the buying slots in the suggested followers list is a long lasting part, and is definitely not a part of their planned business plan. It’s silly to even expect twitter to get ads. One, they don’t have a standard ad network they can use (please don’t say say google ads, with the rife between them ,they’re is not a chance in the world twitter ever collaborates especially with google), and also because the day they include ads, they very well know that the rate at which their usage will drop, might be faster than the pickup rate. Ppl never realize how much they hate ads, but they really do. That’s why yahoo fails in front of Gmail. Also, I can once more bet, that Twitter’s business model is gonna be way more stable and trust worthy, and exploiting its stickiness through apps, rather than visiting the site. Cause if they planned to monetize through ads, they would never have released an API and allowed different apps to spring up.
Take my word, kill me if ads come on Twitter, at any point of time. 😀
Only Time will decide!
Thnx a lot for the mention! 😀 Don’t mind at all, but there’s a small mistype in my name’s spelling: it’s Vishesh. 🙂
And of course, very truly said, only time can tell. 🙂
Twitter had a different kind of business model. I think there aim is to sell their business at high value instead of advertising.
Mohit
Like i said before i am saying again, right now we can only make guesses. We need to wait and see what twitter really does to make twitter into a cash making machine! 😛
http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-confirms-paid-pro-accounts-on-the-way-2009-3
There’s at least part of Twitter’s business plan out. Or so has been temporarily confirmed. So that puts quite a rest to the guesses. Also, I would say that Twitter’s “Vocabulary Region” will by most chances soon become a coveted region, and might begin to be paid for, but that would still be another facet to their model like the buying a position on the suggested followers list was. It’s definitely not gonna be an intended move!
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