DISQUS

aweissman · 10 months ago

Great post. Totally agree with "The NOW web is not just on twitter" - and there are other interesting companies mining this stuff too, eg Backtype etc

Sequoia Legal Marketing · 10 months ago

I have to agree with you. Although Twitter seems to have tremendous potential, it doesn't appear to have a specific business goal as of this point. Even now I hear a lot of web savvy people looking at it and saying huh?

GrowMap · 10 months ago

Perhaps the reason so many are hoping for a Google-killer is because one is so badly needed. Many online businesses get such a huge percentage of their sales from Google that Google can literally put them out of business any time they wish - or any time their system hiccups - whichever comes first.

None of the Social Networking sites have recognized the obvious: that targeted advertising is the Monetization Golden Goose they're missing. I've blogged about it several times and suggested it publicly online to Twitter and FriendFeed - with no response so far.

I'd love to hear your input on what I've posted. If you'd like direct links let me know and I'll send or post them. Or just search GrowMap.com for monetization and see the first and last posts returned.

Vikas Rana · 10 months ago

Agree. Twitter as Google killer is more hope than conviction. Despite it's tremendous popularity, Twitter's reach is still very small when compared to Google. Google meanwhile has lots of time to make improvements if it sees a market there. Google News results in google search is a step in that direction.

FunMahoL · 9 months ago

yaa i agree with you neither it is on twitter nor its mobile web