Twitter has finally started placing paid advertisements on twitter.com. The new, paid ads have been placed in the same place as the previous, non-paid ads (what Twitter call ‘definitions’ – see screenshot in the full post for more!)
Twitter has finally started placing paid advertisements on twitter.com. The new, paid ads have been placed in the same place as the previous, non-paid ads (what Twitter call ‘definitions’ – see screenshot in the full post for more!)
The last 12 months has seen amazing growth figures for the world’s hottest social media property. Year on year, Twitter’s growth stands at an amazing 1448%. However, month on month Twitter’s growth has slumped to just 7%! Read on…
Twitter is now infested with ‘bot’ followers. The number of bots now following people, means that follower numbers are pretty-much meaningless. Here’s why…
According to researchers from Cambridge University, users can find ‘deleted’ photographs on many social media websites, including FaceBook, over a month after the user deletes them! Read on…
If you are a regular Twitter user, you will already know about the massive screw-up that has happened over the past 24 hours.
Is this yet more proof that Twitter’s team are too focused these days, on hanging out with their new celebrity friends – to engage their users and provide what their users want? Read on….
Research shows that Twitter’s retention rate (the number of new users, who return after a period of 1 month), is below 40%. This is lower than many expected and means Twitter is losing new users almost twice as fast as either FaceBook or MySpace were, when they were at the same stage in their development. Here’s why this matters….
CNN announced that it has bought the @CNNbrk user name from a Twitter user, for an undisclosed fee. The account, which currently has almost a million followers is the brain child of London based Developer, James Cox.
The new beta of FriendFeed was released yesterday and it’s extremely impressive! There are way too many improvements and new additions for me to cover here, so here are a few of my favourites.
What I have found most useful thus far, is the ability to easily track all the conversations I have taken part in, in real time! I leave a comment in a discussion and am then instantly notified, without having to leave the screen. This makes conversations flow with ease and dramatically improves the overall experience. It will also see far more people engaging in conversations. Read on for the full review…..
Yesterday, on Twitter, Loic Le Meur decided to unfollow everyone he was following. Interestingly, he kept all his followers though. Then today, Jason Calacanis has done the same thing – kept all his followers, but unfollowed them all!
As Twitter’s user numbers grow, is unfollowing people set to become a new trend on Twitter? Let’s see…
For months now, there’s been a growing debate, about what kind of business model Twitter will use. Today, things have become a little clearer! Twitter to charge business users It seems that charging companies to use an enhanced set of features, is part of their monetization plan! Who says so? Twitter co-founder Biz Stone; speaking…
