Finally Arrived? : Ads On Twitter.com
It has taken long time to come but it has finally arrived. Twitter(more info) started to roll out sponsored advertisement in right hand side of every user’s homepage in a subtle way. That was a long due and finally they started monetizing through ads. They are calling it “Sponsored Definitions” a different modus operandi, I suppose. According to the official Twitter blog it looks like Federated Media is handling their sponsored definitions. There are only two sponsored links seen so far one fromExecTweets.com and another from Universal Studio’s CinemaTweets.com. This may seems like a small step but a decisive and crucial one. So just the ads in the sidebars gives Twitter any sort of substantial income? Seth Simonds in hisblog mentioned that you can see the image ads in Twitter Japan by changing your language preference toJapanese. Thats already there. Verdict: It is the step in the right direction and looking forward to see how it shapes.
Follow-Up
ReadWriteWeb : Ads Spotted on Twitter.com -Did You Notice? by Marshall Kirkpatrick
Chris Abraham : Twitter is Finally Monetizing Through Text Ads by Chris Abraham
Seth Simonds : Twitter Finally Monetizes by Seth Simonds
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This can be a big thing if it is true… but i still doubt, this can only be for some experimental purpose or else this thing would have made headlines around the globe…