Comments on: More on Twitter's Great Opportunity/Problem http://battellemedia.com/archives/2011/08/more_on_twitters_great_opportunityproblem.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more_on_twitters_great_opportunityproblem Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: William http://battellemedia.com/archives/2011/08/more_on_twitters_great_opportunityproblem.php#comment-207 William Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:53:00 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2011/08/more_on_twitters_great_opportunityproblem.php#comment-207 <p>I don't think that Twitter's biggest problem is anything technical or has anything to do with their API. Sure, this kind of semantic data analysis is an opportunity and I think it is really useful, but I think Twitter's greatest problem seems to be finding a way to allow businesses to advertise and for Twitter to make some real money that is inline with their ridiculous traffic levels. There are all kinds of companies that are helping businesses get Twitter followers such as <a href="http://twitter.popularfans.com" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.popularfans.com</a> and Twitter needs to find a way to take advantage of their traffic to actually try and make some money. Making money will ensure that they can tackle all of these other interesting problems. I have heard that Twitter's investors are getting antsy about this more than anything. I know that you have to build up the product, but focusing on technical issues when you still don't have a solid business model doesn't make as much sense to me.</p> I don’t think that Twitter’s biggest problem is anything technical or has anything to do with their API. Sure, this kind of semantic data analysis is an opportunity and I think it is really useful, but I think Twitter’s greatest problem seems to be finding a way to allow businesses to advertise and for Twitter to make some real money that is inline with their ridiculous traffic levels. There are all kinds of companies that are helping businesses get Twitter followers such as http://twitter.popularfans.com and Twitter needs to find a way to take advantage of their traffic to actually try and make some money. Making money will ensure that they can tackle all of these other interesting problems. I have heard that Twitter’s investors are getting antsy about this more than anything. I know that you have to build up the product, but focusing on technical issues when you still don’t have a solid business model doesn’t make as much sense to me.

]]> By: Steve http://battellemedia.com/archives/2011/08/more_on_twitters_great_opportunityproblem.php#comment-206 Steve Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:56:04 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2011/08/more_on_twitters_great_opportunityproblem.php#comment-206 <p>> I'd like to know for certain, but it strikes me that there's got to be more data that Twitter holds back from the firehose. Data about the data, for example. I'm not sure, and I'd love a clear answer. </p> <p>Well here's what a mapped out tweet looks like <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/this_is_what_a_tweet_looks_like.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/this_is_what_a_tweet_looks_like.php</a> and as we know developers have been doing their own additions with annotations to add any additional metadata to a Twitter post. </p> <p>That's right, any data.</p> <p>Hope that helps.</p> > I’d like to know for certain, but it strikes me that there’s got to be more data that Twitter holds back from the firehose. Data about the data, for example. I’m not sure, and I’d love a clear answer.

Well here’s what a mapped out tweet looks like http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/this_is_what_a_tweet_looks_like.php and as we know developers have been doing their own additions with annotations to add any additional metadata to a Twitter post.

That’s right, any data.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: Chase http://battellemedia.com/archives/2011/08/more_on_twitters_great_opportunityproblem.php#comment-205 Chase Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:51:48 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2011/08/more_on_twitters_great_opportunityproblem.php#comment-205 <p>John, This is a great opportunity to bring all these companies together. I sent you a link regarding InfiniGraph that provides more of a brand angle to all this. Tell me what you think</p> <p>@chasemcmichael </p> John, This is a great opportunity to bring all these companies together. I sent you a link regarding InfiniGraph that provides more of a brand angle to all this. Tell me what you think

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