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Quick little blog post/vent here. I dont understand what it is with all the media that always writes about how twitter still has not figured out how to make any money. This was the same deal with google, way back when. Noone knew how to monetize search. Then google did little text ads and they got rich.

Well, twitter is doing the same thing. Yeah. Sponsored Definitions AKA tiny little text ads. So now the media can stop the obsession it as over how twitter will make money, and they can stop asking “How does twitter plan to make money” in every single interview they run. It is clear that the guys are making some money now. Good for them. Twitter rocks.

As usual, the people with sharp eyes have set the net off in a firestorm of… tweets… about the issue. And a majority of them really just do not care, besides the “OMG TWITTER HAS ADS JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE INTERNET” deal. What it all comes down to is after years of everyone trying to guess how they will make money, the found a way. And it is not at all obtrusive. I actually want to pat twitter on the back for the way they are putting the ads on the site. First of all, they are twitter related ads that they run. 2nd of all, they wont be putting ads in our tweets or text messages any time soon. So I think this is a great way to go. Yay Twitter!

Twitter is calling it “Sponsored definition” for text based ads in their “definitions” section now. Cool, if helps service[...] -highdefdiscnews

#twitter #breaking Twitter has got ads!!! http://bit.ly/tM7qn (plz RT) -monikkinom

(My two cents: I would not at all be surprised if they added a “Pro” version to twitter, much like Vimeo and Photobucket)

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