Comments on: Will Twitter Monetize Via Email Ads?

By: Neil Capel

Neil Capel — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:00:33 +0000

Check out this post that I made even before they changed their emails, in fact it was about a week before they changed it.

http://bit.ly/TvbPn

By: Adam Viener

Adam Viener — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:47:28 +0000

I would like to see twitter offer PPC ads on search.twitter.com, I’d bid on some keywords there!

By: Joe D'Andrea

Joe D'Andrea — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:25:03 +0000

Twitter search results showing ads? That’s a shoo-in if there ever was one.

By: Chris Abraham

Chris Abraham — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:42:56 +0000

I think there might be way too much blowback if they were to implement in-text ads — text-link ads are seriously frowned upon; however, I have been thinking about it further and I wonder if they might monetize search, since Twitter is spending more and more time “pimping” their search.twitter.com site to be amazingly the “new google” and I am sure that will probably be the place they will monetize since this is the place where there will surely be web-based eyeballs, the way Google does ads with search but not with Books or Reader, etc… does that sound right?

By: Stevie

Stevie — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:58:55 +0000

highly possible and actually a strategic movie to add in subtle (read really subtle ads) into the inline emails. It’s smart, keeps the situation fluid.. and if they rotate the ads, they would be very wise to keep them targeted to topics and friends..
might take some coding there.. but worth a shot. (oops.. maybe I just gave away too much- ya think?)

By: Mike Langford

Mike Langford — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:13:02 +0000

That is exactly what jumped into my mind on Wednesday afternoon when I got my first HTML direct message notification. I think it’s brilliant in its simplicity.

It is also allows Twitter to avoid the complications of getting the development community on board with ads within the tweet stream. I’m sure at one point in the future there will be some sort of adsense-like revenue sharing model of Twitter apps but until then I think it is a great idea to go for the low hanging fruit.

By: Joe D'Andrea

Joe D'Andrea — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:09:34 +0000

Very possible. The branded, graphical emails might be the first step in that direction ... not to mention the handiwork of a certain newly-hired CD. In fact, I can see them aiming for two or three ads in the sidebar as well, a la Gmail or Facebook. ("I, for one, welcome our new inline ad overlords.")