Google Twitter: The Left Behind Argument
March 4, 2009
I enjoyed the Mad Ave Ad Age article “Twitter: We Can Do What Google Can’t” here. Ad Age said:
It’s because of the potential it sees in search that the Twitter co-founders walked away from a $500 million offer from Facebook — not just the terms of the deal, said Todd Chaffee, an Institutional Venture Partners general partner and a new Twitter backer. He said contrary to some reports, Facebook offered not just stock but substantial cash in the deal.
The point is well taken. Twitter is different and duplicating its services won’t guarantee success.
Stephen Arnold, March 4, 2009
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Correct duplicating its services won’t guarantee success, because Twitter is a brand because of it first mover advantage. To ‘tweet” has entered the public lexicon as micro blogging just as the word to “Google” is used as a verb for search to the general public.
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