similar agreement with Facebook in December, expanding the partnership
to make it easier for users to share Facebook status updates and other
information on
Twitter offers millions of messages posted every
minute. “The information in one single tweet can travel light years
farther with this
integration,” Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said in a statement. “Tweets
in more places brings relevance where and when you need it most.”
The move reflects
deep desire to tap into the increasingly social nature of the Web, a
trend propelled by Facebook and Twitter, which have become major forces
in driving and directing traffic.
The partnerships with Twitter and Facebook will take
effect later this year. The partnership with Twitter will allow users
to take material from both sites without having to leave either one,
said
“We are focusing on making
where you can stay in touch with people and information in one place,”
he said. “We hear consistently from a good chunk of our user base that
the Web is too cluttered and confusing.”
So what’s happening at Twitter? Twitter is inking all kinds of non-exclusive deals. It has search deals with
Transforming popularity into profitability may be a
big bonus. The search deals announced in October reportedly will
generate about
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