These first ads probably aren’t going to bring in enough cash to fuel a micro-app acquisition spree by Twitter, but this is the first clear public indication of one way the company is bringing in revenue.
…So far the only two sponsored links we’ve seen cycle through our sidebars have been to the ad network Federated Media’s Microsoft microsite ExecTweets.com (aggregating Twitter messages from corporate executives) and Universal Studios’ CinemaTweets.com, promoting the allegedly offensive forthcoming gay-face movie Bruno. The ads only appear on the home page of Twitter when a user is logged in, not when looking at another user’s profile page. Also included in the cycle is a link to a joint Twitter and Threadless.com microsite where visitors can buy Threadless t-shirts about Twitter. Apparently that doesn’t constitute a sponsored link, but presumably money is changing hands somewhere. The whole world of Twitter is a green-field when it comes to rules of disclosure.Perhaps these sources of revenue will help Twitter remain a viable company long enough for all kinds of questions about this brand new medium to be explored.
Dave Winer argued this Spring that people want to know how Twitter is going to make money…
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Ads Spotted on Twitter
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