Twitter By The Numbers

The Case Against Twitter, By The NumbersThere's mounting evidence suggesting Twitter's rocketship ascent might be more mirage than moonshot. Because we think Twitter search results pages would be a great place to put the kinds of ads that make Google $21 billion a year, we have, at various points, argued that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo all need to acquire Twitter. So obviously, we're as bullish on the micro-blogging startup as anyone. But at the same time, we're not blind to the mounting evidence suggesting Twitter's rocketship ascent might be more mirage than moonshot.