The founders of the social network Twitter — having already conquered the technology press/mainstream media and experienced the kind of rapid growth that one usually associates with viruses or kudzu — are hard at work on new features that may lead to the true holy grail of Web 2.0 companies: money. In an April 1 blog post titled “The Discovery Engine is Coming,” cofounder Biz Stone details his company’s latest efforts to get users to stay on Twitter longer by tweaking its search engine.
Twitter Tweaks Search Engine to Corral Tweets
Posted by: Renay San Miguel April 2, 2009 12:25 PMThe founders of the social network Twitter — having already conquered the technology press/mainstream media and experienced the kind of rapid growth that one usually associates with viruses or kudzu — are hard at work on new features that may lead to the true holy grail of Web 2.0 companies: money. In an April 1 blog post titled “The Discovery Engine is Coming,” cofounder Biz Stone details his company’s latest efforts to get users to stay on Twitter longer by tweaking its search engine.