I hope tweetie isn’t paying for the advert, because it isn’t nofollowed.

Haven’t seen the exectweets ad yet, if it’s on your homepage can you check if nofollow has been applied?

Since Twitter is a partner in the site I don’t see why they should nofollow the link. I’m not sure Google is ready to penalize Twitter.

Thanks for the article Kalena, were always looking for good marketing ideas for our wristband company.

Thanks Bob

Exectweets ad is not no-followed as of my last check this morning.

Shouldn’t all ads be no-followed? Just my take on paid links, even if paid means “partner”

Hmmm mixed feelings about the ads. I can understand why Twitter wants another ave of income. It has become a huge ROI. Shouldn’t they get something in return?

On the other hand, I would hate to see Twitter become part of the evil empire. If they do will the executive storm trooper attire match the Twitter website? Hmm blue and white storm trooper outfits may not look so bad.

Hi Kalena,
I noticed these ads several days ago as well, so I’m glad to see you picked up on it here.

@andymurd – I am seeing that the ads (text links) are not no-followed.

this is a very interesting development for twitter. seems pretty logical. i’m glad they are starting out with some text links rather than silly banners.

I think this is probably a good idea by Twitter, save the embarrassing drawn out affairs which have occurred with Facebook.

At the end of the day, an awful lot of people are on the web for business and Twitter is no exception.

We were just yakking about this. Firefox and Flock show two different layouts but only some of the time. I noticed it in Chrome and the text ads on each new layout.

Now it makes more sense. Seems we are in ‘live’ beta testing for the Twitter techs. Can’t help but wonder if this has anything to do with the recent outages and lag times.

Very cool research you listed and a mind boggling new avenue for tweetstreams to take.

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mixed feelings! Always you participate in a free service and before you know it you are being pushed into a paid service.
greetz

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