The news of the day in the social media world is that Twitter stock has risen 4%, based on takeover claims. According to Mashable:
Twitter shares spiked by as much as 4% on Tuesday amid gossip in the investment community that the company had hired advisors — reportedly including Goldman Sachs — to deal with takeover bids.
I bet the next news that we start to hear is about Google and their focus on wanting a successful social network. They’ve tried (and failed) in the past, and Twitter has a solid userbase (albeit, not showing a lot of growth…), so Google would like to acquire and grow the brand.
With Twitter user growth slow, but the amount of active users, it’s still a viable network. The promoted content model won’t work well for a company like Twitter, but would be a great addition to Google’s portfolio- particularly AdSense.
What do you think? Will Google buy Twitter?
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