Comments on: Google: Why Jaiku and not Twitter? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Mike Allan http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-335202 Mike Allan Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:54:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/#comment-335202 Allen has some valid points particularly the last two. Heck Google probably bought Jaiku with TODAY’s stock increase!

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-335189 Mathew Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:16:07 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/#comment-335189 Those are all good points, Allen.

]]> By: allen stern http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-335188 allen stern Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:02:58 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/#comment-335188 good post mathew – you can click my name for my full thoughts but here are some notes:

– jaiku can be molded, twitter already has too many scobles

– not sure if jaiku had vc, but it probably made the purchase smaller and easier

– with the stock price changes over the past month, this acq probably cost them nothing :)

– twitter has big issues with stability

]]> By: Adam Ostrow http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-335187 Adam Ostrow Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:17:49 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/#comment-335187 I’d be surprised if that happened. I haven’t been able to track down Dodgeball numbers circa acquisition time, but I’m assuming Jaiku’s user base is way bigger than Dodgeball’s was when Google bought it. Dodgeball was a little ahead of its time IMO, but Jaiku has too many users at this point for Google to totally ignore the community and catch the wave of negative PR. At least, that’s how I would rationally think about it …

]]> By: Mike http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-335186 Mike Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:16:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/09/google-why-jaiku-and-not-twitter/#comment-335186 I would guess that it has more to do with the fact that jaiku has an actual mobile client. Google needs peole for their Gphone!

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