Rabu, 13 Oktober 2010

Challenge Facebook, Twitter targeting 1 Billion Users

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Twitter cofounder Evan Williams, who had just left the seat of the CEO to focus on product development, said the company’s target is able to capture 1 billion users. Through this goal, Twitter would like to challenge Facebook Inc, which is currently leading in the virtual world of social networking market.

"Twitter will attract one billion members," Williams said in San Francisco on Monday (10/11/2010). Unfortunately, Williams did not say when these targets will be achieved.

Along with the target setting, Twitter already provides a service that allows users to post photos, videos, and street maps last month. This step is done to attract more users.

Currently, Twitter, which has 165 million registered users, competes fiercely with Facebook to attract the users and advertisers. Based on ComScore Inc., Twitter is in the top three among social networking sites, beyond My Space. Facebook is in the first position and the second is Windows Live Profile.

Previously, the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg said at the beginning of the year, the membership of the world's most popular social networking site would soon penetrate one billion users. That figure is equivalent to 14 percent of world population.(Photo: AP PHOTO)