Twitter co-founder: ad revenue has been more than expected

Twitter co-founder Evan (Tencent Science and Technology map) Mingxuan Beijing Time November 21 news, according to foreign media reports, micro-blog Twitter co-founder Evan (Evan Williams) said that after the launch of advertising services, Twitter advertising revenue has exceeded the company's expectations, but Williams did not disclose detailed data. Twitter currently has 175 million users and is one of the most popular Internet social services. Twitter has not launched advertising services until recently, and it has been the only recent start to earn revenue from ad hoc ads that usually appear on Twitter's specific services. Mr Williams said Twitter's initial advertising revenue was in good shape, surpassing the company's expectations, but he did not disclose detailed data. Williams also stressed that Twitter is currently negotiating with Facebook, the world's largest social networking site, to consider consolidating the services of two companies. Mr Williams points out that Facebook bans Twitter users from viewing their Facebook friends, making it very unhappy that users cannot quickly learn exactly which Facebook friends are using Twitter at the same time. "We want users to be able to integrate deeply with Facebook to improve their Twitter experience," he said. But I understand their concerns. They view social maps as core assets. We often negotiate with them, hoping to find ways to cooperate, but there is no result. "There was a technology blog that said Twitter is considering a new round of financing, which is estimated at about $3 billion trillion for Twitter. It is reported that the Russian investment company DST Global will lead a new round of Twitter financing, the size of the financing is expected to be more than September this year, the amount of 100 million U.S. dollars of funding. In the last round of financing, Twitter was valued at $1 billion trillion. Before investing in Twitter, DST has invested in Facebook, social gaming company Zynga and Groupon. Yuri Milner, chairman of DST, Milner that Twitter is one of about 25 to 30 companies currently in line with the company's investment strategy.