Over a third of businesses would not pay for
Twitter if the
popular micro-blogging site began charging companies for use, according to the
latest
V3.co.uk
reader poll.
Some 37 per cent of respondents said that Twitter should remain free to all,
while 11 per cent felt that the site should make its money from online adverts.
Only seven per cent of respondents said their firm would pay if it meant that
they could monitor their brand across Twitter, while 10 per cent would agree to
a charge if it reduced the risk of cyber squatting. Around 36 per cent of
respondents indicated that they do not use Twitter as a business tool.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said in an interview with Bloomberg last week
that the firm was
planning
to charge businesses to verify their accounts, in an attempt to reduce the
increasing incidents of cyber squatting on the site.
Initially, Twitter will target a few big name firms, including Dell and
Starbucks, whose names are likely to be attractive to cyber squatters, the firm
said.
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