Without doubt, 2009 has been the year of Twitter, with their growth reaching astronomical levels in the first few months of the year. However, it doesn’t look like the 2nd half of the year will be as good for Twitter as the 1st.
First there was news from Nielson that 60% of Twitter users are not returning the next month. And today I read an article by David Weir which highlighted that Twitter only grew by 1.47% in May, which is incredibly low when you consider that Twitter has grew by 100% since March and a whopping 3700% in one year.
I don’t think that this illustrates that Twitter is a Fad but it wouldn’t surprise me if we see negative growth for the first time over the next 3 months.
Are you still using Twitter as much as you used to?
I’ve been using Twitter for the last 2 months to promote my sound clip website, The EARchives. It’s a good fit, because I’ve modified the site to provide the ability to tweet sound clips from Twitter. I plan to continue to use Twitter as a website promotional tool.
-Bill Auclair