I must say at the time I wrote the article (March 2008) it wasn’t so obvious the whole search engine based biz model as it is now, hopefully as things have unfolded more people will agree with my perception of a future billion dollar valuation as twitter becomes a worldwide form of communication.

However, after big events have come through via twitter (CNN vs Ashton), Iran Elections, Michael Jackson’s Death and so on, there seems to be a usage pattern with twitter. A lot of people sign up to see what it is, some get it, some don’t, but even those that get it never come back after a couple of days.

We’ll see what’s on that biz plan that has so many powerful people putting money into it.