Comments on: Google Neglects Jaiku So Users Switch to Twitter

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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:56:11 +0000

[...] it came back online. Many Jaiku users (including myself) are looking more seriously at Twitter, and making a switch or fleeing Jaiku, based upon Google’s apparent neglect of the Jaiku project. (to their [...]

By: Mobile guy

Mobile guy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:57:42 +0000

I’m using Twitter and never used Jaiku.

By: Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:44:54 +0000

I’d say that there are a lot of people who are currently using Twitter and have never heard of Jaiku as a result of the fact that G didn’t do a great job with the company up until this point.

Alan Johnson

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:20:02 +0000

@Mark – I wonder if they are really “switching” to Twitter or just using it in addition to Jaiku.

By: lux

lux — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:19:43 +0000

I have a Jaiku account but I never use it either — everyone is on Twitter.

I would expect that Google will eventually incorporate Jaiku into whatever social media plans they have, but given the slow pace of Google product launches that probably won’t be until 2009.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:16:21 +0000

I don’t know anyone who uses Jaiku but lots of people who love Twitter. Look at these Compete.com numbers – http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitter.com+jaiku.com/?metric=uv.

Telling.