twitter in Japanese is on twitter.com with ads
We found it. Anyone can switch your twitter to Japanese menu (and advertising!) from [Settings]->[Account tab]->[Language drop down]-[Japanese]. Or if your browser’s language settings precedes Japanese, you will see Japanese interface on twitter.com
Here you are,
At top of the sidebar, you can see an ad box, which is planned to be backported to English version.
The JP domain – twitter.jp -, which we expected a Japanese version, is merely forwarding to twitter.com . Whether it is owned by twitter or not is unknown. (confirmed that twitter Inc. owns twitter.jp [J])
Top page before login also can be switched to Japanese,
What kind of ads?
Now I’m seeing following ads on Japanese twitter.
- Toyota
- en-Japan (outplacement service company)
- two twitter guidebooks (kind of “twitter for dummies” books)
- twitter API guidebook
Toyota’s ad takes you to the page which encourages you to follow their portal Gazoo.com.
See Also:
twitter Japan launched … where?
Press Conference on Ustream [Live]
[Update]
Press Rrelease by Digital Garage [J]
Official twitter blog (English) mentioned
Digital Garage founder Joi Ito’s blog
Author Information Akky Akimoto is a one of the first pro-bloggers in Japan [J]. As an individual he writes for Asiajin and his own weblog [J]. He also produces web services including Twitter book recording service IvRead.com and comparison-chart community Narabe.com. Currently traveling in Taiwan. 10 Responses to “twitter in Japanese is on twitter.com with ads”
Discussion Area - Leave a Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.
The new localized version of Twitter in Japanese has been launched, as reported by Joi Ito,Asiajin, and the Polar Bear Blog. The Japanese version, unlike the current English one, includes advertisements, and there is a plan to eventually export these ads back to the English version.
おっ、さっそくも、Mashableにも記事が、、、。 Twitter Launches Japanese With Ads, If You Please <ニュース業界、プレス関連の参考記事> ミニブログの米ツイッター、日本語版23日開始twitter in Japanese is on twitter.com with adsTwitter for Japan Live Report From Japan: Twitter Goes Live WithJapanese Localization Twitter日本語版記者説明会 ミニブログ・サービスTwitterの日本語版がスタート ＜ブログ内Twitter、関連記事＞
+ Discussion: CNET News.com andAsiajin
Blog Herald “Twitter Japan Launches” http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/23/twitter-japan-launches/ Twitter Blog “Twitter for Japan” http://blog.twitter.com/2008/04/twitter-for-japan.html#links Asiajin”twitter in Japanese is on twitter.com with ads”http://asiajin.com/blog/2008/04/23/twitter-japan-is-a-language-switch-on-twittercom/ Joi Ito’s Web “Twitter Japan is a go!” http://joi.ito.com/archives/2008/04/23/twitter_japan_is_a_go.html
on safari from the US. changed the language settings… still no Japanese.
Hmm. That sounds strange. Location should not affect it.
Still not sure what the twitter business model is…
[...] of Digital Garage, the company that invested in Twitter and introduced a Japanese version in April this [...]
[...] co-founder Biz Stone denied “advertisement on Twitter” plan in near future, Twitter Japanese page has been showing ads for 18 months now, which Twitter US called “some commercial [...]
[...] Banner ads on the Twitter page in Japanese was confirmed by US Twitter as an experiment. [...]