Twitter's Kevin Weil Says The Big Advantage Of The Company's New Keyword Targeting Is Timing

Earlier today, Twitter announced that it will allow advertisers to target their promoted content based on the keywords in a tweet. I had a brief conversation with Senior Director of Revenue Products Kevin Weil who laid out Twitter's perspective on the announcement's significance. "People always say that you are what you tweet," Weil said. (Always?) At the same time, he noted that the content of those tweets haven't been a significant part of Twitter's ad targeting ? instead the company uses things like your device, geographic location, and "interest graph" based on people you follow. With today's announcement, he said the content in public tweets have now become a "first-class citizen."

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