Twitter have announced the acquisition of Smallthought Systems which specialise in producing website analytic’s data.
From the Twitter Blog:
Every day millions of people use Twitter to create, share and discover information, and as we grow, analytics becomes an increasingly crucial part of improving our service.
Up until about a year ago, we used an online database called Dabble DB to track and share information about our projects internally. While we’ve since moved that project management tool in-house, we maintain a relationship with Dabble DB’s creators, Smallthought Systems. When Smallthought launched Trendly, a tool that helps web sites …

You’ve probably not heard about this yet, but it’s likely that you’ve seen it.
Google hasn’t made any mention of the service, but the company has brought about Twitter feeds in ads.
Pretty cool concept, honestly.  Your display ad shows up, and your latest Tweet appears in it.  A viewer can choose to “Follow on Twitter”, or click any other part of the ad to be taken to your business’ page.
According to an article on Clickz, Google has declined to comment directly about the new service, but is saying that the company is …