How Todd Akin Became a Moneymaker for Twitter - Peter Kafka - Social - AllThingsD

Another sign of the Twitter times

"But the Missouri congressman isn’t just fodder for my fellow Twitterers. He’s a moneymaking opportunity for Twitter, too.
If you searched for “Akin” on Twitter earlier today, you would have seen that the first result on the service’s search page was a “Promoted Tweet,” paid for by Claire McCaskill, Akin’s Democratic opponent in the upcoming election for Missouri’s Senate seat."

How Todd Akin Became a Moneymaker for Twitter - Peter Kafka - Social - AllThingsD