[wallflower]

bit.ly appeared to be the front runner for an acquisition in that Twitter arena.

Their analytics are impressive:

http://bit.ly/info/cjwkQI

http://bit.ly/info/oQJM

[tdmackey]

Twitter already tried to acquire them and they declined the offer.

[bryanh]

Whoops...

[dbrown26]

Source?

[tdmackey]

Thought it was just kind of well known. The first of many sources: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-and-twitter-wanted-to-...