how is facebook sustaining itself?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

i just don't see how they are profitable, or breaking even - much like youtube.

when checking out my friend's weekend in italy, i have no interest in clicking on ads. heck, i don't even notice any ads.

anyone else see it failing in the very near future?
i mean, it's as popular as ever, but popularity doesn't pay the bills.

millions of photos and videos = lots of servers = $$$

 

[shocksyde]

ads

 

[acheron]

they lose money on every page, but make up for it in volume.

 

[vshah]

ad views pay too. clicks just pay more. they have a TON of views..people spend all day on that site

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: acheron
they lose money on every page, but make up for it in volume.

 

[nerp]

wrong company. sorry.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: acheron
they lose money on every page, but make up for it in volume.

quoted for fail

 

[SearchMaster]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: acheron
they lose money on every page, but make up for it in volume.

quoted for fail

quoted for lack of sense of humor

 

[TallBill]

I keep getting gay cruise ads. Wtfbbq

 

[yllus]

They are not profitable as a business unto itself, but it's worth maintaining for the insanely useful marketing data that results from knowing absolutely everything about tens of millions of people - including their exact media and product likes and dislikes, who they associate with, where exactly they live, etc. Nobody is dumb enough to throw that away because of server and bandwidth costs.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: SearchMaster

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: acheron
they lose money on every page, but make up for it in volume.

quoted for fail

quoted for lack of sense of humor

404 humor not found

 

[moshquerade]

Online advertising revenue - which will make up the bulk of Facebook's revenue - is expected to grow from over $40 billion in 2007 to nearly $80 billion by 2010.

http://technology.timesonline....web/article3289054.ece

 

[acheron]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: SearchMaster

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: acheron
they lose money on every page, but make up for it in volume.

quoted for fail

quoted for lack of sense of humor

404 humor not found

It was a very common dot-com era joke. Were you born in 2001?

The point is that they're not profitable.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: yllus
They are not profitable as a business unto itself, but it's worth maintaining for the insanely useful marketing data that results from knowing absolutely everything about tens of millions of people - including their exact media and product likes and dislikes, who they associate with, where exactly they live, etc. Nobody is dumb enough to throw that away because of server and bandwidth costs.

what about staff?
developers, marketing, systems, etc.
the human resources aren't cheap either.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: TallBill
I keep getting gay cruise ads. Wtfbbq

Click the thumbsdown icon below the ads.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: acheron
404 humor not found

It was a very common dot-com era joke. Were you born in 2001?

The point is that they're not profitable.[/quote]

ah, i see.

In 2001 I was too busy doing drugs and touching myself to pay attention.

 

[skim milk]

http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/1...postversion=2009041511

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Online advertising revenue - which will make up the bulk of Facebook's revenue - is expected to grow from over $40 billion in 2007 to nearly $80 billion by 2010.

http://technology.timesonline....web/article3289054.ece

Yep. Just think of all the people that are playing some of the games on Facebook like Mafia Wars buying Godfather points and clicking on all the junk ads to get more Godfather points. Facebook gets a cut of that. I think about half my office is addicted to that game alone.

 

[Deeko]

advertising and marketing data.

 

[alkemyst]

you can paypal and get private members info too. it's in the faq.

 

[invidia]

I visited an AD on AT that was for a tri-channel 3x2GB ram but didn't buy it. I think it was the first AD I actually clicked (on purpose) to check it out in the last 15 years on the internet.

 

[SagaLore]

You're right! How can it be?!?!

Next thread:

"how is google sustaining itself?"

 

[speg]

I have actually clicked on a few of the ads. Sometimes an ad will be about of my favourite bands or TV shows (taken from my info page) that I am interested in and want to check out. *gasp* Internet advertising that actually works?

 

[meltdown75]

it sustains itself because it gets the most FACE

 

[Saga]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
you can paypal and get private members info too. it's in the faq.

Who with the what now?