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- Zippo, on 10/29/2008, -4/+79Facebook has ads?
- jgopp, on 10/29/2008, -2/+63I don't think I know anyone who has bought something from a link through a facebook ad, I mean most of my friends on there are broke college students who can't afford anything anyway... I've never really understood how they transferred their traffic into revenue for these ad companies.
- runtimmyc, on 10/29/2008, -1/+46The ads I get are always asking me if I like Asian girls.
Just saying. - iamstudip, on 10/29/2008, -1/+42Do you think the unfortunate people that get laid off would stay in touch via facebook? :P
- seltaeb4, on 10/29/2008, -7/+45Facebook was cool before it became MySpace.
- iamghost, on 10/29/2008, -4/+34a 1% return on reaching out 110 million active users is huge in exposure alone.
- KraigR, on 10/29/2008, -3/+27Yay AdBlock Plus!
- inactive, on 10/29/2008, -0/+15layoff the users
- inactive, on 10/29/2008, -1/+13Actually the first boom failed because companies tried to provide brick and mortar services through the internet and failed. The second boom is just ads and eye balls for the most part, a more realistic model but prone to failure during downturns. Facebook just needs to trim staff and try to weather the storm. If anything kills Facebook it will be users migrating away due to boredom.
- Lochie, on 10/30/2008, -1/+12Add:
facebook.com##.adcolumn
facebook.com##.sponsor - charm803, on 10/29/2008, -1/+10With ads asking me if I want to lose weight (I don't) or if I am happy being single (I am) it's no wonder the ads don't work.
- lucidapathy, on 10/30/2008, -0/+9You had a chance to do a great insult... then you went and said lateral. I don't think that word means what you think it means.
- Eric1285, on 10/29/2008, -0/+8I said it then and I'll say it again - Zuckerberg was a fool for not taking the $1 billion+ buyout offer.
- martinherrera, on 10/29/2008, -0/+7it's gonna get tough for any of these companies to stay afloat with a strictly ad-based revenue model.
- freehunter, on 10/29/2008, -2/+9That's because Facebook knows exactly where you live, how many times you threw up at the SigEps house last weekend, and who you've been in a complicated relationship with. Google only knows that you like midget porn and are interesting in buying a Roomba.
- inactive, on 10/29/2008, -1/+8Anyone here part of that "Mark Zomberg is not a real person" group?
- SirChasm, on 10/29/2008, -3/+10Ehh. The entire article is just speculation.
- emberjohn, on 10/29/2008, -2/+8The new Facebook simply SUCKS !
- roxgod666, on 10/29/2008, -2/+8Myspace was cool before it became "a place for friends"
- brian223, on 10/30/2008, -0/+5Facebook has seen its Heyday. Mark should have taken the $1B buyout offer when he had the chance, the fad is quickly fading.
- OutThere, on 10/30/2008, -0/+5No, they'd probably go and start a new network, maybe call it Bebo and eat Facebook's lunch. Oh wait, Bebo already exists. Silly me! They'll just have to think up another dumb Web 2.0 name!
- Coy0te, on 10/30/2008, -2/+7Myspace was never cool.
- inactive, on 10/29/2008, -10/+15Good. i want them to go down. time for a facebook killer
- petemcfraser, on 10/29/2008, -0/+5I think Facebook could do better than any search engine at driving RELEVANT clicks, but as far as VOLUME... not in the foreseeable future.
- maximilen, on 10/29/2008, -1/+5Impressions must count too, not just click-through.
- ozodin, on 10/29/2008, -2/+6I do. I know a friend who signed up to a tech based college from a facebook link.that was targeted (I think) to his interest and work with 3d rendering. I obviously don't think facebook will ever do as well Google in the ad market, but still potential there no doubt with proper targeting.
- winmywii, on 10/30/2008, -0/+4They sell cost per click and cost per 1000 impression ads.
- ultrafez, on 10/29/2008, -2/+6I heart Adblock Plus :)
- doiveo, on 10/29/2008, -3/+6It's that math and thinking that drove the first dotcom boom. If you get 1% of views you aren't getting much at a place like that.
- gothicform, on 10/29/2008, -3/+6Not surprising really. Any facebook developer will tell you their overhaul of the website did rather bugger the pageviews up. They might have been annoying bugging you to be a pirate or a zombie but those applications were generating pageviews and money and now... they generate a lot less, not least because so many applications were broken by Facebook's changes.
The new design hasn't helped much either. I don't find the tabbed design as intuitive as the old grid layout it had and visit a lot less because it requires more clicks to do the same thing. It is just not as efficient.
New Facebook = New Coke. - Louis11, on 10/29/2008, -5/+8Zuckerberg's a thief.
- ofenza, on 10/30/2008, -1/+4actually it rocks. its why i started using facebook on a regular basis
- bodger, on 10/30/2008, -0/+3It's about context too. I use Google when I want to research something, and often the reason I'm doing that research is because I am considering making a purchase. In this context the ads are part of the content - potentially useful - and could lead to a purchase. If I used Facebook, I wouldn't be using it to research stuff, I'd be using it to socialize, and the ads would just interfere with the content - it would be like being down the pub with friends and an annoying salesman trying to butt into our conversation.
- freehunter, on 10/29/2008, -0/+3Except Coke admitted their mistake. Facebook is going to sink with this without ever again admitting fault.
- robthom, on 10/30/2008, -0/+3Good. I cant stand pop youth oriented social sites.
- petemcfraser, on 10/29/2008, -2/+5I saw an ad for a band I liked stating they were on tour near my neighborhood. I bought two tickets.
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 10/30/2008, -0/+3Myspace got stupid and I gave up and tried facebook, I like how it was scaled back and seemingly integrated what was going on with true friends much better. Then a month or two they changed the layout. I don't have a single add-on app installed (intentionally), I've kept it under 30 friends, and my page is still a total cluster****.
- epalla, on 10/30/2008, -1/+3Damn you're edgy.
- covertbadger, on 10/30/2008, -0/+2"Let's take General Motors for openers. Sure seems to be working out great for them and all of us, ain't it?"
Ooh, a cherry-picked example! Now I'm convinced! OK, I'll see your GM, and raise you Google and Apple. - mimigins, on 10/30/2008, -1/+3i got used to it before they enforced it. was funny to see everyone freak out the day it got rolled out for all.
- freehunter, on 10/29/2008, -2/+4Adblock doesn't work on Facebook for me for some reason. It takes care of the banner ads, but I still get the targeted text ads. Doesn't bother me too much, though.
- aserer511, on 10/29/2008, -1/+3That's gotta be awkward on the mini feed: Mark Zuchenberg has fired , and !
- covertbadger, on 10/30/2008, -0/+2Genius. So a company hires a bunch of employees, who realise they're now on the gravy train for life, and spend the entire day doing nothing because they know they can't be sacked. Company is crippled by extortionate wage bill and feeble productivity, goes bust, and everyone loses their jobs, freeloaders included. ***** marvellous. What are you going to do next, forbid vaccines because they make people sick?
- TinternAbbot, on 10/29/2008, -0/+2What so many cheerleaders for tech and web 2.0 don't realize is that it isn't enough to have a "sweet" company. It needs to turn a profit or else it's not sustainable. Many of these companies not only cannot profit, they don't even have revenues. Bad business.
- strictnein, on 10/30/2008, -0/+2The exception makes the rule.
- gospe1337, on 10/29/2008, -1/+3Google also has
1. Your email
2. Your portal page (iGoogle)
3. Your documents (google documents)
4. Your Search History (Google Bookmarks)
5. Your notebook (Google Notebook)
6. Your browser (if you use Chrome) - yrewol, on 10/31/2008, -0/+1ads are well targeted on Facebook, but tbh, I'm never on there looking for things to buy
- skubiszm, on 10/30/2008, -0/+1Don't look now, the second tech bubble is bursting.
- diggdatt, on 10/30/2008, -0/+1Good, maybe Geocities can make a comeback, I'd rather see a bunch of ***** sites than 1 huge ***** collection of worthless ***** pages, everyone invite the old people that will get them to leave.
- inactive, on 10/30/2008, -0/+1I can't believe anyone , on any website has clicked a link / ad to buy something. I can't say that i ever have or would in all my years being on the internet.
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