How exactly does facebook make money?
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That's nuts - how on earth do you keep up with the latest news about me? :-D /ravi
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Yes - advertising. They have MILLIONS of users, and can guarantee that each one of those users will see the ads every time they log on. That's better numbers than the advertisers get from TV/radio spots. Let's not forget that FB probably gets revenue every time a user clicks on an ad, too.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
and can guarantee that each one of those users will see the ads every time they log on.
"each one of those" → "most" I see very few FB (or any) ads because I use a custom hosts file. /ravi
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I must be one of the few people here who do not have a FB account. :~
Regards, Nish
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You're not alone. Actually I have one. My missus "conviced me" it's fun. So I created one. Nedless to say I have no ideea of the password... Not that I would need it. Miss: "Honey did you saw XYZ's new post on my wall?" Idiot: "Yeah they're awsome.".... Keep on playing or whatever I was doing PS: Idiot==this/me; :)
All the best, Dan
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You're not alone. Actually I have one. My missus "conviced me" it's fun. So I created one. Nedless to say I have no ideea of the password... Not that I would need it. Miss: "Honey did you saw XYZ's new post on my wall?" Idiot: "Yeah they're awsome.".... Keep on playing or whatever I was doing PS: Idiot==this/me; :)
All the best, Dan
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
I must be one of the few people here who do not have a FB account.
I don't have one either. I used to, for about 2 months, and then deactivated it (accounts can't be deleted).
But you can remove all info and replace it with dummy data, right?
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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That's nuts - how on earth do you keep up with the latest news about me? :-D /ravi
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Yeah that's the one thing I miss in my life now.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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The closet name match on FB is; Nishanta Sivakumar Not that you needed to know that!
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But you can remove all info and replace it with dummy data, right?
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
As in "I was a dummy for creating the account in the first place"?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I'm one of the other two. That leaves just one more - I wonder who it its..
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
As in "I was a dummy for creating the account in the first place"?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
I must be one of the few people here who do not have a FB account.
I don't have one either. I used to, for about 2 months, and then deactivated it (accounts can't be deleted).
Slacker007 wrote:
accounts can't be deleted
I deleted mine following these instructions[^] and got an e-mail from Facebook confirming it is deleted (not merely deactivated). Now, I don't really believe them, but that's another story :)
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I don't know if this is stupid question but, how does Facebook make money? Is it only from advertising? If it is, i really doubt that. There are only few advertisements on Facebook for them to make that much money! I apologize for my ignorance. I'm sure everyone knows the answer :)
Regards, Herve
The money comes from a smart advertising model - users voluntarily enter all the information about themselves that any marketer would kill to get hold of, so the ads that are delivered are very targeted. So for example if I "like" Golf, and someone selling golf clubs can target all users who "like" Golf, I'm going to see ads for golf clubs - contrast this with TV ads where it's quite broad spectrum (you might guess that I'll buy shampoo if I watch some chick flick, but thats as good as you get), or Google (which may reasonably guess and place a golf club ad if I look up Tiger Woods latest affair, but I pretty much have to visit the page or discuss it in my GMail) Chris
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I don't know if this is stupid question but, how does Facebook make money? Is it only from advertising? If it is, i really doubt that. There are only few advertisements on Facebook for them to make that much money! I apologize for my ignorance. I'm sure everyone knows the answer :)
Regards, Herve
advertising, mostly. but also by selling Facebook "credits", for use within games.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/how-does-facebook-make-money-2010-5[^] The COO looks a bit uptight, the look my wife has when I tell her I'm getting another guitar. :)
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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the look my wife has when I tell her I'm getting another guitar.
Does she love your guitar that much or are you always buying new guitars? :-D Or maybe you always say that but, never buy a new guitar?
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http://www.techzene.com/social-media/how-facebook-makes-money/[^] Answer your question?
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Wow!
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I don't know if this is stupid question but, how does Facebook make money? Is it only from advertising? If it is, i really doubt that. There are only few advertisements on Facebook for them to make that much money! I apologize for my ignorance. I'm sure everyone knows the answer :)
Regards, Herve
If you want to see how they make money, look up the cost to buy advertising space. I's per viewer, you buy how many users will see it and can tune it to things listed in their profile interests. I unfortunately have done this before. For example, you can buy 10,000 views from users that list "guns" in their interests.
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advertising, mostly. but also by selling Facebook "credits", for use within games.
Wow. I really wish i could come uo with a bright idea like facebook to make money
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As in "I was a dummy for creating the account in the first place"?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997Yes, I was a big dummy for doing it.
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But you can remove all info and replace it with dummy data, right?
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
But you can remove all info and replace it with dummy data, right?
That's what I did before I deactivated the account...as much of it as I could. My saving grace is that I did not post a lot on the site. I used it to chat with my friends in California.
