Google Losing Up To $1.65M a Day On YouTube

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • tranza
    ICQ: 197-556-237
    • Jun 2003
    • 57559

    #1

    Google Losing Up To $1.65M a Day On YouTube

    From the Slashdot site:

    The average visitor to YouTube is costing Google between one and two dollars, according to new research that shows Google losing up to $1.65 million per day on the video site. More than two years after Google acquired YouTube, income from premium offers and other revenue generators don't offset YouTube's expenses of content acquisition, bandwidth, and storage. YouTube is expected to serve 75 billion video streams to 375 million unique visitors in 2009, costing Google up to $2,064,054 a day, or $753 million annualized. Revenue projections for YouTube fall between $90 million and $240 million."

    Source: http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?.../04/14/1630239

    I wonder when we are going to start seeing more and more Tube sites closing simply because they are not profitable. If Google can't make this business model profitable, nobody can.

    I'm just a newbie.
  • HorseShit
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Dec 2004
    • 17513

    #2
    If they charged people $5 a month they would make a killing

    Comment

    • cherrylula
      lol
      • Jan 2002
      • 15969

      #3
      interesting...

      Comment

      • tranza
        ICQ: 197-556-237
        • Jun 2003
        • 57559

        #4
        Originally posted by Justin
        If they charged people $5 a month they would make a killing
        If thy charged $5/month quite a lot of people wouldn't use that site.
        I'm just a newbie.

        Comment

        • HorseShit
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Dec 2004
          • 17513

          #5
          Originally posted by tranza
          If thy charged $5/month quite a lot of people wouldn't use that site.
          that's true but most people would pay it or have their parents pay it, if you're the kid who's not paying $5/month for youtube you're not cool

          Comment

          • Zyber
            Confirmed User
            • Aug 2001
            • 832

            #6
            YouTube is part of Google's data mining project. While it may seem that YouTube is losing money, it is part of a bigger plan. To create extremely detailed user profiles of our habits and preferences. This data collection is done to serve us very targetted advertisements, whereever we are. To say it in another way; Google wants to know what we are thinking - and make profit from that.

            Comment

            • marketsmart
              HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
              • Dec 2004
              • 20419

              #7
              Originally posted by tranza

              I wonder when we are going to start seeing more and more Tube sites closing simply because they are not profitable. If Google can't make this business model profitable, nobody can.
              does anyone here understand the concept of extended roi?

              trust me, google is not failing at the tube business..

              google owns the market by a long shot and will continue to implement new ways to monetize the eyeballs..

              also, google may not need to ever have youtube profitable if the cdb is made up in other avenues like data mining, etc...

              Comment

              • Manowar
                jellyfish  
                • Dec 2003
                • 71528

                #8
                i'd say that estimate is way off, google will have killer deals on the bandwidth

                Comment

                • Iron Fist
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 23400

                  #9
                  Information on you is worth more than you think, and it's worth making it a loss leader, when you can make it back somewhere else, which i'm sure they do.
                  i like waffles

                  Comment

                  • Joshua G
                    dumb libs love censorship
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 8198

                    #10
                    what data do they collect that is worth spending hundreds of millions of dollars per year? Youtube asks for very little PII - An email address & a user ID. So they can target ads to me based on my video tastes. Big deal. Those ads are not testing well, & they haven't been able to adequately monetize the traffic stream. These are high IQ people over at google, smarter than microsoft. & they can't make money off youtube.

                    Comment

                    • Manowar
                      jellyfish  
                      • Dec 2003
                      • 71528

                      #11
                      Originally posted by joshgirls
                      what data do they collect that is worth spending hundreds of millions of dollars per year? Youtube asks for very little PII - An email address & a user ID. So they can target ads to me based on my video tastes. Big deal. Those ads are not testing well, & they haven't been able to adequately monetize the traffic stream. These are high IQ people over at google, smarter than microsoft. & they can't make money off youtube.
                      the only way youtube would make money is ads pre-roll, but it could their user base down significantly

                      Comment

                      • sortie
                        Confirmed User
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 7771

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Manowar
                        the only way youtube would make money is ads pre-roll, but it could their user base down significantly
                        Consider that youtube videos have the effect of causing people to search
                        for more info. Guess where they search?

                        Big Mike's Pub is losing money on the free peanuts and popcorn?
                        NOT!!
                        People just get more thirsty.

                        Comment

                        • Zorgman
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 6103

                          #13
                          I don't know why youtube dont work on post roll adverts. Before the video starts.
                          ---

                          Comment

                          • Pleasurepays
                            BANNED - SUPPORTING TUBES
                            • Aug 2002
                            • 11913

                            #14
                            its comical how everyone desperately wants to believe that somehow allowing free streaming video online is going to fail... or that google is even trying to profit with youtube.com directly.

                            Comment

                            • Manowar
                              jellyfish  
                              • Dec 2003
                              • 71528

                              #15
                              Originally posted by sortie
                              Consider that youtube videos have the effect of causing people to search
                              for more info. Guess where they search?

                              Big Mike's Pub is losing money on the free peanuts and popcorn?
                              NOT!!
                              People just get more thirsty.
                              Good point, I suppose when it's google, it all counts

                              Comment

                              • Scott McD
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • Nov 2002
                                • 67798

                                #16
                                Originally posted by tranza
                                If thy charged $5/month quite a lot of people wouldn't use that site.
                                But then again, the people who can't afford to pay $5 per month won't be missed...


                                I Buy My High Quality Traffic Here, You Should Too!

                                Comment

                                • Joshua G
                                  dumb libs love censorship
                                  • Jul 2008
                                  • 8198

                                  #17
                                  YouTube is an absurdity & its day of reckoning is inevitable.

                                  you can't run a website that lets all the people in the world upload unlimited video, then hotlink the video to all kinds of media, giving away all this free bandwidth, & somehow money is going to be made on this. everything is free! Free is a great traffic generator, but its not really free when the traffic can't pay the bills.

                                  Comment

                                  • Nautilus
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Sep 2002
                                    • 1631

                                    #18
                                    They'll make it all back when Coca-Cola and P&G start skinning YouTube for $100mil/month - for them it'll equal the boost in the world wide brand name recognition that is worth billions through other types of media.
                                    .
                                    .

                                    FerroCash - 50+ quality niche paysites to promote | 100K+ FHGs | Check recently added galleries

                                    New sites | Pantyhose | Nylon | Shemale | Strapon | Lesbian | Mature/MILF | Anal | Old&Young | Gay | Feet

                                    Morphing RSS feeds - check them at the Official blog| Page Peels (Sample 1 : Sample 2)

                                    Wish to review or evaluate our sites before promoting them? Contact me for free password.

                                    ICQ: 38.89.22.76 e-mail: support AT ferrocash.com

                                    Comment

                                    • SBJ
                                      So Fucking Fabulous
                                      • Apr 2003
                                      • 11387

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Nautilus
                                      They'll make it all back when Coca-Cola and P&G start skinning YouTube for $100mil/month - for them it'll equal the boost in the world wide brand name recognition that is worth billions through other types of media.
                                      yup that is very true.. look at myspace, they skin that all the time. I'm sure they get a pretty penny to skin myspace or like you said youtube

                                      Comment

                                      • Odin
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Jan 2004
                                        • 2545

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by Manowar
                                        i'd say that estimate is way off, google will have killer deals on the bandwidth
                                        I agree. You'd think these analysts should have some pretty accurate information though. However I did see Mark Cuban basing his calculations off bandwidth at 12 cents a GB :S So who knows. I doubt Google would allow it to loose that much money, but could be wrong.
                                        ICQ: 637//961--015

                                        Comment

                                        • who
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Aug 2003
                                          • 19593

                                          #21
                                          They'll soon have users hosting their own vids in some kind of torrent-like way

                                          Comment

                                          • Fetish Gimp
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Feb 2005
                                            • 1699

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by Zorgman
                                            I don't know why youtube dont work on post roll adverts. Before the video starts.
                                            Some youtube content producers are already putting ads in the middle of their content ("indy mogul" for example), and there's already embedded advertising at the bottom of most videos.
                                            Strapon Seduction - femdom blog | Twitter

                                            Comment

                                            • raymor
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Oct 2002
                                              • 3745

                                              #23
                                              The idea that they are losing that much money totaling ignores the primary
                                              benefit GOOG gets from youtube right now - market share. They could probably
                                              sell the youtube.com name alone for 2 billion dollars. Just as "google"
                                              has become a verb that people use every day, saying "google it before asking here",
                                              they are making youtube THE site for video. Remember the search engine wars?
                                              Back in the 1990s companies spent hundreds of millions to get and keep a
                                              peice of the search engine pie. All of the other SEs are pretty much gone.
                                              Now that Google IS search, they are monetizing the hell out of out, but first
                                              they had to firmly establish their ownership of the search game. I'm sure now
                                              that the word "YouTube" is used by news anchors to mean "the internet", the
                                              very bright guys and gals at goog have monetization plans that will kick in real
                                              soon.
                                              For historical display only. This information is not current:
                                              support@bettercgi.com ICQ 7208627
                                              Strongbox - The next generation in site security
                                              Throttlebox - The next generation in bandwidth control
                                              Clonebox - Backup and disaster recovery on steroids

                                              Comment

                                              • Janak
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Jan 2009
                                                • 483

                                                #24
                                                I read this yesterday about Youtube and why it is DOOMED. Check it out. Grim.
                                                My stats here.

                                                Comment

                                                • $5 submissions
                                                  I help you SUCCEED
                                                  • Nov 2003
                                                  • 32195

                                                  #25
                                                  They are about to unveil a deal with some movie studios... I wonder if it will stop the bloodletting...

                                                  Comment

                                                  • Owner
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Nov 2006
                                                    • 905

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by raymor
                                                    Just as "google"
                                                    has become a verb that people use every day, saying "google it before asking here",
                                                    they are making youtube THE site for video.

                                                    Comment

                                                    • aniloscash
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Oct 2008
                                                      • 1161

                                                      #27
                                                      there are intangibles for google running youtube.
                                                      Got Milf Traffic Contact Me ICQ 473236446
                                                      j (at)anilos (dot)com
                                                      http://www.aniloscash.com

                                                      Comment

                                                      • Manowar
                                                        jellyfish  
                                                        • Dec 2003
                                                        • 71528

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by Owner

                                                        Comment

                                                        • SordidMedia
                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                          • Oct 2008
                                                          • 283

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by raymor
                                                          The idea that they are losing that much money totaling ignores the primary
                                                          benefit GOOG gets from youtube right now - market share. They could probably
                                                          sell the youtube.com name alone for 2 billion dollars. Just as "google"
                                                          has become a verb that people use every day, saying "google it before asking here",
                                                          they are making youtube THE site for video. Remember the search engine wars?
                                                          Back in the 1990s companies spent hundreds of millions to get and keep a
                                                          peice of the search engine pie. All of the other SEs are pretty much gone.
                                                          Now that Google IS search, they are monetizing the hell out of out, but first
                                                          they had to firmly establish their ownership of the search game. I'm sure now
                                                          that the word "YouTube" is used by news anchors to mean "the internet", the
                                                          very bright guys and gals at goog have monetization plans that will kick in real
                                                          soon.
                                                          Market share and domination yes. Google searches account for 80% of online searches. The figure is 90% in the UK.

                                                          Comment

                                                          • alias
                                                            aliasx
                                                            • Apr 2001
                                                            • 19010

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by Zyber
                                                            YouTube is part of Google's data mining project. While it may seem that YouTube is losing money, it is part of a bigger plan. To create extremely detailed user profiles of our habits and preferences. This data collection is done to serve us very targetted advertisements, whereever we are. To say it in another way; Google wants to know what we are thinking - and make profit from that.
                                                            firrealz
                                                            https://porncorporation.com

                                                            Comment

                                                            • Manowar
                                                              jellyfish  
                                                              • Dec 2003
                                                              • 71528

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by SordidMedia
                                                              Market share and domination yes. Google searches account for 80% of online searches. The figure is 90% in the UK.
                                                              makes you wonder why anyone bothers SEOing on the other engines

                                                              Comment

                                                              • mynameisjim
                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                • Aug 2007
                                                                • 2985

                                                                #32
                                                                Didn't profit reports announced today show that Google's revenue declined. They showed an increase in profits because of cost cutting.

                                                                Everyone has so much faith in Google like they are secretly cooking up a master plan with all these ventures that don't make money. Truth is, they don't have a plan. They haven't innovated with ONE SINGLE PRODUCT. If they had a history of innovation, I would believe, but they don't.

                                                                Even with Youtube, they bought it, than sat around while hulu.com became the source for legit premium television and movie content. Now, several years later they just starting to announce (not do, announce) deals with big media company. Yep, Google sure is on the cutting edge...lol.
                                                                jim (at) amateursconvert . com Amateurs Convert

                                                                Comment

                                                                • Nautilus
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Sep 2002
                                                                  • 1631

                                                                  #33
                                                                  I do not think $750mil/year is the correct estimation of their costs of running youtube - that's just way too much. Most likely it falls within $100-200mil/year range and their loss on that is $100mil/year max, most likely less - and that's much easier to swallow than $500mil/year loss. At that price than can afford to just hang around for the next decade to see if something profitable will maybe pop out of it.
                                                                  .
                                                                  .

                                                                  FerroCash - 50+ quality niche paysites to promote | 100K+ FHGs | Check recently added galleries

                                                                  New sites | Pantyhose | Nylon | Shemale | Strapon | Lesbian | Mature/MILF | Anal | Old&Young | Gay | Feet

                                                                  Morphing RSS feeds - check them at the Official blog| Page Peels (Sample 1 : Sample 2)

                                                                  Wish to review or evaluate our sites before promoting them? Contact me for free password.

                                                                  ICQ: 38.89.22.76 e-mail: support AT ferrocash.com

                                                                  Comment

                                                                  • gideongallery
                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                    • Aug 2003
                                                                    • 7082

                                                                    #34
                                                                    In effect, Google is paying you to enjoy YouTube videos. In return, it gets the chance to show you some advertising. But adoption of those big-ticket items (YouTube sells homepage roadblock ads at $175,000 per day and branded channels at $200,000 apiece) has been limited, and Google AdWords image advertising remains the primary revenue source for YouTube.
                                                                    anyone else notice that they ignored the entire revenue stream that comes from promoting your videos via keywords.


                                                                    http://www.google.com/support/youtub...60&ctx=sibling

                                                                    count the number of videos that don't have a featured list of videos beside it.
                                                                    good luck finding any, and if you clicked on any of those videos google just got paid.

                                                                    “When crimes occur through the mail, you don’t shut the post office down,” Steve Wozniak

                                                                    Comment

                                                                    • Jakez
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Jan 2004
                                                                      • 5656

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by Justin
                                                                      If they charged people $5 a month they would make a killing
                                                                      No they wouldn't... why don't you figure out how much $5/mo per person would make then annually and come back and try again.
                                                                      [email protected] - jakezdumb - 573689400

                                                                      Killuminati

                                                                      Comment

                                                                      • Doctor Dre
                                                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                        • Jan 2001
                                                                        • 51692

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Originally posted by tranza
                                                                        If Google can't make this business model profitable, nobody can.

                                                                        Google isn't putting any ads up fearing lawsuits... tube sites have ads all over.
                                                                        Originally posted by rayadp05
                                                                        I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

                                                                        Comment

                                                                        • Blingbaby
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Mar 2006
                                                                          • 1079

                                                                          #37
                                                                          Originally posted by tranza
                                                                          If thy charged $5/month quite a lot of people wouldn't use that site.
                                                                          this is youtube.com not tranza.com don't forget

                                                                          Comment

                                                                          • the.drunk
                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                            • Apr 2009
                                                                            • 712

                                                                            #38
                                                                            tubes tubes tubes


                                                                            find good domains : free epassporte : whitelabel webcams
                                                                            CONTACT ICQ 591549611

                                                                            Comment

                                                                            • Due
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Mar 2001
                                                                              • 3620

                                                                              #39
                                                                              Youtube could help google optimize their PPC advertisements to show more relevant results on other sites than their own since they could profile users better.
                                                                              As example a surfer could search for "travel europe" on google and google would return regular results + PPC advertisement.
                                                                              If google could fetch "data" at the same time from youtube showing "drunk partyclips" they could return better results focusing on places like Prague/Bulgaria and nightlife while if there is a newly added "given birth to my 3rd child" video in their youtube account they might get better revenues from returning results based on family friendly resorts at the beach.
                                                                              Increased revenues from such things could not directly be contributed to youtube, it just add more value to their bottom line
                                                                              I buy plugs
                                                                              Skype: Due_Global
                                                                              /Due

                                                                              Comment

                                                                              • PornMD
                                                                                Mainstream Businessman
                                                                                • Jan 2007
                                                                                • 9291

                                                                                #40
                                                                                It'll be interesting to see if Hulu joins YouTube at the top soon. They're closing in on US rank at least, 35 and rapidly increasing to YouTube's 4...I predict especially with the heavy advertising they've started to do, they'll be top 10 in the US by the end of the year. It seems like they already have the money making down pat too.
                                                                                Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

                                                                                Comment

                                                                                • tiger
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Apr 2002
                                                                                  • 6986

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  It is doomed in it's current form. I seriously doubt they will keep it in its current form though. But they have been very slow to make changes so who knows.

                                                                                  Comment

                                                                                  • mynameisjim
                                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                                    • Aug 2007
                                                                                    • 2985

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    Originally posted by PornMD
                                                                                    It'll be interesting to see if Hulu joins YouTube at the top soon. They're closing in on US rank at least, 35 and rapidly increasing to YouTube's 4...I predict especially with the heavy advertising they've started to do, they'll be top 10 in the US by the end of the year. It seems like they already have the money making down pat too.
                                                                                    Yeah, Hulu actually has more revenue than Youtube as well, at least according to analysts reports for 2008 so they know how to do something right.

                                                                                    So Google had all that brand recognition and traffic and Hulu jumped in, signed deals, and is making more than them. Just goes to prove what I've been saying that Google is not innovating nor is it making any smart moves. The whole data mining argument is just nonsense. If google could make more money, they would do it. They're not sitting back and losing money on purpose so they can execute some brilliant plan in the future. If that was the case they wouldn't have hired a specialist to cut costs like crazy these past several months just so they could turn a profit this quarter.

                                                                                    But they are several years late in making deals with movie and TV networks. They were the first big tube site and already they are playing catch up before they even turned a profit. Someone should be fired if you ask me.
                                                                                    Last edited by mynameisjim; 04-16-2009, 09:57 PM.
                                                                                    jim (at) amateursconvert . com Amateurs Convert

                                                                                    Comment

                                                                                    • PornMD
                                                                                      Mainstream Businessman
                                                                                      • Jan 2007
                                                                                      • 9291

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Originally posted by mynameisjim
                                                                                      Yeah, Hulu actually has more revenue than Youtube as well, at least according to analysts reports for 2008 so they know how to do something right.

                                                                                      So Google had all that brand recognition and traffic and Hulu jumped in, signed deals, and is making more than them. Just goes to prove what I've been saying that Google is not innovating nor is it making any smart moves. The whole data mining argument is just nonsense. If google could make more money, they would do it. They're not sitting back and losing money on purpose so they can execute some brilliant plan in the future. If that was the case they wouldn't have hired a specialist to cut costs like crazy these past several months just so they could turn a profit this quarter.

                                                                                      But they are several years late in making deals with movie and TV networks. They were the first big tube site and already they are playing catch up before they even turned a profit. Someone should be fired if you ask me.
                                                                                      Well they were riding on the wave of copyrighted content, and now record companies and media corps are making them take a lot of it off the moment it hits. I tried uploading a song only (i.e. no accompanying music video) to YT, a pretty unknown song, but it was apparently under copyright and the record company got it off YT immediately and I know for sure it wasn't ALWAYS like that. There's absolutely no reason for them to work with YT when YT owes nearly 100% of their clout to those companies...the only reason there's nearly the amount of people there to watch amateur videos there is because they were already there watching clips of shows, music videos, news clips, etc. So those people will slowly but surely migrate to Hulu as the word gets out more. The interesting thing is that Hulu even works with 3rd party sites if it has to - like I think every South Park video on Hulu actually redirects to the video on SouthParkStudios.com.
                                                                                      Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

                                                                                      Comment

                                                                                      • mmcfadden
                                                                                        So Fucking Banned
                                                                                        • Oct 2008
                                                                                        • 5099

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        Originally posted by Pleasurepays
                                                                                        its comical how everyone desperately wants to believe that somehow allowing free streaming video online is going to fail... or that google is even trying to profit with youtube.com directly.
                                                                                        it is comical... it is failing...

                                                                                        that's the point... sites evolve and youtube as ya know it will too...

                                                                                        Comment

                                                                                        • PornMD
                                                                                          Mainstream Businessman
                                                                                          • Jan 2007
                                                                                          • 9291

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          YouTube heard us talking: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/YouTub...&asset=&ccode=
                                                                                          Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

                                                                                          Comment

                                                                                          • ExLust
                                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                                            • Aug 2008
                                                                                            • 3223

                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Originally posted by Owner
                                                                                            I giggle.

                                                                                            BE A PARTNER

                                                                                            Comment

                                                                                            • hjnet
                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                              • May 2002
                                                                                              • 3815

                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by Justin
                                                                                              that's true but most people would pay it or have their parents pay it, if you're the kid who's not paying $5/month for youtube you're not cool
                                                                                              Or go to another free tube, if you're the kid who's mommy is paying $5/month for youtube you're the village idiot

                                                                                              Comment

                                                                                              • Paul Markham
                                                                                                Too old to care
                                                                                                • Jun 2001
                                                                                                • 52942

                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Originally posted by mynameisjim
                                                                                                Didn't profit reports announced today show that Google's revenue declined. They showed an increase in profits because of cost cutting.

                                                                                                Everyone has so much faith in Google like they are secretly cooking up a master plan with all these ventures that don't make money. Truth is, they don't have a plan. They haven't innovated with ONE SINGLE PRODUCT. If they had a history of innovation, I would believe, but they don't.

                                                                                                Even with Youtube, they bought it, than sat around while hulu.com became the source for legit premium television and movie content. Now, several years later they just starting to announce (not do, announce) deals with big media company. Yep, Google sure is on the cutting edge...lol.
                                                                                                Luckily for Google they can afford it, but it is wonderful to watch all the people here who think giving a product away is the right thing to do.

                                                                                                This says it all.

                                                                                                Free is a great traffic generator, but its not really free when the traffic can't pay the bills.
                                                                                                Except it could of said "When the traffic doesn't pay the bills.



                                                                                                Blowout deal. 880 videos, 2,400 image sets, plus many RAW videos. $500.
                                                                                                PM me for a deal. Skype Paulmarkham70

                                                                                                Comment

                                                                                                • bbobby86
                                                                                                  partners.sexier.com
                                                                                                  • Jan 2007
                                                                                                  • 11926

                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  killing killing...

                                                                                                  Comment

                                                                                                  • MindWaste
                                                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                                                    • Mar 2001
                                                                                                    • 3662

                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    Originally posted by tranza
                                                                                                    From the Slashdot site:

                                                                                                    The average visitor to YouTube is costing Google between one and two dollars, according to new research that shows Google losing up to $1.65 million per day on the video site. More than two years after Google acquired YouTube, income from premium offers and other revenue generators don't offset YouTube's expenses of content acquisition, bandwidth, and storage. YouTube is expected to serve 75 billion video streams to 375 million unique visitors in 2009, costing Google up to $2,064,054 a day, or $753 million annualized. Revenue projections for YouTube fall between $90 million and $240 million."

                                                                                                    Source: http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?.../04/14/1630239

                                                                                                    I wonder when we are going to start seeing more and more Tube sites closing simply because they are not profitable. If Google can't make this business model profitable, nobody can.

                                                                                                    if they updated thier equipment and bandwidth becomes speedier then the numbers whould fall..

                                                                                                    Meaning thier super duper hard drives could be upgraded and the bandwidth loosened.. makeing the nesisary need of bandwidth and storage way easier and im sure they will do this. or will when they cant function any more.
                                                                                                    Traviss Solomon ----- HOGDICE.COM
                                                                                                    HOGDICE.COM is a broken website if you have advice email me....

                                                                                                    Comment

                                                                                                    Working...