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  • $5 submissions
    I help you SUCCEED
    • Nov 2003
    • 32195
    #1

    Is Facebook the new Yahoo?

    Case in point: buying a company (mobile photo site Instagram) that makes no money for $1 BILLION

    Smells like Yahoo's deal for Geocities back in the day for over 1 billion USD. The only people who made REAL money with Geocities are the folks who used it as a freehost for affiliate marketing
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    • flashfire
      ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2
      • Feb 2003
      • 13098
      #2
      you think facebook makes no money?

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        • TheSquealer
          Mayor of Thneedville
          • Oct 2004
          • 26172
          #3
          There is a glaring difference...

          Facebook has their shit together and have almost nothing but wins in their history and have done almost everything right.

          Yahoo was always a big bucket of retards that failed at everything they touched.

          1 Billion dollars for a solid company of this size is just as much a tax decision as it is a business decision.
          .
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            • Sarah_Jayne
              Now with more Jayne
              • Dec 2002
              • 40077
              #4
              It smells more like Microsoft to me ..try to own everything people use on their computer or phone.

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                • Rochard
                  Jägermeister Test Pilot
                  • Dec 2001
                  • 75733
                  #5
                  Originally posted by $5 submissions
                  Case in point: buying a company (mobile photo site Instagram) that makes no money for $1 BILLION

                  Smells like Yahoo's deal for Geocities back in the day for over 1 billion USD. The only people who made REAL money with Geocities are the folks who used it as a freehost for affiliate marketing
                  My first sties were on Geocities. LOL.

                  Did they buy a company that doesn't make money, or did they just buy a company that millions use to post pictures to multiple social networking platforms...
                  Herschel Savage
                  Brooklyn, NY

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                    • $5 submissions
                      I help you SUCCEED
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 32195
                      #6
                      Originally posted by flashfire
                      you think facebook makes no money?
                      No I was referring to Instagram.

                      @TheSquealer you are right regarding your point that Facebook does make money. However, look into their filings and you'll see that their infrastructure cost per active user looks unsustainable. They are making $ now but it might not be sustainable and blowing $ on deals like Instagram makes their current strategy look like Yahoo's Pacman strategy back in the middle of the first Dot Com boom and bust cycle (1998 to 2001).

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                        • Sly
                          Let's do some business!
                          • Sep 2004
                          • 31375
                          #7
                          Originally posted by $5 submissions
                          No I was referring to Instagram.

                          @TheSquealer you are right regarding your point that Facebook does make money. However, look into their filings and you'll see that their infrastructure cost per active user looks unsustainable. They are making $ now but it might not be sustainable and blowing $ on deals like Instagram makes their current strategy look like Yahoo's Pacman strategy back in the middle of the first Dot Com boom and bust cycle (1998 to 2001).
                          All of that might be true. But from what I can tell, their recent purchase is actually relevant to their core business model. Social media.

                          Yahoo bought Geocities? For what purpose? They couldn't even figure it out, then they were so stupid that they shut it down altogether instead of selling it or monetizing the traffic in some other way.

                          Something seriously wrong happened with Yahoo at some point.
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                            • BFT3K
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Dec 2005
                              • 10764
                              #8
                              The latest on today's Facebook acquisition...

                              http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/...nic/?hpt=hp_t2

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                                • GFED
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • May 2002
                                  • 8121
                                  #9
                                  i used to get a lot of traffic from yahoo directory but not so much anymore.
                                  https://www.flow.page/savethechildren

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                                    • eroticsexxx
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2006
                                      • 3133
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by $5 submissions
                                      Case in point: buying a company (mobile photo site Instagram) that makes no money for $1 BILLION

                                      Smells like Yahoo's deal for Geocities back in the day for over 1 billion USD. The only people who made REAL money with Geocities are the folks who used it as a freehost for affiliate marketing
                                      *Shakes head*

                                      Allow me to explain: FB just bought their biggest competitor (read: threat) in regards to mobile photo sharing.

                                      Earlier in March Instagram had over 25 million users. That is nothing to sneeze at and FB now will own all of them. Plus, that user database is about to double with the recent release of the Android app.

                                      When will people begin to see that FB is a platform, not just a website?

                                      Anyway, if any of you get the chance to invest in FB stock after the IPO, just do it. This is merely a repeat of what happened with Google. Don't miss the opportunity.

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                                        • EddyTheDog
                                          Just Doing My Own Thing
                                          • Jan 2011
                                          • 25433
                                          #11
                                          I thought this was interesting - especially as it is from CNET, not some random blogger.

                                          http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-...b_content;main

                                          Now that Facebook has acquired Instagram, you may want to delete your account with the image-sharing service. Here's how to do it while keeping your photos.

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                                            • eroticsexxx
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Aug 2006
                                              • 3133
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by EddyTheDog
                                              I thought this was interesting - especially as it is from CNET, not some random blogger.

                                              http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-...b_content;main
                                              Cnet's bloggers are not immune from posting opinion pieces under that brand's banner.

                                              The editorial logic behind that post is that there is a segment of instagram users who will eschew the use of instagram simply as a snub against FB. Why not give these users a tutorial of how to stop using instagram and get those views (and search engine traffic) versus some other smaller blog attracting these users?
                                              Last edited by eroticsexxx; 04-09-2012, 08:25 PM.

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                                                • BettingHandle
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jul 2010
                                                  • 1832
                                                  #13
                                                  With Google+ reaching 25 million users in just a few months, Zuckerberg is feeling the heat.

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                                                    • $5 submissions
                                                      I help you SUCCEED
                                                      • Nov 2003
                                                      • 32195
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by EddyTheDog
                                                      I thought this was interesting - especially as it is from CNET, not some random blogger.

                                                      http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-...b_content;main
                                                      Interesting....

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                                                        • u-Bob
                                                          there's no $$$ in porn
                                                          • Jul 2005
                                                          • 33063
                                                          #15
                                                          Yahoo/geocities did come to mind... but then gain so did Google/youtube.

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