How does ICQ make money? - GoFuckYourself.com

NinjaSteve · 03-09-2008, 12:26 AM

How do they make money to support the program? Do the ads really support it? I find it hard to believe that a lot of people click them. I understand how AIM, MSN ,and Yahoo messengers continue on because it's part of their network.

NoWhErE · 03-09-2008, 12:29 AM

Maybe the spammers pay them a fee to continue to spam so freely...

After Shock Media · 03-09-2008, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by NinjaSteve

How do they make money to support the program? Do the ads really support it? I find it hard to believe that a lot of people click them. I understand how AIM, MSN ,and Yahoo messengers continue on because it's part of their network.

Yes via the advertising plus they have been owned by AOL for almost forever thus making them part of a network (AIM). Plus they offer assorted upsales and the like, click around sometimes. Hell I even accidently click the damn ads on ICQ on occassion. Oddly that is how I found one "mainstream" cam site which happened to have an adult area.

Iron Fist · 03-09-2008, 01:01 AM

Mainstream cam site? Were talking like a weathercam?

After Shock Media · 03-09-2008, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by sharphead

Mainstream cam site? Were talking like a weathercam?

Nah it was full of advice, psychics, spiritual babel, and that sort of crap. Ok technically it was a "phone" site with 99.9% offering free cams with the phone calls.

Keep in mind how many fools use fortune tellers, advice counselling, life coaches, confessionals, or other types of services each day. Then we all know what they say in regards to a fool and their money.

Matt 26z · 03-09-2008, 03:33 AM

none - the hun gets revenue from pre-paid gallery placements on the top 15 spaces and banners. the rest of the galleries are free placements.

Works the same for ICQ man.

crockett · 03-09-2008, 03:36 AM

They probably sell short ICQ numbers on ebay.

scottybuzz · 03-09-2008, 07:45 AM

you dont have to make money to be succesful online

DjiXas · 03-09-2008, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by NinjaSteve

How do they make money to support the program? Do the ads really support it? I find it hard to believe that a lot of people click them. I understand how AIM, MSN ,and Yahoo messengers continue on because it's part of their network.

They're selling your posts to the government

notoldschool · 03-09-2008, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by scottybuzz

you dont have to make money to be succesful online

what do you consider success in the online biz?

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Originally Posted by DjiXas

They're selling your posts to the government

seeandsee · 03-09-2008, 08:55 AM

I really don't get it two, until fucking new ICQ installed toolbar, go into my FF search bar, and they get ads for some keywords that don't trig me ads when sear them directly true google. Arrr

DaddyHalbucks · 03-09-2008, 09:12 AM

There is no money in ICQ.

minddust · 03-09-2008, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

There is no money in ICQ.

AlienQ invented ICQ.

Tanker · 03-09-2008, 09:14 AM

I remember when the guys sold ICQ To AOL for some ridiculous amount of money it was a college project originally

DjiXas · 03-09-2008, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

There is no money in ICQ.

scottybuzz · 03-09-2008, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by notoldschool

what do you consider success in the online biz?

Happyness in the heart.

Do you think the man who created the application of the world wide web got bucket loads of money?

Yet still very successful.

any open sourced software creators.

Star 69 · 03-09-2008, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by crockett

They probably sell short ICQ numbers on ebay.

Lol

BTW this is interesting thread

beemk · 03-09-2008, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by minddust

AlienQ invented ICQ.

he invented not making $, i'd believe that.

blogman9 · 03-09-2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by minddust

AlienQ invented ICQ.

d-null · 03-09-2008, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by scottybuzz

Happyness in the heart.

Do you think the man who created the application of the world wide web got bucket loads of money?

Yet still very successful.

any open sourced software creators.

exactly

why does everyone always jump to the how much money thing

remember the good old days when most webmasters started websites just for the love of it? and the content was something they put together with pride and being a webmaster was about good content and not about seo and backlinks

viencarl · 03-09-2008, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tanker

I remember when the guys sold ICQ To AOL for some ridiculous amount of money it was a college project originally

this was an interesting post huh

viencarl · 03-09-2008, 11:18 PM

need to search to so i cant post interesting info here

datatank · 03-09-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt 26z

none - the hun gets revenue from pre-paid gallery placements on the top 15 spaces and banners. the rest of the galleries are free placements.

Works the same for ICQ man.

haha I was thinking of making the same post but I could not be bothered looking up the exact qoute
yes its true

ICQ gets revenue from pre-paid gallery placements on the top 15 spaces and banners

WWC · 03-09-2008, 11:44 PM

shhhh dont say anything lol

VeriSexy · 03-10-2008, 07:15 AM

ads.. and google pays them a big chunk

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