View Single Post
Old 03-21-2009, 12:33 AM  
potter
Confirmed User
 
Industry Role:
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Denver
Posts: 6,559
Quote:
Originally Posted by kane View Post
Therein is the multi-million dollar question. I think that site is so packed with such varied types of content it is going to be very difficult to monetize it. The people that are sitting and watching skaters crash are probably not the same people who are watching Taylor Swift videos so figuring out what to sell those people has to be a major challenge. Just understanding an audience of that size would be near impossible.
1. Advertising like that isn't about making people go buy your product right then and there. Think Budweiser & Coke. Neither put out a commercial to see profits rise instantly. They both OWN the market. Their commercials don't do shit other than keep their image in their consumers mind.

2. Who knows how much bandwidth Google owns. You can't look at it like we look at bandwidth. Google doesn't buy a server and pay overages when they exceed their limit. Google is bigger than most bandwidth/service providers. You think they don't own enough bandwidth to allow youtube to grow ten times it's size and still have left over bandwidth usage?
__________________

potter is offline   Share thread on Digg Share thread on Twitter Share thread on Reddit Share thread on Facebook Reply With Quote