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Originally Posted by RevTKS69
You're right, very few private companies are going to open their books for me or anyone else to just browse around  That's why I'm having to use public companies and anecdotal data and just make a guess as to what's going on.
I guess one question is, are there 'legal' tube sites that are making 'profits?' If so, what is their business model? Are they making money from ads? affiliate sales? traffic skimming?
I wasn't aware of google's licensed content vs. uploaded content issue. The Viacom suit could prove critical to all tube sites. If not, it is a limit on their ability to monetize the site.
Someone has mentioned the dot.com bubble earlier in this thread, and it has a lot of bearing on this conversation as some of these companies that seem to be doing well on the outside are running out of cash.
It was easier to bet on long shots when the economy was good, but I think we are going to see many more failures than successes when the dust settles.
I also think we're going to be surprised by some of the companies who fail. I mean, two years ago you wouldn't find many reasonable people that would have though that GM would ever face bankruptcy...but they are. |
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Originally Posted by RevTKS69
Since you asked, I'll tell you. If I came on here and asked nicely for information on this issue...the post would have dropped off the radar in two point five seconds, assuming I wasn't instantly flamed.
Now, I didn't pull a huge stunt like some of our more famous and/or banned members, but by simply asserting an opinion I've gotten some good feedback and learned a few things.
To those who provided good feedback, and to those who dissented but provided factual references instead of smack talk: Thank you! Those of us who are here to learn really appreciate your time and effort.
Oh, and hate to point this out, but this thread has some damn good business information and discussion in it...which helps to quash my ignorance and hopefully helped some other folks too.
This thread also let me know a few more names of folks who have good information as well as good attitudes. When they post I'll be much more inclined to check out their threads and see what they have to say.
Hope that clears things up for you a bit, and just for the record you seem to have a good bit of knowledge, but you usually don't share anything more than a snarky comment.
Hope it makes you feel better, but it doesn't help any of us naive folks |
This is the thing that just cracks me up about this business.
Every day someone comes in here and asks for basically a roadmap to success.
Hey tell me about your site and how much money you make and what things work and don't work.
In what other business do people try this without being laughed out of the fucking room?
The information you get from these requests is more likely to be misinformation than anything else. Who the hell wants to educate their potential competition?
Unless you have a friend already doing well in this biz, then it's going to be trial and error, just like it was for the rest of us.
