Comments on: Show me the money! http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/vinnylingham/2007/09/20/show-me-the-money/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Social Networks: There can’t be a bubble at Uno de Waal http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/vinnylingham/2007/09/20/show-me-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2344 Social Networks: There can’t be a bubble at Uno de Waal Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:36:18 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/vinnylingham/2007/09/20/show-me-the-money/#comment-2344 [...] So no, we weren’t in a bubble in 2003, nor in 2006, and even less in 2007. [...] [...] So no, we weren’t in a bubble in 2003, nor in 2006, and even less in 2007. [...]

]]> By: Llew Claasen http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/vinnylingham/2007/09/20/show-me-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 Llew Claasen Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:36:37 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/vinnylingham/2007/09/20/show-me-the-money/#comment-2027 Yip, totally agree that 99% of the social networks don't have a decent revenue model. Google has done everyone in techland a great disservice by making so much money from ad placements - instead of trying to get creative and coming up with new revenue models, too many tech startups gravitate to display advertising. Every single site or online app creates a different user experience and is used by visitors who have different objectives when using each site or app - you can't just bolt an advertising revenue model onto everything! Yip, totally agree that 99% of the social networks don’t have a decent revenue model.

Google has done everyone in techland a great disservice by making so much money from ad placements – instead of trying to get creative and coming up with new revenue models, too many tech startups gravitate to display advertising.

Every single site or online app creates a different user experience and is used by visitors who have different objectives when using each site or app – you can’t just bolt an advertising revenue model onto everything!

]]> By: Widgetbox Blidgets http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/vinnylingham/2007/09/20/show-me-the-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 Widgetbox Blidgets Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:54:39 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/vinnylingham/2007/09/20/show-me-the-money/#comment-2023 [...] Leader, the recently launched South African portal and I just wrote a post on how we’re in a social network bubble. I was trying to find a nice way to integrate the RSS feed into this blog, and then I remembered [...] [...] Leader, the recently launched South African portal and I just wrote a post on how we’re in a social network bubble. I was trying to find a nice way to integrate the RSS feed into this blog, and then I remembered [...]

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