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Facebook: Why Microsoft’s buy makes sense

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Forget about the $15-billion valuation for a moment — which I admit is difficult to do, since it amounts to about 100 times the company’s estimated annual revenue, a bubblicious multiple by almost any definition (Google is currently trading at about 14 times sales). ... Continue reading »

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  • Well, I'm starting a countdown on the downfall of Facebook as they are going to focus even more on network value instead of user value Increasing ad pressure on the user will turn them away to better and more open alternatives in the end:
    http://vanelsas.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/counti...
  • Microsoft may very well get to serve ads to those devoted users, but the ads themselves are some of the worst performing, cheapest inventory out there. Lots of people have made this point before, but Google mints cash because people are searching for things when they see ads. On Facebook the ads simply interrupt the personal interactions that are the reason people are there in the first place.

    I don't think that means there's no hope for advertising on Facebook; rather that attempting CPC and CPA models may actually not be as effective as more traditional brand advertising and sponsorship.

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