Friday Digital Flames
The ‘Show Me The Money’ edition
Thecontradiction of the internet is that it seems to be either really easyto make an absurd amount of money, or conversely, very difficult tofind any revenue sources and therefore make any money.
Takefacebook…what started as a few guys rating a few girls on campuscould soon be floated at $9.5b, while wikipedia, one of the mostinfluential websites in the world, according to a story below, doesn’tmake a cracker.
And then the big money stoush between Microsoft and Google isheating up with Bing (the ‘sound of found’ for those of you whoremember an earlier Digi Flames edition!) making some inroads as asearch (sorry, decision) engine.
Enjoy and keep on dreaming up new ways to ‘monetise’ the biggest free service ever!
A good place to start is here:
A year ago we profiled an oddly-named service called ://URLFAN, which we concluded was a good ‘Influence Index’ for the Web.
Google is running advertisements to explain the appearance of racistand anti-Semitic material in search results, including a picture whichdepicts US First Lady Michelle Obama as a monkey.
Bing has a long way to go to catch Google, but six months after thesite’s launch, the numbers show it’s heading in the right direction.The question is: Will its gains last once the ubiquitous, $100 millionTV and web advertising stops?
Though T-Mobile’s G1 smartphone – introduced last year – and thisyear’s Verizon Wireless Droid, have both seen precedent-setting,Android-based smartphone launches, Verizon’s Droid campaign hasattracted more web traffic than T-Mobile’s G1 did last fall, accordingto an analysis by Compete..
Research In Motion is making it easier for software developers to makemoney from the applications they develop for its popular BlackBerrysmartphone as the company falters in the face of stiff competition fromrivals like Apple.
In a few weeks, one of the most anticipated and expensive movies evermade will debut on movie screens across the world: Avatar. The sci-fiepic is making huge buzz for its unparalleled filmmaking technology,its award-winning director (James Cameron), and its record-breaking$230+ million budget.
Facebook, now worth $9.5 billion and rising, may have just taken itsnext step towards what many believe to be the company’s inevitable IPO.