Re:Help Twitter Find a Revenue Model
by netcan on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @10:46PM
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I think there might be an underlying questions here. They mention the Adwords gold standard. Great. Why is adwords so valuable?
Adwords it is extremely beneficial to the advertisers. People use Google to search for X. There is money to be had for being found. That's a recipe for making a lot. The other elements of how they did it right is a recipe for making a big lot. Everyone focuses on the other elements. The Google ethos. The ad algorithms. The quality interfaces, etc. etc. etc..
Adwords unlocked an underlying value to paying clients. We can't assume that there is an underlying value to unlock every time.
"Help twitter find a revenue model" may be as useful as saying "Help Billy find oil in Germany." it assumes that something is there to be found. Adwords may have been impressive miners, but even they can't milk a lizard.
Adwords it is extremely beneficial to the advertisers. People use Google to search for X. There is money to be had for being found. That's a recipe for making a lot. The other elements of how they did it right is a recipe for making a big lot. Everyone focuses on the other elements. The Google ethos. The ad algorithms. The quality interfaces, etc. etc. etc..
Adwords unlocked an underlying value to paying clients. We can't assume that there is an underlying value to unlock every time.
"Help twitter find a revenue model" may be as useful as saying "Help Billy find oil in Germany." it assumes that something is there to be found. Adwords may have been impressive miners, but even they can't milk a lizard.