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Re:"How will they make money?" is the wrong question by ahoyhere on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @06:03PM (#5865007)
cough Myspace cough

Quite a lot of dotbombs, too, relied on… advertising. Back when it was banners. Punch the monkey!

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Re:"How will they make money?" is the wrong question by mijustin on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @06:20PM (#5865107)
Exactly! And Digg. And Friendster.

Advertising can be a good business, but it still needs to follow the same formula: Revenue - Expenses = Profit

In my mind, Google is the only real B2C internet company that's proven itself.

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