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Dot-Com Bubble v2.0?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-no-not-again dept.

eldavojohn wonders: "With the recent acquisition of YouTube by Google, there has been a lot of speculation (on both Slashdot & The Toronto Star) that we are nearing the second economic bubble created largely in part by growth in the digital sector. While one may be able to debate that the revenue from advertising and sales can indeed back this growth, are we headed towards the second bubble and, if so, how hard is it going to pop? Keep in mind that popular voodoo economic theory has attributed the first bubble phenomenon to 'a combination of rapidly increasing stock prices, individual speculation in stocks, and widely available venture capital.' I think we're experiencing all those, although it is not as flagrant as it was during the first bubble. What do you think?"

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  1. What do I think? by skribe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think it's time to sell my domain name. Bidding starts at $100,000.

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  2. Re:OMG! v2.0 by joshetc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The place I work is loaded with them and they make me feel like crap. Like the company I work for buys expensive shitty chairs to feel good about themselves. I'll take my personal $50 walmart fake leather chair over those pieces of crap any day. Mod me offtopic but business owners everywhere need to know how crappy their chairs are.

  3. Opportunity knocks! by mabu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok, if there's a new dot-com bubble coming up... I have a few domain names that are quintessential brands... like NERD.COM and FOLK.COM - hey... I have been trying to do something with these domains for a decade and after the hurricane hit my city, it's been a mess just trying to stay afloat.... if there is a new bubble, let's get something going. I'm putting these and some other primo domains up for auction at the Traffic East convention this month via Moniker and Sedo....

    Sorry about the gratuitious post, but hey... this is what "dot com" is all about.. a good domain name. Aren't you tired of the stupid eBLAHITZ.com or myCRAP.com domain names? You'd think these cheapasses had no alternative but to DIGG up some stupid, misspelled domain name, but they don't... I am not alone.. there are good domain names available for groups that will front the money - the kind of money they'd put into even a modest ad campaign.. so where is this dot-com bubble? The first sign of it should be an interest in premium domain names that are up for sale... *knock* *knock*