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Speculation On a Second Internet Economy Collapse

Posted by kdawson on from the put-down-that-pin dept.

David Barrett writes "If you sell three billion ads a month and can't break even, what do you do? Drop prices by 40% and switch business models, apparently. Is this an isolated incident, or does it contribute to the growing pile of evidence that ad inventory is overpriced industry-wide, with Google being the worst offender due to its policy of requiring minimum bids on keywords that would otherwise go for cheap? Check out this analysis on my blog and make up your own mind."

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  1. CIA, etc. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Google's model has always been flawed, its just a front for the CIA, etc. to data mine user habits. Look at who invested in Google. Watch and see what their actual business methods are.