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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. Inflation by TornCityVenz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why should'nt it collapse...everything else is... Inflation takes it's tolls in many ways, Not only to do things cost more to buy. But many things get sold less.

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  2. Ironic... by whisper_jeff · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Check out this analysis on my blog and make up your own mind."

    Translation: Visit my website to increase my ad impressions so I can make more money.

    Ironic? I think so.