Last week, we took a look at Facebook’s financials and wondered if the social networking giant is headed for financial ruin, despite—or even because of—118% worldwide growth, 32% US growth (monthly unique visitors). Many commentators argued that any company would be overjoyed with even 32% growth. Unfortunately, that kind of thinking is the exact thinking that has brought Facebook to this point—and now Facebook’s ad rates have fallen 50%.
eBay Lowers Sellers Fees For Fixed-Price Items
eBay is lowering its fees U.S. sellers on its site pay to list fixed-price items in an effort to attract new buyers and better compete with rivals like Amazon.com.Sellers will now pay a flat rate of 35 cents for a 30-day listed period, up from the previous seven-day standard. Sellers will be able to list multiple quantities of the same item for a single 35-cent listing fee.
eMarketer Lowers Online Advertising Estimate
Socks get lost all the time, and it’s easy enough to misplace a pen. But people perk up when a billion dollars disappears, and eMarketer has lowered its prediction concerning U.S. online advertising spending by that amount.
Web 2.0 Lowers The Barriers
Here’s a Web 2.0 story for you: I got an email pitch from a guy named Kevin the other day, letting me know about the Web-based classified ad service that he and his buddy Chad put together in their spare time. Called Listifieds.com, it’s based in the thriving metropolis of Bowling Green, Kentucky (which I remember primarily because it’s where John Prine says his grandmother taught school in the great old song Grampaw was a Carpenter).
How AdSense Impacts Site Self-Esteem
Analyzing the impact of Google AdSense on website aesthetics, content quality, and user trust. Balancing monetization with site integrity.
Ford Lowers Earnings Guidance
Ford Motor Company reduced its full-year earnings guidance for 2005. Last month, the Company said its full-year 2005 earnings-per-share would be at the lower end of its guidance, which was $1.75 to $1.95 per share.
Google Lowers Prices On Search Appliances
Yesterday, Google announced they would be slashing the price of its Google Mini search appliance, while increasing its search capacity by half.
AmerisourceBergen Lowers Expectations
AmerisourceBergen lowered its fiscal year 2005 estimate for diluted earnings per share from continuing operations to $3.10 to $3.50 from $4.00 to $4.10.
LightPointe Lowers Barrier for Enterprise LAN-to-LAN Bridging
LightPointe, a designer and manufacturer of optical wireless products based on free-space optics (FSO) technology, is lowering the barrier for enterprises seeking cost-effective LAN-to-LAN bridging with its FlightLite 100, the newest addition to its application-specific Flight family of optical wireless solutions.