Members juri Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 1) Phone manufacturers pay to use their service2) Advertising The games, etc... is actually separate companies that develop for the facebook platform. I don't think they make a lot of money yet, kinda like youtube and/or a lot of search engines initially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members only_shallow Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 :poke: how do they work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mlabbee Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 Look up the NPR story on internet tracking software (cookies, etc.) - they give a pretty detailed account of how your personal and browsing information is bought and sold on a second-by-second basis to advertisers . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juri Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 Or Google... http://www.businessinsider.com/how-does-facebook-make-money-2010-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soulsonic Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 I wonder what kind of a return those advertisers get? I've never clicked on one ever... not once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iodine74 Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 Ads... their system lets marketers target their audiences pretty damn well. It's pretty freaking crazy. When you set up the ad, it'll actually tell you the number of potential users that match the qualifiers you put in. Much easier to target than with Google Adwords. From what I've heard at a conference back in spring, the marketers mentioned they were getting better rates than they were with Adwords. They don't have to sell your information. They just have to provide a method to let others make use of it within the confines of their application. Pretty smart actually. Think about all that crap that you "like" or have as interests in your profile... that's the stuff that they are using to drive the tool I mentioned above. Where they're gonna run into issues is if they start taking stuff from your status updates and wall posts to others and try to use that as trending information. Just because I might post something on someone's wall making fun of them by saying they must love Bieber... doesn't mean I have any interest in Bieber and would be a good audience for an ad. There's implications for the accuracy of their tool and privacy ones as well. Not sure how much of that has already made it to reality or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coach Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 There is an article in the latest businesses week that explains how. If I wasn't on my phone I'd go into detail, but check out that article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janimarj Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 Yep, all that's free is all about advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted September 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ispunk Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 They sell all of your information to criminals. fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ovid9 Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 As far as the games go, they get a % of every dollar spent. It varies probably depending on popularity, who makes it, etc, but seeing as how they get money just for hosting the content (oooh wow!) and advertising, and selling your info, and on and on and on. They make money off of your life that you willingly give to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members claytonjohn18 Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 When you first sign up they dazzle you with your own social insecurity, then sneak up behind you, jam a plug into the back of your neck and then use you for a battery.This is {censored}ing hilarious :lol: I think you just won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 facebook schmasbook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fractal Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 if you fill it out, they knowyour ageyour locationyour hobbiesyour sexual preference/religion/political leaningswhat bands you likewhat shows you watchwhat movies you watchwhat books you readsame info for your friendseven without giving your name & specific details or even showing you ads, they can cross reference all that data, take it to an ad agency and say "hey, there's now a trend with gay White christian republican males aged 18-27 to listen to Ben harper, snowboard and eat tacos, pay us", then suddenly taco bell has ads on tv with a chalupa snowboarding while Ground on Down plays in the background.money is in the data, not anything you actually see on the site. games and little ads are just bonus money. Hmmm, why do I suddenly have a craving for taco bell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreaserMatt Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 Just watch the movie. this will be how they do it... oh wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreaserMatt Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 if you fill it out, they knowyour ageyour locationyour hobbiesyour sexual preference/religion/political leaningswhat bands you likewhat shows you watchwhat movies you watchwhat books you readsame info for your friendseven without giving your name & specific details or even showing you ads, they can cross reference all that data, take it to an ad agency and say "hey, there's now a trend with gay White christian republican males aged 18-27 to listen to Ben harper, snowboard and eat tacos, pay us", then suddenly taco bell has ads on tv with a chalupa snowboarding while Ground on Down plays in the background.money is in the data, not anything you actually see on the site. games and little ads are just bonus money. pure wisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NetStar Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 I think FB also owns the rights to all the images that are posted, so they can potentially setup up a stock photography biz and licence the images for 3rd party use.. If this is true, this sucks big time for "photographers" using Facebook. What about music rights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members vinnies Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 don't forget about all the other sites that use FB. for example, cnn.com lets you 'like' a story on their site, which shows up on your profile, advertising the cnn.com story. cnn's gotta pay for that, right? multiply that by like 1000 other sites, and now you're talking some cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members analogmike Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 I just found out about the ads about a month ago and put one up. They charge me about $20 a week but so far I have only seen one sale out of 56 clicks. So it's about paying for itself, maybe worth it for new exposure. Has anyone seen our ad? Does it annoy you, or maybe it doesn't matter as you will see some other ad if not ours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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