Mark Zuckerberg interviewed by Jessica Livingston 2009 Start-up School
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The number of Facebook users in China is dwindling. Or to be more exact: falling off a cliff. And not by choice, as anyone who has tried to access Facebook in China recently knows
Many Facebook users found proxies and other methods of connecting to Facebook, and many others stood by, hoping the Web site would be unblocked quickly (no luck yet). Meanwhile, according to Inside Facebook, the Web site’s latest statistics showed only 14,000 active users in China as of the beginning of October, down from a million in July.
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Source: Walt Street Journal http://bit.ly/1S8ZIS
Facebook accounts for 25% of U.S. online pageviews
Google, meanwhile, accounts for 1 in 12 pageviews (8%). And Facebook is rapidly closing in on Google in terms of visits and uniques.
Facebook’s power, in other words, continues to grow.
"Facebook expected 2009 revenue breakout
* $125 million from brand ads
* $150 million from Facebook’s ad deal with Microsoft
* $75 million from virtual goods
* $200 million from self-service ads.
Why are they such a big business? Three main reasons:
* The virtual goods economy in Facebook gaming is getting huge.
* Instead of microsites, brands from TV shows to consumer packaged goods are building Facebook pages. They buy very cheap ads on the site to promote them.
* Facebook’s self-service ads are very, very easy to make.
Source: Silicon Valley Insider http://bit.ly/15QtB4
It’s a curious question: will the world see the social networking market divided along national and linguistic lines or will one company emerge as a worldwide leader in this globalized age? No
Source Venturebeat http://bit.ly/qAbx4
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