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If whatsapp could grow by asking users for one dollar, couldn't the same be achieved in the search engine space ? A dollar a month or a year to get my private b
by johnchristopher 8y ago
If whatsapp could grow by asking users for one dollar, couldn't the same be achieved in the search engine space ? A dollar a month or a year to get my private bubble search ? Or are the costs to run a search engine too high and the ad industry is necessary to keep it afloat ?
- sz4kerto 8y ago1) WhatsApp didn't make too much revenue out of those 1 dollars. Most people never paid. 2) If you're willing to pay a dollar per month for search then you are much more valuable to advertisers than most people, so 1 dollar won't be enough.
- johnchristopher 8y ago> 1) WhatsApp didn't make too much revenue out of those 1 dollars. Most people never paid. They made enough to be sustainable: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/040915/how-whatsapp-makes-money.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/04091... > 2) If you're willing to pay a dollar per month for search then you are much more valuable to advertisers than most people, so 1 dollar won't be enough. No. It seems as a Google user I am worth more to them when I am tied to advertisers https://arkenea.com/blog/big-tech-companies-user-worth/ https://arkenea.com/blog/big-tech-companies-user-worth/ or https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/heres-much-google-facebook-really-think-youre-worth.html/ https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/heres-much-google-fa... I don't get your point though. I want to be valuable to people building a search engine without adtech baked in, how much I am valuable right now to advertisers doesn't matter.
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