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Why don't they have one ad, a homepage big box? YouTube's big box costs $200-250k/day. Even at $50k/day they could easily rake in 15 million+ and still be a l
by executive 16y ago
Why don't they have one ad, a homepage big box?
YouTube's big box costs $200-250k/day.
Even at $50k/day they could easily rake in 15 million+ and still be a little undersold.
- zipdog 16y agoJimmy Wales has been asked this a few times (probably a lot more than that), and their independence is more vauable than the money they would get from such sponsorship.
- neworbit 16y agoInstead they have a HUGE beg banner. Gah. It's like PBS donation mongering.
- markkat 16y agoI think the idea is that this would be a one-way street. That once you start relying on ad sales, all future decisions would be colored by that reality. Since the impact of the ad(s) would be great, the effect on the evolution of Wikipedia would likely also be significant.