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Can't wrap my head around this deal Can you think of some way that they can integrate these 2 products? Scribd is a content subscription site, SlideShare is es
by arnvald 6y ago
Can't wrap my head around this deal
Can you think of some way that they can integrate these 2 products? Scribd is a content subscription site, SlideShare is essentially a PPT hosting+search. How can Scribd benefit from getting SlideShare?
* technology? I don't think so
* community? I don't know anyone who goes to SlideShare to find new content and comment on it
* content? If yes, how can free slides be included in Scribd's paid plans? Can they put all this content behind a paywall?
- ghaff 6y agoBy making SlideShare a content subscription site?
- arnvald 6y agoI thought about it, but for now it's hosting for slides. If people have to pay for access - will slides' authors get paid? Will they continue to upload slides there knowing that potential readers can't access it for free? I think it would be hard to pull it off.
- ghaff 6y agoI would assume it would be free to upload--probably not paid except maybe for certain invited people but not sure how that would work. But paid for consumers, at least for value-add features? Or rolled into scribd subscription? Don't have strong feelings. If it vanished tomorrow I would notice but wouldn't hugely care.
- jahewson 6y agoCould be SEO and linking? Each slide share page could have “related content on Scribd” links at the bottom and you’ve got millions of links to paid content all of a sudden and better ranking for that content on search engines.
- mvn9 6y agoThey need to do something, anything, since Instagram with text pictures must be taking their customers.