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Is there really so much money in SO to justify $1.8B? AFAIK they just run some some ads and show relevant job offers.

by geonic 5y ago

mikeryan 5y ago
The jobs feature is pretty valuable and brings in significant revenue, it’s not something to scoff at. Being able to target and screen developers is a great HR tool. There are likely a lot of companies with lower revenues and higher valuations.
tnolet 5y ago
It's in the top 50 websites of the world. Probably worth something. https://www.alexa.com/topsites https://www.alexa.com/topsites
- lurkerasdfh8 5y ago
  This is the only correct answer, IMO. all the other pundits miss that if the deal was for existing source of revenue, it would have been priced as modestly as those are.
  - stjohnswarts 5y ago
    So you think there will be 4-5x as many ads and "click tiny [x] to actually see the contents" ads ? I don't see how else they can leverage the platform to make significant cash.
    - lurkerasdfh8 5y ago
      I don't think anything :) just that the price, if it were reflecting existing revenue sources, would be much lower. The seller and buyer both agree that the promise of something else is what was traded, as the price proves.
- LunaSea 5y ago
  Is it though? Genuinely curious. It has been show time and time again that users of free websites likes this won't pay and ads are only worth so much.
rambambram 5y ago
Just wait till you have to pay big time for your programming answers. 1,800,000,000.- is a lot of benjamins to earn back.
- digianarchist 5y ago
  https://archive.org/details/stackexchange https://archive.org/details/stackexchange
MangoCoffee 5y ago
search any programming related on google always have some stockoverflow links. stockoverflow rank pretty well with search engine. i think that alone is already worth a billion.
GarethX 5y ago
It’s because of their Teams product - https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/17/stack-overflow-adds-a-free-tier-to-its-fast-growing-teams-service/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/17/stack-overflow-adds-a-free...
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Is there really so much money in SO to justify $1.8B? AFAIK they just run some some ads and show relevant job offers.

by geonic 5y ago

Is there really so much money in SO to justify $1.8B? AFAIK they just run some some ads and show relevant job offers.

The jobs feature is pretty valuable and brings in significant revenue, it’s not something to scoff at. Being able to target and screen developers is a great HR tool. There are likely a lot of companies with lower revenues and higher valuations.

tnolet 5y ago

It's in the top 50 websites of the world. Probably worth something. https://www.alexa.com/topsites https://www.alexa.com/topsites

lurkerasdfh8 5y ago
This is the only correct answer, IMO. all the other pundits miss that if the deal was for existing source of revenue, it would have been priced as modestly as those are.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  So you think there will be 4-5x as many ads and "click tiny [x] to actually see the contents" ads ? I don't see how else they can leverage the platform to make significant cash.
  - lurkerasdfh8 5y ago
    I don't think anything :) just that the price, if it were reflecting existing revenue sources, would be much lower. The seller and buyer both agree that the promise of something else is what was traded, as the price proves.
LunaSea 5y ago
Is it though? Genuinely curious. It has been show time and time again that users of free websites likes this won't pay and ads are only worth so much.

rambambram 5y ago

Just wait till you have to pay big time for your programming answers. 1,800,000,000.- is a lot of benjamins to earn back.

digianarchist 5y ago
https://archive.org/details/stackexchange https://archive.org/details/stackexchange

MangoCoffee 5y ago

search any programming related on google always have some stockoverflow links. stockoverflow rank pretty well with search engine. i think that alone is already worth a billion.

GarethX 5y ago

It’s because of their Teams product - https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/17/stack-overflow-adds-a-free-tier-to-its-fast-growing-teams-service/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/17/stack-overflow-adds-a-free...

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