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> 70% outside the U.S? Yikes. So that means 70% of it's users cannot be monetized. How did you come to this conclusion.
by chollida1 17y ago
> 70% outside the U.S? Yikes. So that means 70% of it's users cannot be monetized.
How did you come to this conclusion.
- J_McQuade 17y agoI think the logic may have gone like this: "If it ain't got no dead president on it then it ain't no damn money!" I like to avoid giving credence to any negative stereotypes of Americans, but sometimes the internet makes that so very, very hard.
- physcab 17y agoIt's been primarily speculative, but many people have suggested that Facebook's Ad platform works because American companies can easily target Americans because they know something about the market they're trying to hit. I'm probably wrong in my assumptions, but I would think it would be pretty difficult for some targeted ads to work in foreign countries. I don't have a bias or anything, I'm just summarizing the feeling I've gotten from reading numerous reports online. Here's a thread about how Facebook's costs are growing: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=445630 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=445630
- chollida1 17y ago> I'm probably wrong in my assumptions, but I would think it would be pretty difficult for some targeted ads to work in foreign countries. How so? Why wouldn't say Spanish advertisers want to show ads to Spanish Facebook users any less than American advertisers would want to show their ads to Americans?