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Field is "never" overcrowded. Before Google beat the crap out of everyone there was Yahoo, Altavista, Excite etc. Before iPod came there were numerous mp3 play

• DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  That's an excellent point. I stand corrected. It's not that it's necessarily any worse or better, it's just that competing in a crowded field is necessarily different than only having a dozen or two competitors. It's just different skillsets and tactics. I'm much more comfortable with offering something fairly unique in a smaller market with fewer competitors, but there are those businesses that do very well in huge markets with hundreds of competitors. Either way, the odds are against you. So you pays your money and takes your chances.
• robfitz 17y ago
  Search doesn't benefit from a network effect, whereas social games do. It's the same defense that Ebay/Craigslist enjoy (though admittedly less ironclad). Someone like Zynga has brutally low customer acquisition costs compared to a new social game developer (because they can cross promote to existing players for only the opportunity cost of showing other low-CPM banners).