http://techliberation.com/2009/01/19/search-advertising-dropped-8-in-2008-why-users-should-care/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 16:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/01/19/search-advertising-dropped-8-in-2008-why-users-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-65121 Jim Harper Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:53:05 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15535#comment-65121 <p>Of course, advertising isn't the only source of money, and money isn't the only incentive behind creativity and innovation. For example, <a href="http://www.techliberation.com" rel="nofollow">here's a Web site</a> that produces a tremendous amount of interesting content though it generates almost no money from its meager advertising program.</p> Of course, advertising isn't the only source of money, and money isn't the only incentive behind creativity and innovation. For example, here's a Web site that produces a tremendous amount of interesting content though it generates almost no money from its meager advertising program.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/19/search-advertising-dropped-8-in-2008-why-users-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-62063 Jim Harper Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:53:05 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15535#comment-62063 <p>Of course, advertising isn't the only source of money, and money isn't the only incentive behind creativity and innovation. For example, <a href="http://www.techliberation.com" rel="nofollow">here's a Web site</a> that produces a tremendous amount of interesting content though it generates almost no money from its meager advertising program.</p> Of course, advertising isn't the only source of money, and money isn't the only incentive behind creativity and innovation. For example, here's a Web site that produces a tremendous amount of interesting content though it generates almost no money from its meager advertising program.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/19/search-advertising-dropped-8-in-2008-why-users-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-58370 Jim Harper Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:53:05 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15535#comment-58370 <p>Of course, advertising isn't the only source of money, and money isn't the only incentive behind creativity and innovation. For example, <a href="http://www.techliberation.com" rel="nofollow">here's a Web site</a> that produces a tremendous amount of interesting content though it generates almost no money from its meager advertising program.</p> Of course, advertising isn't the only source of money, and money isn't the only incentive behind creativity and innovation. For example, here's a Web site that produces a tremendous amount of interesting content though it generates almost no money from its meager advertising program.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/19/search-advertising-dropped-8-in-2008-why-users-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-57569 eee_eff Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:40:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15535#comment-57569 <p>Berin:<br><br>Advertising is probably down across all media. (Yes this really is the Great Depression 2.0)<br><br>So, I expect that newspaper revenue was down more than online, and that TV and radio spending will also see near double digit drops, although radio will (probably) bounce back next year.</p> Berin:

Advertising is probably down across all media. (Yes this really is the Great Depression 2.0)

So, I expect that newspaper revenue was down more than online, and that TV and radio spending will also see near double digit drops, although radio will (probably) bounce back next year.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/19/search-advertising-dropped-8-in-2008-why-users-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-57539 MikeRT Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:53:37 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15535#comment-57539 <p>Another possibility is that we will end up with more tolerance for paid web services. That wouldn't be a bad thing either for innovation.</p> Another possibility is that we will end up with more tolerance for paid web services. That wouldn't be a bad thing either for innovation.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/19/search-advertising-dropped-8-in-2008-why-users-should-care/comment-page-1/#comment-57537 dimitris Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:19:39 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15535#comment-57537 <p>If ad services have in fact consumed far more than their optimal "allocation" of capital, then a sustained drop in online advertising revenue should result in some beneficial reallocation of that capital to more worthy ends.<br><br>I mean we do believe in the invisible hand, don't we?</p> If ad services have in fact consumed far more than their optimal “allocation” of capital, then a sustained drop in online advertising revenue should result in some beneficial reallocation of that capital to more worthy ends.

I mean we do believe in the invisible hand, don't we?

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