there's a ton of growth right now for internet advertising. A lot more people use the internet regularly now than the .com days and the advertising is a lot more effective. I'm not sure if facebook is worth $10 billion, but social networking isn't going away anything soon.
How are these sites being monetized. Rupert Murdoch keeps crowing on how myspace is worth 10 times what he purchased it for, and yet he is losing money running the site. Beats me what all the hype is all about.
Worth 20-30 billion based on growth , profitability, and audience. Facebook is essentially a full blown media company like Cnn.
Facebook's value is unlimited, more so to a national security entity (think: CIA, Mi6, Mossad). All in one, you have from almost every person on there: IPs name address workplace(s) school(s) email address(es) sexual preferences political views friends (aka collaborators, if it comes to it..gulp) interests groups places travelled/countries visited credit card info (if you send a gift) pictures phone # ads clicked on Did I miss anything? Edit: you do realize that the "Patriot" Act means that this info can and will be used against you without a warrant?
i know some of the people who work there. i won't comment on the valuation, but i will share this observation with you that i heard recently from a VC......"facebook is the first mega-technology platform ceo'ed by a virgin (at the time) and a crew of mostly virgins." i don't know if its true....just passing it on for your entertainment. but i think if it is indeed true it has some interesting implications. PS i know what some of you are thinking............no i'm not. lol.
Like real estate, a share of common stock, Snickers, and golfing, Facebook is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, period!
Yahoo bought broadcast.com and had geo. yahoo management can do anything of their own but burn corporate money and buying overpriced companies... very typical of corporate management in general in America
if facebook does Ipo It will surge 300-500% in fist day trading and keep going higher from there. it will end year up 1300% and have a 10000+ pe ratio This will be huge
you are wrong. that theory works in both ways it's is worth what the 'market' says it's worth. the 'MARKET' can change 'instantly' only fraudsters would say that.
the yahoo bid was bullshit and the rejection of the bid was bluff.. it's hocus pocus...to draw higher bids even though there are no serious bids.