Comments on: YouTube is Losing Hundreds of Millions a Month http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/ Learn How Human Business Works - Beyond Social Media Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jackie http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-141381 Jackie Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:59:16 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-141381 thanks for the sharing video.really you know this job. by the way i loved your blog.. thanks for the sharing video.really you know this job.
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]]> By: DaveMurr http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-127039 DaveMurr Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:47:36 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-127039 Yep - YouTube is loosing cash but I don't think they are built to make money. I don't go to YouTube to buy things - the two examples you presented (though good in their own right)did nothing to excite me about the upcoming Dark Knight film - my attentions span lasted all about 20 seconds. Going to a library - or when I went to the library - I didn't expect to find ads in the books I read. Same for YouTube, I enjoy their library (free resource) of videos. So I don't know how they would go about raking in the dough. I wouldn't mind if they had a separate link to a YouTube mall - that sold niche related items (video cameras, equipment, books, movie gift certificates, etc). Maybe that’s how they can make some money?? Yep – YouTube is loosing cash but I don’t think they are built to make money.

I don’t go to YouTube to buy things – the two examples you presented (though good in their own right)did nothing to excite me about the upcoming Dark Knight film – my attentions span lasted all about 20 seconds.

Going to a library – or when I went to the library – I didn’t expect to find ads in the books I read. Same for YouTube, I enjoy their library (free resource) of videos.

So I don’t know how they would go about raking in the dough. I wouldn’t mind if they had a separate link to a YouTube mall – that sold niche related items (video cameras, equipment, books, movie gift certificates, etc).

Maybe that’s how they can make some money??

]]> By: Pam Hawk http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-127030 Pam Hawk Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:48:57 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-127030 Brilliant. Surprised they aren't already doing it. It took Eggo waffles a long long time to come up with syrup, maybe YouTube will catch on eventually. Brilliant. Surprised they aren’t already doing it.

It took Eggo waffles a long long time to come up with syrup, maybe YouTube will catch on eventually.

]]> By: SomeAudioGuy http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-126991 SomeAudioGuy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:43:56 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-126991 I wonder if Amazon would really be keen on this idea, as they're trying to use their own video units through the affiliate program. I guess anything that increases sales right? I wonder if Amazon would really be keen on this idea, as they’re trying to use their own video units through the affiliate program.

I guess anything that increases sales right?

]]> By: Amrita http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-126982 Amrita Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:03:55 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-126982 Chris, I wouldn't like YouTube to have those kinds of ads unless they were done the way iTunes lists what other viewers bought/listened to. I like that iTunes doesn't use a robot to pretend it is having a conversation with you -- i.e. Hi, I noticed you like X, how about buying Y. I would prefer if YouTube and many others, just kept it simple. --Amrita Chris,

I wouldn’t like YouTube to have those kinds of ads unless they were done the way iTunes lists what other viewers bought/listened to. I like that iTunes doesn’t use a robot to pretend it is having a conversation with you — i.e. Hi, I noticed you like X, how about buying Y.

I would prefer if YouTube and many others, just kept it simple.

–Amrita

]]> By: chrisbrogan http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-126922 chrisbrogan Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:14:06 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-126922 @Mike - great point. I can see this mucking with their adsense dollars. Hmmm. @Mike – great point. I can see this mucking with their adsense dollars. Hmmm.

]]> By: mike http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-126921 mike Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:56:25 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-126921 hey chris, i like your idea a lot. definitely got me thinking. however, one issue popped up in my mind. if youtube did this affiliate strategy would that lower the value on the other inventory on the site? Not sure on this one. but i could see one of their in video advertisers getting upset if there were an amazon link distracting users from their ad. especially because the affiliate ads would be tempting for many users. the obvious retort to this is that if more users were clicking on affiliate ads, google would make more money. but maybe google doesn't want to make money for amazon. or maybe they are building some other strategy that would conflict with this affiliate idea. nevertheless, your thinking is really provocative. hey chris,
i like your idea a lot. definitely got me thinking. however, one issue popped up in my mind. if youtube did this affiliate strategy would that lower the value on the other inventory on the site? Not sure on this one. but i could see one of their in video advertisers getting upset if there were an amazon link distracting users from their ad. especially because the affiliate ads would be tempting for many users. the obvious retort to this is that if more users were clicking on affiliate ads, google would make more money. but maybe google doesn’t want to make money for amazon. or maybe they are building some other strategy that would conflict with this affiliate idea. nevertheless, your thinking is really provocative.

]]> By: David Kowarsky http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-126914 David Kowarsky Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:05:41 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-126914 Chris- Sounds great, and Pandora is a great implementation of this kind of thinking, but there is no UGC there. To adapt the oft used metaphor from L&O, this kind of monetizing would be fruit from of the poison tree, wouldn't it? If Youtube was aware, even automatedly, that this was copyrighted material, the legally responsible course of action is to demand proof from the poster that they are the copyright holder and/or simply suspend the account since it's unlikely to be the case. Making money off it directly (click here to give us money for something illegal one of our users did) would probably get them sued. IANAL, but it seems more than a little thorny. -Dave Chris-

Sounds great, and Pandora is a great implementation of this kind of thinking, but there is no UGC there.

To adapt the oft used metaphor from L&O, this kind of monetizing would be fruit from of the poison tree, wouldn’t it? If Youtube was aware, even automatedly, that this was copyrighted material, the legally responsible course of action is to demand proof from the poster that they are the copyright holder and/or simply suspend the account since it’s unlikely to be the case. Making money off it directly (click here to give us money for something illegal one of our users did) would probably get them sued. IANAL, but it seems more than a little thorny.

-Dave

]]> By: Greg Rollett http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-126911 Greg Rollett Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:21:07 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-126911 As long as it is not obtrusive to my viewing. I love the idea, but no company of YouTube's magnitude has shown me that they can do this without getting in my way. A simple "buy" link that floats to a YouTube branded landing page with related Amazon items might work, in that I wanted to go there. Otherwise I'll just keep clicking my way into 4 hours of life that I can never get back. As long as it is not obtrusive to my viewing. I love the idea, but no company of YouTube’s magnitude has shown me that they can do this without getting in my way. A simple “buy” link that floats to a YouTube branded landing page with related Amazon items might work, in that I wanted to go there. Otherwise I’ll just keep clicking my way into 4 hours of life that I can never get back.

]]> By: chrisbrogan http://www.chrisbrogan.com/youtube-is-losing-hundreds-of-millions-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-126901 chrisbrogan Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:50:38 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2625#comment-126901 Shannon - great point. The potential for video spam is high. Ugh. I guess that means a Greasemonkey script would come up. Shannon – great point. The potential for video spam is high. Ugh. I guess that means a Greasemonkey script would come up.

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