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  • January 8, 2011

    Facebook con $1.000M en Ganancias Este Año?

    Facebook EconomyEstuvo leyendo uno de mis blogs favoritos, GigaOm, sobre documentos sobre las finanzas de Facebook que salieron a luz recientemente.  Aunque la empresa generó $77 millones en ganancias en el 2010, podría generar hasta $1.000 millones de dolares este año.

    TechCrunch hasta publicó una tabla mostrando de donde vienen los ingresos de la compañia y me sorprendió la cifra de $75 millones de dolares como “run rate” de objetos virtuales porque yo pensaba que la cifra era aún mayor. Mientras tanto, es interesante que, mientras Facebook sigue sin estar en la bolsa, se rumora que Linkedin saldrá a bolsa este año.

    Hay una citacion interesante al final del articulo de GigaOm de un analista de Piper Jaffray quien dice que Facebook sigue quitandole ingresos de publicidad a Google.  Hay muchos que piensan que Google tiene que hacer algo para contrarestar la creciente importancia de Facebook incluyendo a un analista que, interesantemente, piensa que  Google debería comprar a Amazon!

    Finalmente, no sólo es Facebook, sitios como Quora para preguntas y respuestas y Groupon en compras grupales para establecimientos locales, están creciendo mucho gracias al compoenente social.  Muchos se preguntan si Google cedió este espacio a Facebook y otros o si su producto Googleme va posicionarlos mejor dentro de este espacio.

    Abajo hay una version mas grande del Infographic de VisualEconomics sobre la economia de Facebook:

    Facebook Economy

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  • January 8, 2011

    Facebook to Generate $1B in Profits This Year?

    Facebook EconomyI was just reading in one of my favorite blogs, GigaOm, about documents unearthed because of Goldman Sachs’ investment in Facebook. Though the Facebook seems to have generated about $77 million in net income this year, it could generate as much as $1B in profits next year.

    TechCrunch even published a table showing their different revenue line items. I was actually surprised by the $75M run rate for virtual goods that, although substantial, was lower than I had thought it would be.  It’s interesting to note, also, that while Facebook stays private, Linkedin is rumored to soon go public.

    There’s an interesting quote at the end of the GigaOm article from a Piper Jaffray analyst stating that Facebook continues to take advertising revenue away from Google.  There’s definitely a lot of conjecture about what Google should be doing in regards to social media.  One of their own VPs actually made a statement to the effect that they’re letting Facebook take over that space.  Talking more about Google, I found a recent article by David Linthicum quite interesting.  In that article, he talks about why Google should acquire Amazon!

    Finally, it’s not only about Facebook, other sites like Quora and Groupon are growing rapidly thanks to their social component.  Many ask if Google has ceded this space to Facebook and others or whether their GoogleMe product might better position them in this space.  What do you think? Will “social” increase or decrease Google’s relevance over time or is that the wrong question to ask?

    Below is a larger version of the Facebook Economy Infographic from VisualEconomics:

    Facebook Economy

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