How does youtube make money?
 

Youtube has more members in one year of operation than sites that have been open for 10 years.

How doe they turn a profit?
I haven't noticed any ads?

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They don't.

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Do you actually visit YouTube?

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Do you actually visit YouTube?

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Me? Occasionally. Why? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Re: How does youtube make money?
 

I've noticed one verizon wireless banner, and that is it!

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There's a banner on every video page of YouTube.

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I forgot the exact number, but I read an article that said you tube was making millions before google bought them. It's through advertising, theres atleast one per page.

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I forgot the exact number, but I read an article that said you tube was making millions before google bought them. It's through advertising, theres atleast one per page.

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It was pretty widely reported that they were losing about $2 million per month.

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I forgot the exact number, but I read an article that said you tube was making millions before google bought them. It's through advertising, theres atleast one per page.

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It was pretty widely reported that they were losing about $2 million per month.

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Of course it was... They didn't want anybody suing them for copywrite infringement.

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I forgot the exact number, but I read an article that said you tube was making millions before google bought them. It's through advertising, theres atleast one per page.

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It was pretty widely reported that they were losing about $2 million per month.

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Of course it was... They didn't want anybody suing them for copywrite infringement.

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It doesn't work that way. They were losing money hand over fist. It was common knowledge. They went back the VC market a number of times and were about to have to again before they were bought. And Google took a $200 million reserve for the anticipated losses.