Comments on: More Information On RockYou Financing http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:45:08 -0800 hourly 1 By: » RockYou named one of the top innovations for 2007 Web 2.0 Money: The Money & Business Behind the Web 2.0 Innovations http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1895718 » RockYou named one of the top innovations for 2007 Web 2.0 Money: The Money & Business Behind the Web 2.0 Innovations Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:37:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1895718 [...] http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0712/gallery.sixleaps.fortune/4.html http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/RockYou [...] [...] http://money.cn....fortune/4.html http://www.tech...kyou-financing/ http://www.crun...company/RockYou [...]

]]> By: MixerCast: A Multimedia Player With A Revenue Model http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1384550 MixerCast: A Multimedia Player With A Revenue Model Sat, 19 May 2007 04:56:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1384550 [...] Slide, RockYou, and Flektor, MixerCast is a slide show based player that also plays multimedia content (like [...] [...] Slide, RockYou, and Flektor, MixerCast is a slide show based player that also plays multimedia content (like [...]

]]> By: fred http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1303115 fred Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:50:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1303115 I really don't believe in such models making some day big money. There's noi Technical breakdown and no entry cost for a new comer. For instance, if the model starts to work, what could block Youtube ou Myspace to add this as a functionality and instantly kill RockYou ? At this time any idea is being funded. Bubble again ? I really don’t believe in such models making some day big money. There’s noi Technical breakdown and no entry cost for a new comer. For instance, if the model starts to work, what could block Youtube ou Myspace to add this as a functionality and instantly kill RockYou ?
At this time any idea is being funded. Bubble again ?

]]> By: Steven http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1240041 Steven Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:25:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1240041 Looks nice but whats the point if you cant access data quickly.http://www.zune-converter.org Looks nice but whats the point if you cant access data quickly.http://www.zune-converter.org

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1160934 Mike Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:33:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1160934 That's one heck of a post-money valuation. I wonder if these sites that have to feed off of others (i.e.---myspace, bebo, etc...) will ever realize some major revenue aside from a buyout offer. Micah http://foodforethought.wordpress.com That’s one heck of a post-money valuation. I wonder if these sites that have to feed off of others (i.e.—myspace, bebo, etc…) will ever realize some major revenue aside from a buyout offer.

Micah
http://foodfore...t.wordpress.com

]]> By: Superfly http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1154862 Superfly Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:45:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1154862 I'm curious about the independent data sources you alluded to Michael. Real studies or anecdotal? Any additional insight would be appreciated. Thanks. I’m curious about the independent data sources you alluded to Michael. Real studies or anecdotal? Any additional insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

]]> By: lemon obrien http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1154388 lemon obrien Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:50:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1154388 @Ashley -> I went o your website and all the inset media is invisiable. Its clickable, but the images are not available. After I click the empty space, most, but not all, want me to choose a connection sped etc. from "http://www.company39.com/tools/mplayer/" ummm...dis be the 21st century; i don't choose connection speeds anymore. @Ashley -> I went o your website and all the inset media is invisiable. Its clickable, but the images are not available. After I click the empty space, most, but not all, want me to choose a connection sped etc. from “http://www.company39.com/tools/mplayer/” ummm…dis be the 21st century; i don’t choose connection speeds anymore.

]]> By: Ashley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1154239 Ashley Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:30:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1154239 I use Rockyou! I use Rockyou!

]]> By: Huser http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1154234 Huser Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:30:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1154234 drama, with a name like that I would expect you to...of heck you just don't get it... drama, with a name like that I would expect you to…of heck you just don’t get it…

]]> By: Drama 2.0 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1154202 Drama 2.0 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:26:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1154202 Why argue about who is "bigger"? Neither of them is profitable, nor generating a notable amount of revenues. It's like arguing who can give away more free hot dogs outside of a football game. Who cares? Why argue about who is “bigger”? Neither of them is profitable, nor generating a notable amount of revenues. It’s like arguing who can give away more free hot dogs outside of a football game. Who cares?

]]> By: Rich http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1153819 Rich Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:45:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1153819 Josh what the VC's have not told you... 2007 is the year of Glittertext!!! Josh what the VC’s have not told you… 2007 is the year of Glittertext!!!

]]> By: Huser http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1153470 Huser Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:11:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1153470 No wes, Slide IS bigger. Period. No wes, Slide IS bigger. Period.

]]> By: Thomas Irizarry http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1153427 Thomas Irizarry Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:07:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1153427 I believe Jeremy made the claim in his last post that the majority of Rock You's traffic wasn't from myspace but that it was in fact it's largest single source of traffic. Someone else in the comments speculated that these investors must be banking on the outcrop of branded social networks to break their reliance on myspace, which I agree with, but that still leaves monetization unanswered. Hopefully, these new branded social networks have more liberal advertising policies but I seriously doubt it. Why would you allow someone else to profit off your space, branded at that? Would Nike allow a third-party to advertise on its social network when it has no control over the ad content? I seriously doubt it. I can see the widget providers running ads for the social network brand itself, so Nike ads on the Nike network. Even if they did work something like this out, there are so many widget providers with similar widgets that you would just end up with an ad price war between widget providers. Maybe instead of hosting the widget they can license the technology to the social network itself? I believe Jeremy made the claim in his last post that the majority of Rock You’s traffic wasn’t from myspace but that it was in fact it’s largest single source of traffic. Someone else in the comments speculated that these investors must be banking on the outcrop of branded social networks to break their reliance on myspace, which I agree with, but that still leaves monetization unanswered. Hopefully, these new branded social networks have more liberal advertising policies but I seriously doubt it. Why would you allow someone else to profit off your space, branded at that? Would Nike allow a third-party to advertise on its social network when it has no control over the ad content? I seriously doubt it. I can see the widget providers running ads for the social network brand itself, so Nike ads on the Nike network. Even if they did work something like this out, there are so many widget providers with similar widgets that you would just end up with an ad price war between widget providers. Maybe instead of hosting the widget they can license the technology to the social network itself?

]]> By: Wes http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1153396 Wes Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:03:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1153396 I think only time will tell who is bigger RockYou or Slide. I think only time will tell who is bigger RockYou or Slide.

]]> By: Josh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1153221 Josh Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:50:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1153221 People can throw all the money they want at Rock You, Slide, the whole bunch. The bottom line is the majority of their traffic and use stems from Myspace. If Myspace were to shut them out, which could very well happen, these sites and their users will drop precipitously. This is the riskiest sort of investment: unproven business model, dependent on third party for traffic... People can throw all the money they want at Rock You, Slide, the whole bunch. The bottom line is the majority of their traffic and use stems from Myspace. If Myspace were to shut them out, which could very well happen, these sites and their users will drop precipitously. This is the riskiest sort of investment: unproven business model, dependent on third party for traffic…

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1152402 Michael Arrington Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:38:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1152402 looks fine here... looks fine here…

]]> By: www.blogsaic.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1152374 www.blogsaic.com Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:35:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1152374 is digg.com down? we can't see it here in Adelaide Australia... is digg.com down?

we can’t see it here in Adelaide Australia…

]]> By: trevo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-1152181 trevo Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:17:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/05/more-information-on-rockyou-financing/#comment-1152181 Michael, why is this news? You already told us about the financing and the numbers didn't change. I guess the only potential nugget is that if this is true, then LSVP did not "participate" meaningfully in this round? Given Jeremy's enthusiasm in this space, that comes as a big surprise. Michael, why is this news? You already told us about the financing and the numbers didn’t change.

I guess the only potential nugget is that if this is true, then LSVP did not “participate” meaningfully in this round? Given Jeremy’s enthusiasm in this space, that comes as a big surprise.

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