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By: chicago web design

chicago web design — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:49:30 +0000

Wikia Search is awesome. I just wish more people would realize that and start using it.

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By: lodgegoat

lodgegoat — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:16:39 +0000

I remember the edge of the fall well from 99 and 2000. Another cycle is upon us.

By: Colnector

Colnector — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:56:58 +0000

Take actual numbers => Makes them into % values => Make a headline…

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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:29:30 +0000

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By: the temp

the temp — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:00:19 +0000

This idea has always been terrible. Enough said. Get this project into the dead pool already so more room can be freed up for actually useful ventures.

By: Venkat from India

Venkat from India — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:29:42 +0000

Non – news. TechCrunch is getting way too stupid these days!! Yawn!

By: Gregory Kohs

Gregory Kohs — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:09:01 +0000

Has anyone done the math to figure out Wikia’s balance sheet? Best that I can estimate, I figure revenues might — MIGHT — be $12,000 a month more than expenses. That’s a lot of months to recoup $14,000,000.

By: Wade

Wade — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:33:46 +0000

Is my math bad, or is 10% of 43 = 4.3. Who gives a sh*t?

By: or other

or other — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:23:32 +0000

I agree. This is completely non-news. 3 worker bees out of 48, big whoop. Shoot, if you sneeze too hard over at Yahoo 3 people drop out. This really doesn’t qualify. Wikia has always been run on the cheap so it should still have plenty of money in the bank to weather this out.

By: geo thomas

geo thomas — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:39:18 +0000

since last Friday (Oct 17, 2008) adsense users are reporting 30 to 35% drop in the ecpm (revenue for 1000 impressions) on a daily basis. It seems advertisers are not bidding high on adwords anymore. Hope the holiday season will change that.

By: Jason M. Lemkin

Jason M. Lemkin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:23:20 +0000

I seem to remember almost all the employees are offshore and may not even technically be employees. If that’s the case, hardly seems earth-shattering news to cut back a few contractors.

By: Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:24:31 +0000

That’s right, Michael. 3 employees were let go. Not 30% of our workforce.

And, we’re hiring. Go figure.

By: huh

huh — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:53:27 +0000

“Unfortunately, Google ads in the footer pay pennies a click, and nobody clicks”

Makes you wonder whether anybody clicks on Google’s ads on any other websites.

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Wikia Lays Off 10%, But Is Still Hiring — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:51:17 +0000

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By: George

George — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:38:51 +0000

I totally agree Jonathan. My point is simply that we should plan for the worse, better to be prepared. Hey if things don’t get much worse, then great!

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:36:49 +0000

[Second try, to get past link-trap]

It’s been public for some time now that Wikia is struggling. They’ve had to become much more aggressive about pushing ads, and that’s alienated some of the digital-sharecroppers, I mean “communities”. See the column I wrote a little while ago:

http://www.guar...ul/31/wikipedia

Great quote: “Unfortunately, Google ads in the footer pay pennies a click, and nobody clicks”.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:26:33 +0000

I’m bout to get fired too Trump style…lol

By: Mircea

Mircea — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:24:07 +0000

Veoh just laid off almost a half of their employees!
This is not possible!!
It is the end of the world!

Now we should REALLY start panicking …

By: Someone

Someone — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:22:57 +0000

So 3-4 people were laid off? That’s the news here?

By: br

br — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:15:21 +0000

even for CISCO?

By: Larry Freeman

Larry Freeman — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:12:43 +0000

The good news is that that this recession is not well understood. It’s greatly premature to say how long this will last or how bad it will truly be.

This means that it may not be as the 2nd Great Depression (but it is still pretty bad). That said, it will continue to get worse (the December consumer numbers will be terrible) until at least, February (the new president’s first major speech on the subject) and then it should start getting better for at least the Tech Industry.

Remember, capitalism runs on the greed of investors and the passion of entrepeneurs. There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

By: John

John — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:12:15 +0000

FuckedStartups.com is tracking this layoff, along with a few more.

Wikia.com was top heavy, no way they can sustain, they are in a saturated market.