Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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In these particular chapters, I learned some new things. The section about community space hybrids caught my attention especially. I had never heard of Dogster and Catster before and I actually thought it was really funny that there are actually social networking sites out there for animals (controlled by the "parents" of course). I also thought it was really cute how Dogster has "forums, classifieds, Gimme some paw, treats" and etc. As I was reading this though, everything I feel also relates to other social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. But, this website isn't free, just like most social networking sites; they make their money off advertising. Because if you are clicking through a social networking site, the site is smart enough to place ads on the page that attract your interests; which in return makes them money when you click the ads. This section of Remix really grabbed my attention because it had a lot to do with advertising, which is my major. It gave some neat facts such as how Newspapers derive 37% of their total advertising income from classifieds. I also learned that revenue from classified ads (such as Craigslist) account from around 43% of total advertising revenues from major papers.
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I actually really liked the part about advertising also. I think it so interesting how the internet has changed advertising and has really made it something that is present in our lives, whether we would like it to be or not. I remember the days where there was no sidebar and Facebook and to see advertisements you would have to turn on the television or flip through a magazine.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your post in that Dogster and Catster is quite interesting. I have never heard of these either and found them to be quite amusing. The part of "Remix" which talked about advertising was cool as well. I also commented about craigslist and found it crazy that they are missing out on over $100 million just because they want no ads on their website. The reason why many websites do make money is because of ads, which is a crazy concept in itself.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was really interesting too. Its awesome that we can have well-designed websites that are maintained by a team of professionals (that actually make more than a decent living at their jobs) without having to pay for use of the website ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI noticed this as well how whever you get onto facebook, it shows ads that would catch your attention and find it interesting that they actually make money when you click on it. It's crazy that these websites are losing so much money because of not advertising.
ReplyDeleteI love cats, so Caster really interested me. I don't think ads are completely bad (some sites simply could not exist without ads); however, ads do take something away from sharing economies. That's why Wikipedia does not have ads. They don't need ads to survive, and they don't want the image of being about the money.
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