Comments on: Something Jeff Jarvis and I Agree On

By: Daniel Tunkelang

Daniel Tunkelang — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:23:48 +0000

Indeed, Facebook has done that. Of course, they still need to figure out how to make money, but indeed they don’t rely on Google or on advertising for traffic.

By: Ranjit Mathoda

Ranjit Mathoda — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:27:08 +0000

To a large extent I think that’s what Facebook has done. They have huge usage, and they don’t rely on Google to bring them traffic. They are just exceptional at elegantly organizing information about what your friends are up to, and that lets them skip the whole Google ecosystem.

By: Daniel Tunkelang

Daniel Tunkelang — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:11:58 +0000

I agree completely. It is a great irony that Google, without significant advertising of its own, has succeeded in becoming one of the world’s biggest advertising companies. It makes me wonder what would happen if their clients could emulate that success and no longer depend so heavily on advertising themselves. What would Google do?

By: Ranjit Mathoda

Ranjit Mathoda — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:35:04 +0000

As I told the NYTimes, the most powerful form of advertising is to be exceptional: http://bit.ly/jXGp