Comments on: What Questions Can We Expect To Be Answered In Demand’s S-1? http://paidcontent.org/2010/04/16/419-what-questions-can-we-expect-answered-in-demands-s-1/ The economics of digital content Sat, 18 May 2013 18:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sam http://paidcontent.org/2010/04/16/419-what-questions-can-we-expect-answered-in-demands-s-1/#comment-78109 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:37:03 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/04/16/419-what-questions-can-we-expect-answered-in-demands-s-1/#comment-78109 Whether you like Demand’s business, it’s still a business that throws off cash. They owe their ‘success’ to AdSense, and if this didn’t exist, neither would Demand. I would just hope that future potential suckers (investors) are smart enough to look past the current numbers and look closely at Rosenblatt’s actual track record of building companies with some staying power.

]]> By: Ed Dunn http://paidcontent.org/2010/04/16/419-what-questions-can-we-expect-answered-in-demands-s-1/#comment-78108 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:16:47 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/04/16/419-what-questions-can-we-expect-answered-in-demands-s-1/#comment-78108 I don’t understand the application of the word “controversial” in this article. When I hear the word “controversial” used, I would like to know the two opposing issues and moral center of the writer to get a better perspective. Most people use the world “controversial” for sensational purposes.

I don’t know much about Demand Media but the model appears to be the same and is unfortunate. Whenever you try to “centralized” a service, you can be zero-summed by decentralized efforts that can do a better job.

Encyclopedia Brittancia was “centralized” while Wikipedia was decentralized and has a lower zero sum as a non-profit. This is the first thing that comes to mind when I read about Demand Media.

Again, investors and the money they throw around does not carry merits or can override the competitive landscape and challenges in this industry…

]]> By: steved http://paidcontent.org/2010/04/16/419-what-questions-can-we-expect-answered-in-demands-s-1/#comment-78107 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:06:23 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/04/16/419-what-questions-can-we-expect-answered-in-demands-s-1/#comment-78107 How much of their revenue comes from porn/adult and typo trademark domains. These are highly lucrative, and well hidden. Will the lawyers make them come clean? Will Goldman really underwrite a company with these kind of liabilities?

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