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Originally Posted by Marth  just look at the youtube disaster which they bought out. Losing millions on servers and can't figure out monetization* strategies that really work |
Lol true that. Right now Youtube is one giant-ass liability. Although it does come back to the idea that I originally posted... under-monetization for the # of users that come to it every day.
Maybe Youtube could be monetized better by making its users pay a monthly fee (ie $5-$10 per month) to "login" to youtube. In return, youtube could remove all ads and make the site much more community-oriented and add more functionality to it (easier ways to share videos with friends, etc.) Also a very nice feature would be for Google to purchase the licensing rights to all material on Youtube, instead of removing music or material that violates copyright restrictions. If Youtube actually was profitable, Google could afford to do this for it, and I think it would help keep the users around and paying.