Ah yes, everyone's favorite company. |
It's the natural growth curve of the industry. It took a while for it to gain traction, then we saw several years of explosive growth, and now it will slow down. |
Local search advertising isn't doing anything right now, |
Nothing else we're seeing can return the growth rates paid search is delivering right now. People keep looking around for the next area that will grow by 100 percent, and those industries are rare. |
Online dating in the U.S. continues to grow. This is a half billion dollar industry and it is an industry that is still growing. |
Paid search alone drove online marketing last year. But the sectors are going to grow in harmony this year. |
Sites are working hard to broaden their total audience. If they get offline figures like Dr. Phil involved, more visitors will come to their sites [and convert]. |
That market will exist at some point in the future. It is never a bad idea to start learning about the technology and how consumers want to use video on the go, and start the relationships with the content providers. |
The number of paid subscribers is stagnating. |
There's still a leap of faith involved for a lot of people when they go into online dating. Although the stigma has mostly gone away, they're still doing something that might feel a little bit uncomfortable, and to be able to take that step within a predefined community can improve the comfort level for certain users. |
They're doing stuff now that Microsoft says they hope they can do in a couple years. |
This is a learning process for Apple, |
This is a new and better way to advertise online. Instead of having to get users to come to a video site to see full-motion video, you can bring it to them. |
We have yet to see a viable long-term business model for social networks. We have yet to see anyone come close. |
We're seeing a market that's maturing. A market this big can't continue to grow at 100, 80, or even 60 percent. It's not possible. |