Comments on: Answerbag sold to Demand Media. Google buys some online video site http://joeldowns.com/2006/10/10/answerbag-sold-to-demand-media-google-buys-some-online-video-site/ Media, Marketing, Technology, and a tune-up Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Steve http://joeldowns.com/2006/10/10/answerbag-sold-to-demand-media-google-buys-some-online-video-site/#comment-40423 Steve Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:06:30 +0000 http://joeldowns.com/2006/10/10/answerbag-sold-to-demand-media-google-buys-some-online-video-site/#comment-40423 Hi Joel, When you owned the site, was it hard to make money consistently from advertisers, even using a tool like google adsense? Did you have a dedicated advertising sales team to bring in revenue, or was it harder than they make it look in the business magazines? When you sold out to ISHM, did you get a good deal or was it basically a steady job? Did you retain any stock options and do you benefit when ISHM sold to DemandMedia in terms of someday getting rich if DM can flip it? I sure hope so. Oh and who did the redesign of AB? It looks awesome. Is that internal staff at AB / DM or was it outsourced? If you could share some business lessons that you learned, you would be helping many aspiring and perspiring entreprenuers. Or should I post these questions on AB? Hi Joel,
When you owned the site, was it hard to make money consistently from advertisers, even using a tool like google adsense?

Did you have a dedicated advertising sales team to bring in revenue, or was it harder than they make it look in the business magazines?

When you sold out to ISHM, did you get a good deal or was it basically a steady job?

Did you retain any stock options and do you benefit when ISHM sold to DemandMedia in terms of someday getting rich if DM can flip it? I sure hope so.

Oh and who did the redesign of AB? It looks awesome. Is that internal staff at AB / DM or was it outsourced?

If you could share some business lessons that you learned, you would be helping many aspiring and perspiring entreprenuers. Or should I post these questions on AB?

]]> By: Mom http://joeldowns.com/2006/10/10/answerbag-sold-to-demand-media-google-buys-some-online-video-site/#comment-25448 Mom Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:39:32 +0000 http://joeldowns.com/2006/10/10/answerbag-sold-to-demand-media-google-buys-some-online-video-site/#comment-25448 So, where are the dancing cats? So, where are the dancing cats?

]]> By: Case http://joeldowns.com/2006/10/10/answerbag-sold-to-demand-media-google-buys-some-online-video-site/#comment-37 Case Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:49:27 +0000 http://joeldowns.com/2006/10/10/answerbag-sold-to-demand-media-google-buys-some-online-video-site/#comment-37 In fact, the copyright infringement may be the very reason that Google purchased YouTube! Both of the properties share a lot of the fundamental defense centered around fair use. If YouTube did get sued and lost (or even settled) it would create a precedent that Google would have a harder time fighting in court. Now Google can defend fair use lawsuits with it's full might rather than potentially having to fight multiple precedents from YouTube settling cases to avoid litigation. In fact, the copyright infringement may be the very reason that Google purchased YouTube! Both of the properties share a lot of the fundamental defense centered around fair use. If YouTube did get sued and lost (or even settled) it would create a precedent that Google would have a harder time fighting in court. Now Google can defend fair use lawsuits with it’s full might rather than potentially having to fight multiple precedents from YouTube settling cases to avoid litigation.

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