The future continues to be questioned because up until now continued to lose money. Users who achieve 200 million also require operasinal no small cost. Moreover, the social networking site proved vulnerable user should be abandoned, as happened to Friendster and MySpace.
Facebook can reflect on the social networking site that are older and also very successful MySpace who is now having problems. Though MySpace is successful because it gets highly profitable advertising agreement with Google. Also wise to have parents, the media magnate Rupert Murdoch, and employs dozens of consultants throughout dunia.Tapi MySpace quickly faded and forced him to stop thousands of workers and closed offices around the world. In addition, MySpace is also abandoned its founder Chris de Wolfe.Sejarah up unlike many dotcoms that emerged several decades.
Dotcom always said it was on track to soon break even point, after the IPO on the stock or taken over by larger companies. But soon, the company could not financially survive and be bloody-darah.Facebook the contrary, continue to survive to become independent, although it also received a bit of capital from Microsoft or from Russian media. But rumors, Facebook also will soon appoint an IPO after the new financial chief. Can not be denied other than pride, to serve the number of users more than 200 million worldwide operational needs large.
User activity across the globe who continue to upload pictures and status, making the need for the server must continue to be added. Apparently it was realized by up to appoint Sheryl Sandberg as chief operating officer (COO). This woman who runs a business up when the founder, Mark Zuckerberg, not in his office. Seeing the background of Sheryl Sandberg, one can admire. He is a graduate of Harvard MBA and has spent time working as chief of staff in Bill Clinton's administration and then occupy a high position on Google before moving to Facebook.
Sandberg confirmed up to raise money. And in 2010, up will be able to get a positive cashflow. "Not only closes all costs, but we make an investment in our growth worldwide and revenue from advertising to cover those costs." Facebook says its revenue rose 70% year-on-year despite the fact that the worst recession. But still there are many Skeptics, social networking sites like Facebook can make money from advertising in the amount that can be relied upon. Indeed, Facebook has become an established business, with steady growth toward conditions that can produce profits. But it also occurs in older sites, MySpace , a year ago which had suddenly become less popular.
So if you want to survive, up to be able to continue to enhance its growth and at the same time make the site a user should not quickly get bored or lose from new players, like that of MySpace. Moreover Twitter increasingly popular and can make up for fading.
