Comments on: Wikipedia looking for financing http://aaronmentele.com/2007/02/10/wikipedia-looking-for-financing/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2007/02/10/wikipedia-looking-for-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-9273 Aaron Mentele Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:38:47 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/02/10/wikipedia-looking-for-financing/#comment-9273 Yeah. Wikipedia is a "failing" business that I'd be more than happy to buy. Yeah. Wikipedia is a “failing” business that I’d be more than happy to buy.

]]> By: Deane http://aaronmentele.com/2007/02/10/wikipedia-looking-for-financing/comment-page-1/#comment-9263 Deane Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:13:10 +0000 http://charisma18.com/2007/02/10/wikipedia-looking-for-financing/#comment-9263 The financial sleeping giant of Wikipedia is advertising. It's been discussed before, and it's been estimated a comprehensive advertising deal for the site would be worth $100 million or more per year. Remember too that there are different classes of ads. Wikipedia might end up like NPR, where certain sections are "sponsored" by certain companies, which no call to action, just a logo, a name, and a URL. That alone would easily bring in enough to keep the servers running for centuries. The financial sleeping giant of Wikipedia is advertising. It’s been discussed before, and it’s been estimated a comprehensive advertising deal for the site would be worth $100 million or more per year.

Remember too that there are different classes of ads. Wikipedia might end up like NPR, where certain sections are “sponsored” by certain companies, which no call to action, just a logo, a name, and a URL. That alone would easily bring in enough to keep the servers running for centuries.

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