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EDITORIAL
Community websites are fun,
but are they worth big bucks?
Analysts over-hyped the 1990s’ dot-com industry. Are they
making the same mistake again? asks Dylan Armbrust
[email protected]
I
l
a happeneduponanewsitemonthewirestodaythatestimatedthecommunity
websiteMyspace(www.myspace.com)tobevaluedat$15bn.AsanITindustry
watcher,Inaturallypaidattentiontothis.ThestoryoutlinedhowoneWallStreet
i
mediaanalyst,RBCCapital’sJordanRohan,feltthatgiventheoverwhelming
r growthofMyspaceintermsofusersandusage,thefigurewasentirelypossible.
Idon’tknowaboutyou,butwhenastoryclaimsthatanywebsite–letalonea
o
communitywebsite–couldbevaluedat$15bn,myinstantreactionisoneof
incredulity:notbecauseitisn’tpossible,butbecauseofpastexperienceofinternethype.
Manyofusrememberthedot-comboomofthelate1990s,whensillymoneywas
t
spentonanythingassociatedwiththenet.WhocanforgetthefamouscaseofBoo.com?
ThiswasthefashionsitelaunchedbyErnstMalmsten,KajsaLeanderandPatrik
i
Hedelin,whichmanagedtoburnthrough$120m(althoughsomereportsclaimthe
d
figurewasabout$160m)inlessthantwoyears.Nowthatwasalotofotherpeople’s
moneytolose.And,ofcourse,thereareotherfamouslyover-hypednetventures,such
asBeenz.com.OrhowaboutglobalpublishinghouseFuture,whichrenameditself
E
Futurenetonthebackoftheboom,
onlytoreturntoFutureagain. ‘The fact is, web advertising is incredibly
Thefactisthatthedot-comboom,
uncompelling and easy to ignore’
forallitsfollies,taughtusagood
lesson:youneedtohavesomething
thateveryonewants,suchasbooks,andagoodbusinessmodeltobackitup.Inother
words,theproductneedstobeprofitable.Todayweknowthisispossiblebecause
severalwebventures,Amazonforexample,prevailedandhavebecomeincredible
successstories.
ButIworrythatwemaybeseeingthebeginningsofanotherover-hypedchapterin
webhistory.WiththeadventofwhatiscalledWeb2.0,we’reseeingnewkindsofweb
phenomenacometothefore,thebiggestbeingsocialnetworkingsites,suchasMyspace,
orvideositessuchasYoutube.Whilethesesiteshavebeendrawingremarkabletraffic
andmembershipsign-ups(Myspaceclaims25,000newmembersadayintheUK
alone),thequestionis:aretheyreallyworth$15bn?
WhenLastminute.comwaslaunched,itwasvaluedatmorethan£700m,whichwas
morethanDebenhamsatthetime.Yetitcan’tcomeclosetoclaimingthattoday.
IsupposetheviewpointoftheWallStreetandLondonCitymoney-menisthatsites
likethesegiveyouaccessto,anddataon,themillionsofpeoplewhosignuptothem.
Informationsuchasauser’sage,geographicalregionandsiteviewingpatternsisa
powerfulcommoditynowadays.AndIsupposethere’sthefactthatalotofthepeople
whojointhesesitesareyoungpeoplewhoarelessinterestedintraditionalmedia,such
asnewspapersandtelevision.Advertiserslovetogoaftertheyoung,andfindingthe
mediumwheretheyaremostlikelytocongregateismannafromheavenforthem.
ButIhavetoquestiontheoverallvalueofsitessuchasthese.Nottotheuserof
course,becausetheyaregreatfun.OnecanspendhoursgoingthroughYoutubevideos
ormeetinglike-mindedpeopleonMyspace.Butwhatistherealvaluetoadvertisers,or
evenofadvertisers,onasitelikethis?Thefactis,webadvertisingisincredibly
uncompellingandeasytoignore.
IamgladtoseeaphenomenasuchasMyspacedevelop,andlongmaytheycontinue,
butweshouldn’tmistakepopularityforbigmoney.Andreally,$15bn?Ithinknot.PCW
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contractandcreditcheckapplies.Subjecttocoverage.30daysfreeappliestodataaccessintheUKonly.Toensureahighqualityofserviceforallourcustomers,afairusepolicyapplies.T-MobiledefinesfairuseastotalUKdata
use(bothsentandreceived)ofupto3GBpermonth.T-Mobilemaycontactcustomerswhoexceed3GBofdataandaskthemtoreducetheirusage.IfdatausageisnotreducedfollowingarequestfromT-Mobileand/oruseof
VoiceoverInternetProtocolisdetected,noticemaybegiven,afterwhichnetworkprotectioncontrolsmaybeappliedwhichwillresultinareducedspeedoftransmission.*Source:GfKNOPBusinessSatisfactionTracker–Summer
2006–Base:152T-Mobilecustomersusingmobiledata.TheBusinessSatisfactionTrackerisbasedon380interviewswithUKbasedT-Mobilebusinesscustomers,230Vodafone,225O2and227Orange(overalltotal1062). ©2006
SonyUnitedKingdomLimited.SonyStyleisoperatedbySonye-SolutionsEuropeBV.Offersvaliduntilenddate30thNovember2006unlessotherwisestatedorwhilestockslast.Productswillbeshippedtodeliveryaddresseswithin
theUnitedKingdomonly.Offersforalimitedperiodonlyandaresubjecttoproductavailabilityandmaybemodifiedorwithdrawnatanytime.Features,specificationsandpricessubjecttochangewithoutnotice.‘Sony’,'Sony
Style','SonyCentre',‘VAIO’,‘SonyStyle’,‘X-black’,andtheirlogosaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSonyCorporation,Japan.Centrino,CentrinoLogo,CoreInside,Intel,IntelLogo,IntelCore,IntelInside,IntelInsideLogo,
PentiumandPentiumInsidearetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofIntelCorporationoritssubsidiariesintheUnitedStatesandothercountries.WindowsXPProfessional,WindowsMediaCenterEditionandWindowsXPareregistered
trademarksofMicrosoftCorporation.T-Mobile,Web’n’Walkandotherproductandbrandnamesmaybetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.