Viking Coder wrote:
> The main question again is - Why should e-gold bother?
To make money. That's the *point* to being in business.
To *increase* gross revenue. To increase shareholders' value.
> They don't need the money, which is usually the primary reason for hosting
> advertising.
Huh? Where did you ever get an idea like that?
Do you believe that e-gold should keep it's growth rates slower
than they can be?
> They can't offer anything other than untargeted ads without violating
> their user & privacy agreements.
Untargeted ads is what's needed.
> They could end up alienating users who don't want to see ads when using a
> service that they are paying for.
They could (and it looks like they already have) alienate serious
businesses who want to use e-gold *if* they can communicate with
most e-gold users, which they cannot do now.
Which has the better net effect for e-gold? I can't objectively
say. But the banner ad concept on the spend page is screaming at
me: DO IT!
The founding of Amazon was brilliant.
The founding of e-gold was brilliant.
Do they have what it takes to succeed and compete in the long
run? That's another whole story. It's not clear to me at all.
Is e-gold running scared, looking over it's shoulder at it's
competition? Not that I can see.
Bob
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