Comments on: I am worth $300 on Facebook http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/24/i-am-worth-300-on-facebook/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan Herman http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/24/i-am-worth-300-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-42720 Dan Herman Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:39:20 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/24/i-am-worth-300-on-facebook/#comment-42720 Next question is whether this adds Microsoft live search to Facebook - suddenly giving Facebook a much stronger foundation as a platform. Next question is whether this adds Microsoft live search to Facebook – suddenly giving Facebook a much stronger foundation as a platform.

]]> By: Denis Hancock http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/24/i-am-worth-300-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-42658 Denis Hancock Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:52:50 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/24/i-am-worth-300-on-facebook/#comment-42658 There's a nuance in that valuation that must be considered though. It appears that for $240 M, Microsoft got 1.6% of Facebook AND 1/2 of advertising revenue outside the United States from selling banner ads, and they already have the deal with Facebook for within the United States, and whatever else is cooking between the two. That's a bit of a twist that makes the extrapolation to a value to $15 Billion a little difficult to justify, as there's some strategic considerations at play here. In fact, the whole thing just seems a little odd. There’s a nuance in that valuation that must be considered though.

It appears that for $240 M, Microsoft got 1.6% of Facebook AND 1/2 of advertising revenue outside the United States from selling banner ads, and they already have the deal with Facebook for within the United States, and whatever else is cooking between the two.

That’s a bit of a twist that makes the extrapolation to a value to $15 Billion a little difficult to justify, as there’s some strategic considerations at play here. In fact, the whole thing just seems a little odd.

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