2% of all internet users go through Photobucket...

henslee

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Wed Apr-19-06 09:44 PM
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2% of all internet users go through Photobucket...

Edited on Wed Apr-19-06 09:45 PM by henslee

Photobucket isn’t as flashy as YouTube or Flickr, but they have 14 million users, 80 uploaded photos per second and, just two weeks after launching their video product are nearly matching YouTube with 30,000 daily uploaded videos (YouTube is 35,000/day). And, Photobucket is both profitable and cash flow positive.

What is it? It’s the behind the scenes photo and video server for MySpace, eBay and dozens of other sites that either have significant restrictions on photo/video uploads or heavy fees. For users of those services, they often turn to Photobucket to host these files

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/19/2-of-us-internet-traffic-through-photobucket/

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fleabert

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Wed Apr-19-06 09:47 PM
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1. I'm a Two Percenter! Finally! nt

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Deja Q

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Wed Apr-19-06 09:50 PM
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2. Hmmm, maybe a thin client topology is feasable then...

If photobucket can host and deploy THAT many pictures...

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crispini

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Wed Apr-19-06 09:52 PM
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3. How in the name of heaven do they make money?

Ads?

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henslee

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Wed Apr-19-06 10:05 PM
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4. I read the comments on the orig. link and I am still not sure... one

Edited on Wed Apr-19-06 10:06 PM by henslee

links to an article which is titield the Google curve... or something like that. I read it but still am not sure. here it is... Maybe you can read it and explain it to me. http://blog.tallsails.com/2006/04/10/the-google-curves.aspx

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realisticphish

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Wed Apr-19-06 10:16 PM
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5. i use photobucket

ALL the time. Every pic i post online is hosted there

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