Greg Sterling
Greg Sterling
capture creativity mixed needs provide striving trying variety
They're trying to do a lot of different things to provide for a variety of needs out there. They've had mixed success. But there's a lot of creativity and they're striving to capture more advertisers.
advertising base demand drive mobile perhaps piece uncertain user
That's perhaps the most uncertain piece of the forecast. There's a lot of pent-up demand for mobile experiences, but the user base isn't there to drive an advertising model.
adoption curve fast people
The adoption curve will be fast because it's not something that has to be explained, ... People get it pretty quickly.
care coming fox relevant scale sites six stuff time
There's a lot of miscellany in there that's not particularly relevant coming from the sites I've been to. For instance, there's a lot of stuff on Fox News, which I really don't care about...Over time it will get better. I would give it a six on a scale of 10.
among major parallel seems
There seems to be parallel development going on among all the major players,
mobile normal rest tiny
This is mobile e-mail for the rest of us, who have normal or tiny screens.
enter logic markets paying prices roaring
The dot-com logic of paying big prices to enter new markets has come roaring back,
bubble create earnings inflated people signals starting talking whether yahoo
After the Yahoo earnings release, people started talking about whether this signals a bubble starting to burst. I don't think so, but unreasonably inflated expectations can potentially create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
believe companies expect hard lots space support survive
This whole space is going to consolidate because it can't support lots of players. Ultimately, I expect Mamma.com will be acquired. It's hard to believe these companies will survive as stand-alone entities.