Facebook: the old and the rich man and the story of little closer

Old rich man dice little closer, this is Li Ka-shing and Facebook.

1 million shares of Li Ka-shing, Facebook apparently according to Microsoft's 2.4 billion acquisition of 1.6% way to go.

To do this, of course, is to Hutchison Telecommunications, in order to prevent 3G collapse, Li Ka-Shing chose the injection of fresh blood, particularly people like Facebook, especially pleasant air. According to the United States market research company comScore figures, 1 month, Facebook's independent user visits 1.007 million, second only to MySpace 1.093 million, ranks among the world's second-largest social networking site. Youth cross road "we are Facebook buddy?" is almost equivalent to the "you eat?", its sweeping energy mass pop. According to the information from Quantcast, only in the United States, Facebook monthly access user number up to 3500 million page visits for more than 100 million. Facebook's loyal users access a monthly average of 15 times, and each page will count as 20 page number is marked on the best way to Facebook value.

Last year, Facebook's revenues of about $ 1.5, while revenue in 2008 is estimated at 3 billion-3.5 billion.

The rapid growth in revenue, Facebook's growth is faster. It is expected that in 2008, Facebook's capital spending will reach $ 2 billion, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) margins of only US $ 50 million, the company's cash flow forecast-1.5 billion. Although, the 23-year-old Harvard towards the undergraduate MarkZuckerberg-hand made since Google has been the fastest-growing Web site Facebook, which Microsoft also used 150 million (estimated) gave it the best testimonials. But now this has 6700 million active users of social networking sites are profitable stagnancy in front of the mountain.

While Facebook challenges not only these.

Late last year, Facebook Beacon advertising system announced by Johnny, it can take the online user's purchase of information sent to his friends. Zuckerberg in November confidently shouted: "the next century will be because the birth of the Beacon advertising system. "However, he soon regrets. "We might have some advanced. "He later added," the reality is far more than we imagined to be cruel and much more ... The road ahead is long, and this system wants to see the results, you have to wait 15-20 years! "

What makes this little closer bow admit? with Edison Chen, a huge privacy! Facebook fans have jumped out to accuse the Beacon violated their privacy, resulting in the loss of large areas of the user.

This gives Zuckerberg take a lesson. He said: "all the mistakes prove that we did not give the user enough control. Now you control the better, the more users you feel secure, we are closer to his goal. "So, then Facebook raced launched the privacy control system, which slowly will angry user died down. As he said: "we had the privilege to be able to build a change communication platform. This is worthy of admiration, is worth to make good use of. "Zuckerberg also highlighted the rumors fly language mostly come from Facebook's music service. Facebook allows users to make your own music album and Exchange through the Web, but these independent third-party music people join certainly move albums giants of cheese. Although he explained that "Facebook is the creation of a user interaction, allowing them to communicate more smoothly, and to develop their creativity. ”

On the contrary, MySpace, but soon began to seize the Chinese market.

Yesterday, MySpace China CEO Luochuan announced in Guangzhou MySpace.cn Chinese name "Union" and the opening of the new Chinese brand logo and new slogan: "NET world true friends". Luochuan said, "the Union" became the MySpace only one in the non-English speaking countries publish name, hoping to global Chinese language users. In addition, MySpace rename also gave themselves a clear positioning as middle income Internet community friends Web site, plan by the end of 2008 will be the user scale to 10 million households. "MySpace from September last year here：English zhengshishangxian, monthly count the number of users are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. "Luochuan didn't reveal the number of users of MySpace China. However, at the head of the profit model, the "Union" is also to advertising revenue, the company has and Coca-Cola, Disney, Samsung and Canon, and other international brand an agreement of cooperation between the two sides are not limited to Web site advertising, also be wired in the way of marketing community interaction.

Long ago, with Jack Ma and veteran the Xie launched yiqi.com this social networking site, SNS, like those reality TV shows, the growth in China began.

With Facebook, MySpace (China) more is the localization of a reality TV. Because of the "Union" is an aggregate the IDG and Netcom former CEO Tiansuning management "China broadband industry Fund" (CBC) investment coupled with luochuan as the representative of the localization team, this kind of "company + VC + venture team," How does the effect, so far still unknown. Since last April, MySpace (China) launched the beta version of the run-time problems, the most serious is the United States Internet dating habits and how to make friends with Chinese netizens are completely different, more accustomed to Chinese Internet users to make friends with a stayPictures, Instant Messaging. To this end, the "Union" has been adjusted, "look what mouth" Hello is the best of the citizenry.

Taste, style, must hold the Chinese people's hearts, to be based.

This is the "Union" of short-term objective, but rather for Facebook might be how to complete your own gorgeous turned even more important, and this is precisely the second hat takes years of best chance! little closer, come on!