posted on December 24, 2000 09:33:44 AM
I went to Deja.com to check on a newsgroup I used to read and lo and behold, the info there says the "Before you buy"-ratings info-consumer reviews data has been bought by Ebay/Half.com. They've removed it and just left the Usenet archive. And they imply that soon Half.com is going to be the new Deja (not much to brag about IMO, I always skipped right past that ratings stuff on Deja and went straight for the Usenet archives).
Unfortunately the archives aren't big moneymakers (ad revenues haven't been so hot these days, and since they don't charge to look at the archives, where is their business model profitable??) so I expect to hear of the demise of Deja fairly soon.
Of course, if they were trying to be a small company, instead of trying to be millionaires, they could probably stay afloat...but in the New Economy no one's satisfied to just make a living anymore.....
posted on December 24, 2000 01:31:14 PM
How's this for a revenue model...
Do a search for an item on Ebay or Half.com and a banner or link comes up that says "click here for review of this product". Once you do, you leave the auction and go to the review section which is plastered with banners for huge retailers. (which ebay will make millions selling) It fits Ebay's model perfectly.
