Submission + - Second Collapse of the Internet Economy Underway? (quinthar.com)
David Barrett writes: "If you sell 3 billion ads and can't break even, what do you do? Drop prices by 40% and switch business models, apparently. Is this an isolated incident, or does it contribute to the growing pile of evidence that ad inventory is overpriced industry-wide, with Google being the worst offender due to it's policy of requiring "minimum bids" on keywords that would otherwise go for cheap? Check out this analysis and make up your own mind."
