By A Bisht
According to Silicon Alley Insider, having access to Facebook inside developments, the share of different revenue sources in the company’s total revenue for 2009 is as under:
From Brand ads___________________________23 percent
The larger ad campaigns that Facebook makes for big brands.
From Facebook’s ad deal with Microsoft________27 percent
From the sale of Virtual goods________________14 percent
The virtual goods, like the “Gifts” users can buy for $1 or so to place on friends’ profiles.
From self-service ads______________________ 36 percent
Those ads that advertisers/users can create on the site quickly to target specific demographics of users. Thus Self-serve ads let marketers target precisely who they want to.
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