Sunday, August 20, 2006

Growing, growing... Gone!

Ten years ago, even the most ardent of AOL’s critics would not have predicted that AOL would ever move away from its revenue model. Basing their hopes heavily on the $25 subscribers, AOL had continuously ignored a bigger focus on the $17.4 billion online advertisement market, which is slated to grow even further to $26 billion in the next four years. But its competitors steadily ensured otherwise by successfully leveraging themselves through advertisement based dollars, and attracting scores of AOL ‘loyal’ subscribers to switch for cheaper options.

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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006

Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri