Comments on: SkyRider gets $12M more for aggressive P2P search engine http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/23/skyrider-gets-12m-more-for-aggressive-p2p-search-engine/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Skyrider investment suggests advertising on P2P might not be so easy, after all » VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/23/skyrider-gets-12m-more-for-aggressive-p2p-search-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-796176 Skyrider investment suggests advertising on P2P might not be so easy, after all » VentureBeat Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:06:23 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/23/skyrider-gets-12m-more-for-aggressive-p2p-search-engine/#comment-796176 [...] It’s been over a year since we covered Skyrider, and for good reason: We hadn’t heard anything more since the company revealed its business plan, based around monetizing peer-to-peer networks with ads, in late 2006. [...] [...] It’s been over a year since we covered Skyrider, and for good reason: We hadn’t heard anything more since the company revealed its business plan, based around monetizing peer-to-peer networks with ads, in late 2006. [...]

]]> By: Nik Cubrilovic http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/23/skyrider-gets-12m-more-for-aggressive-p2p-search-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-6213 Nik Cubrilovic Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:17:58 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/23/skyrider-gets-12m-more-for-aggressive-p2p-search-engine/#comment-6213 I see how it works - their own servers are masquerading as real users of the P2P network, and when somebody does a search they report back a result which is not a real result but an advertisement. To get on the top of the list, they report back the highest number of sources for that files. It's the nature of P2P networks that somebody is able to build an app like this. I find this very interesting, I think it is a brilliant idea and very well executed. My questions would be around how valuable the audience can be - since they are searching for free movies/music etc. and also how long this can last before the networks and clients adjust to block them out. I see how it works – their own servers are masquerading as real users of the P2P network, and when somebody does a search they report back a result which is not a real result but an advertisement.

To get on the top of the list, they report back the highest number of sources for that files.

It’s the nature of P2P networks that somebody is able to build an app like this. I find this very interesting, I think it is a brilliant idea and very well executed.

My questions would be around how valuable the audience can be – since they are searching for free movies/music etc. and also how long this can last before the networks and clients adjust to block them out.

]]> By: VentureBeat Wire » SkyRider raises $12M for aggressive P2P search engine http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/23/skyrider-gets-12m-more-for-aggressive-p2p-search-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-6196 VentureBeat Wire » SkyRider raises $12M for aggressive P2P search engine Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:17:07 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/23/skyrider-gets-12m-more-for-aggressive-p2p-search-engine/#comment-6196 [...] See our story today. VentureBeat Community [...] [...] See our story today. VentureBeat Community [...]

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