Age and length of Facebook?

The future of Facebook continues to be questioned because until now continued to lose money. Users also need to reach 200 million operational costs that are not small. Moreover, the social networking site user should be left proved to be vulnerable, such as occurs on Friendster and MySpace. Facebook can be mirrored on social networking sites that are older and also very successful MySpace are now experiencing problems. In fact MySpace is a success because a highly profitable advertising agreement with Google. Also have wise parents, the media magnate Rupert Murdoch, and employs dozens of consultants around the world.
But MySpace quickly faded and forced him to stop the thousands of workers and closed offices around the world. Besides MySpace also abandoned its founder Chris De Wolfe.
Facebook is different from the history of many dotcoms that emerged several decades. Dotcoms always said it was on track to soon break even point, after which an IPO in the stock market or taken over by larger companies. But soon, the company could not survive and become financially bleeding.
Facebook on the contrary, continue to survive to become independent, although it also received a bit of capital from both Microsoft and media companies came from Russia. But rumors that develops, Facebook will also be an IPO soon after appointed a new finance chief.
No doubt other than pride, to serve the number of users more than 200 million worldwide operational needs large. User activity around the world who continue to upload pictures and status, making the server needs must continually added.
Apparently it was realized by Facebook with raised Sheryl Sandberg as chief operating officer (COO). These women run a business when the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, not in his office.
Seeing the background of Sheryl Sandberg, one can admire. He is an MBA graduate of Harvard and has spent time working as chief of staff in Bill Clinton's administration and then occupied a high position on Google before moving to Facebook.
Sandberg asserted Facebook can raise money. And in 2010, Facebook will get a positive cashflow. "Not only cover all costs, but we're making an investment in our growth worldwide and revenue from advertising to cover costs."
Facebook said its revenue rose 70% year-on-year during the worst recession instead. But still many who remain skeptical, social networking sites like Facebook can make money from advertising in the amount that can be relied upon.
Facebook has indeed become an established business, with steady growth toward conditions that may generate profits. But it also occurs in older sites MySpace, a year ago that suddenly became less popular. (Althaf / inilah.com