how does facebook makes money?

[gd4499]

I heard the owner of facebook is wealthy but how does he makes money i signed up for an account with facebook and i did not have to pay anything but , i did the same with twitter....anyone knows?

[Roley]

They sell all your personal information to advertisers.

[Fishy]

Advertisements

[myownopinion]

FACEBOOK gets money any time someone clicks on an ad

[tdot08]

advertisements and gifts i guess

[Aimee Addison]

they make alot of money from people wanting to advertise on their site because it's popular.

[ziosuna]

it's advertising, people will pay just about anything to post even a small ad on sites that draw that level of attention.

[Greg]

Internet marketing. Here is how you to can get started http://www.schoolforwebsites.com ot you can visit this membership site and see how the do it.http://www.schoolforwebsites.com/Membership
If you go to a fan page at facebook these are nothing but business.

[Josh]

They have some investors but I don't think they make as much money as other sites like myspace or yahoo for example. My guess is they'll start to make more and more money from ads but initially they didn't focus on that as much as you would think.

[mudkip liek]

ok. So on facebook there are games, and those companies (mainly Playfish) give money to facebook so users can play their game. In the game, users can choose to link their paypal or credit card to their own account in order to purchase things (In Playfish games, you can purchase Playfish Coins/Cash which can get you better items in games).
Also, facebook gets paid by a lot of advertisers.