Chapter 205
Zhang Pingyi was very puzzled by Qin Shaoyan’s idea, “If you don’t plan to start a video website, why are you putting so much effort into it?”
Qin Shaoyan was dumbfounded, “I’m doing it in the United States. This is purely to make a fortune, of course to make a big profit."
Zhang Pingyi frowned, "I thought this was another new track you laid out?"
"Yes, yes." Qin Shaoyan looked at Zhang Pingyi with a look of relief, "This is what I will tell investors when I go out from now on. This is to lay out a new track."
"No?" Zhang Minyi was still full of doubts, "I think you have the same attitude towards Facebook. You said you wanted to make a fortune and leave, but you also built a campus network in China."
"Since this video website is also trying to make a fortune, why isn't it done in China?"
Qin Shaoyan shook his head, "That's different. The campus network is in your hands, and you can't get rid of it. It’s gone, and it’s not like the campus network can’t be built. Once it’s done, it can still make money.”
“But the video website is basically just losing money.”
“The campus network and. The information on Facebook is still text and pictures, but the information on the video website is video.”
"Not to mention anything else, the bandwidth cost alone is quite high."
"The biggest problem with video websites is not the high cost, but its ability to monetize."
Qin Shaoyan sighed He took a breath and said, "How do video websites make money by adding advertisements?"
"Advertising is quite damaging to the user experience."
Zhang Pingyi nodded, he knew that Qin Shaoyan always It pays great attention to user experience, and adding more advertisements is very objectionable.
Therefore, there are very few advertisements on the campus network. Some of them are either the campus network's own or used for promotion of Jingdong Mall.
There are few ads, the page is clean, and users feel comfortable. This is one of the reasons why users like the campus network.
Qin Shaoyan said: "Advertisements on video websites are either hung on the page like other websites and smeared around like dog-skin plaster, or they are blocked in the middle of the page and must be turned off to view the web content."
“In addition to placing advertisements on the page, in order to generate revenue, advertisements will be added to the video, and they may even be added directly before the video is played for good effect.”
“Videos on current Internet speed websites The duration must not be too long, a few minutes or even half a minute. You can’t let users watch a 15-second ad before watching a 30-second video, right?”
Zhang Pingyi suddenly felt shuddering after thinking about it, and couldn't help but ask: "You are not so inhumane, are you?"
"What is this? I haven't designed it to shrink the video screen with just a pause. Maximize the pop-up advertising page." Qin Shaoyan sneered, "Make a fake close button on the advertising page, and a jump page will pop up as soon as you close it."
"Turn off the pop-up page. The real close button will appear later."
Zhang Pingyi was stunned, "Mr. Qin, just be a human being."
Qin Shaoyan said disapprovingly: "This is just a simple trick, it's even more outrageous. There are also designs.”
Zhang Pingyi thought for a while and asked cautiously: "So, according to you, the video website is purely losing money? There is no room for profit?"
"This will be the case in at least ten years." Qin Shaoyan clicked. Nodding, "The video website is a content-oriented website, but it costs a lot of money to produce content."
"The website itself cannot produce much content, and most of it relies on users to upload content themselves. "
"So, to guide users to upload more content, and to upload high-quality content, it also costs money."
Zhang Pingyi was still a little unwilling in the end and asked: "Really. Is there no hope of making money?”
"Being a boss can make money, but video websites most likely won't." Qin Shaoyan answered Zhang Pingyi's question seriously.
Zhang Pingyi continued to ask: "Didn't you say that video websites are the future? Will you be able to watch movies and TV shows in the future?"
"That will have to be a few years later. I can watch it with the current Internet speed. The video was stuck for a few minutes, and it was useless to watch a TV series that lasted for several dozen minutes. "Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "It's better to watch TV if you have time." At this time, Zhang Pingyi was completely given up and felt a little depressed. , "Isn't this work in vain?"
Qin Shaoyan comforted: "It's okay, just think of it as learning skills, it will always be useful."
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The next day, Zhang Pingyi arrived at the office of the video website as usual.
Although his interest was not as high as before, he was still doing the work at hand very seriously.
After all, you can learn a lot from working with a talented programmer like Bram Cohen.
The father of BT is famous on the Internet, but unlike everyone’s imagination, BT did not bring him any money.
In the first few years of developing BT, this technology did not bring him a penny of income.
Bram Cohen barely makes a living by relying on a little donation from users and selling T-shirts with the word BT printed on them online. He also faces the risk of being sued in court at any time.
The interesting thing is that he is the inventor of BT technology, but he never uses BT to download any videos or unauthorized software.
This unsociable technical boss is not easy to hire. Thanks to G Fat’s relationship, Qin Shaoyan finally paid a high salary to get this boss to work.
Of course, it's all worth it.
With the hard work of technical experts and many coders, the video website was quickly completed.
Qin Shaoyan didn’t bother to think of a name, so he just moved the YouTube name over and borrowed it.
On November 1st, the YouTube website was officially launched.
The buttons for the three core functions of the website, Upload, Watch, and Share, are placed below the most eye-catching search box, and the function introduction emphasizes speed and convenience.
Qin Shaoyan personally registered an account and uploaded a video on the website of YouTube employees celebrating the launch of the website.
After testing, all functions of the website are normal, and even some minor problems will not affect use.
"Well done, everyone!" Qin Shaoyan stood up and greeted other employees, "You have created a new era!"
YouTube employees applauded one after another, revealing their Excited smile.
Even Sequoia's Taylor and Microsoft's Davis also applauded and celebrated. The emergence of video websites is indeed an innovative milestone for the Internet.
Because before this, saving videos on the Internet was very troublesome.
You need to go to the video store first to convert your video tapes to digital format and then burn them to a CD.
Then pay to purchase a private server or server space to host the site and upload videos.
You can basically understand the whole process as copying the contents of your DVD at home to the network disk, but in the end you have to pay a sum of money to the network disk.
The emergence of YouTube provides the majority of netizens with a place to save videos for free, as well as the convenient function of one-click sharing.
This is also the biggest advantage of early video websites in attracting users.
The celebrations didn't last long, it wasn't time to pop the champagne yet, they still had a lot of work to do.
The first step is how to fill the website with content. They cannot wait for users to do it themselves.
So, how to promote the video website has become the most important task.
(End of this chapter)