Crazy Alexa growth for file upload sites
Has anyone been noticing the crazy rapid growth of all the file upload sites? I originally started seeing Rapidshare and Megaupload in the forum communities, but now it’s spread all over the place.
Check out the Alexa stats for Rapidupload, Easy Share, SpeedyShare, Rapidshare, Quicksharing, Gigasize. Most of these are ranked ~1000, and Rapidshare is ranked #21 on Alexa. I wonder if somewhere in here is the next Photobucket.
Here are two examples:
Any ideas on what the business models could be for these sites, beyond AdSense? I think sticking with pure AdSense will lead to nice lifestyle businesses, but not venture fundable ones.
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