Web 2.0 companies face a problem: too many users in the wrong countries

bgold, here's the updated link to the article - http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16866987.htm

I actually know a Dutch social network that killed of their Spanish audience by targeting more on national events. It all depends on strategy I guess.

As I recall reddit has over 50% of their traffic from outside the United States.

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