How did Youtube make money?

I dont know about $1 million, maybe couple $100,000-$500,000 a month, but i dont know maybe they did. I'm sure other sites like myspace, yahoo, msn and google's monthly bandwidth bills are 6 digit figures.

 

I'm not sure it ever did.

 

I think the main reason Google buy YouTube is just for to get the viewers and the video uploaders attention. Google are actually conquering most of BIG website in the internet.. domination i think hehe

 

If they bought it just for attention whats the point? Google is a business at the end of the day so it needs to make money somewhere down the line, they must have something in store?!

 

google has so much money they dont care about it anymore, its all traffic to them, they are gonna horde the traffic until the opportune time at which point bill gates will buyout google LOL

 

I don't know how they made money in the past, maybe they will start selling ad space soon?

 

Google = the future SkyNet jk

It's somewhat ironic that even Google has to "buy" traffic.

 

Just saw an interesting analysis of the problems that Google is having monetizing Youtube:

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At Google, the Search Is On for a New Approach to Old Media

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewfeature&id=1678

Viacom and CBS have pulled videos from Google's YouTube. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently requested that some Oscar footage be taken down from YouTube as well. And Google's efforts to sell radio and print advertising have not met expectations. In short, Google's ability to navigate the traditional media landscape doesn't seem to be going particularly well. What's the problem? While Google has the resources to create deals with content companies, it still must contend with a number of confounding crosscurrents, including content owners' concerns over intellectual property and a clash of advertising models.
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Looks like Google does not yet have all of the answers yet, either.