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That's compared to the previous quarter, not the same time last year. Web usage is cyclical.



No - net income in the 3 months ending Mar 2012 declined to $205m from $233m in the 3 months ending Mar 2011. A big surprise, probably some big investment in datacenters or something. Net income can be rather bumpy, revenue growth was more solid at 45% year-over-year, but even that can't justify the massive valuation. The valuation is really a bet that FB future monetization will be amazing.


Yeah, I was kind of surprised the article didn't cite Year-over-Year growth, but I don't think the other ones I saw did either.


Indeed, and Q4 (Christmas) is the peak for web advertising and most e-commerce. Even companies killing it year-over-year can show Q4->Q1 sags.




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