The Financial Implications of the Facebook Revamp

NEW YORK (MainStreet)--On Thursday, Facebook unveiled the re-design of the newsfeed, and beyond the sighs and threats from your high school friends that they’re going to quit the social network, you can also expect some serious financial implications that beat to the drum of the web’s most covetable real estate.

In the video below, Nicole Urken and I examine how the revamp--which features better curation of stories, bigger images, and improvement on the mobile interface--will spell more moola from advertisers, who can have bigger placement ads with more precise demographic targeting.

But it's always a delicate balance between turning a profit and frustrating users who are resistant to change and view ads as anathema to their online experience. Below we discuss how these could move the needle on Wall Street.