Comments on: Rumor: eBay Selling StumbleUpon

By: Check Page Rank

Check Page Rank — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:49:49 +0000

Not a bad idea actually. Ebay have always wanted to make a digital market empire and to beat at least sites like Sitepoint they need a site with enough reputation and high traffic. Stummbly is site that fits the description.

By: Derek Storme

Derek Storme — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:17:18 +0000

It never made any since for eBay to acquire stumbleupon OR skype, but odder partnerships have been made, so I was just a wait and see. I expected Stumble to begin “randomly” (more often than not) showing eBay auction, and for eBay to start a pay per click bidding war for this showing, but that never happened. So what WAS their idea in the first place? As for Skype, it would have made sense to create a free comms link between buyers and sellers (seller pays), but that never came about either. I think they just got buy happy, after successfully integrating paypal into their castle – they jumped before they looked, and now they are desperately clawing for the rope to climb back up on. Good Luck!

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:58:37 +0000

eBay needs to unload everything that does not compliment their core business – eBay.com. If they do not they can continue to watch their ship sink.
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By: MGA

MGA — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:41:24 +0000

Yeah, EBay has nothing to do with stambleupon. I could never understand why did they buy it. Now trying to get rid of it. Such a bad executive decision.

By: Stumbleupon in vendita? - Cash Cow

Stumbleupon in vendita? - Cash Cow — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:50:50 +0000

[...] feed trovo una news da Marketing Pilgrim dove leggo che eBay, che acquistò Stumbleupon 16 mesi fa, avrebbe deciso di vendere. In effetti i numeri non girano molto bene: il sito ha visto un calo (registrato in Luglio rispetto [...]

By: GM

GM — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:43:01 +0000

I too did not know Ebay ( of all peolple ) owned SU. Let's hope Google gets it and keep it the way it is. GM's last blog post..Sandisk Sansa Fuze 8 gig $98

By: Rod Beckwith

Rod Beckwith — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:42:27 +0000

It made no sense, just as the purchase of Skype amde no sense…now, I could force some sense into it, but then I don’t make those kinds of calls for free. ;->

Rod

By: Caribbean Web

Caribbean Web — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:44:43 +0000

Informative, I had no idea ebay owned SU. I wonder if Microsoft will show interest? Caribbean Web's last blog post..Beta version of Google Chrome Browser launched

By: Daniel, The Hosting Blog

Daniel, The Hosting Blog — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:02:46 +0000

I have no idea why they would buy SU. I wonder what their big marketing plan was to use it for? Maybe they were just trying to spread out their assests or something but come on, how could SU possible help Ebay itself out? Daniel, The Hosting Blog's last blog post..The biggest hosting company is not always the best. Startup web hosts can provide something a large host can’t.

By: Extreme metal blog

Extreme metal blog — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:47:09 +0000

what has ebay got to do with SU now!!
i mean its totally different from each other..
and i agree with u Ami..its really useless for marketing

By: Ami Ohayon

Ami Ohayon — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:32:51 +0000

StumbleUpon is kind of fun as a casual surfer ... but I've found it to be pretty much useless in terms of marketing. The traffic is so unfocused that while page views might be high, and type of call to action has miniscule rates. Ami Ohayon's last blog post..From Jerusalem to Boston

By: sheppy

sheppy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:30:21 +0000

Yeh I don’t think they’ll get their money back if the traffic has gone down…however they won’t have a problem finding a buyer.

ebay were right with their paypal purchase but kinda weird with skype and stumbleupon. They seem to have been purchased as token gestures to their success?

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By: Rakhi

Rakhi — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:07:07 +0000

Ebay and Stumbleupon which proved to be best examples have shattered and very soon we will come to know what is happening behind the screen.

Since, stumble has become brand it will be easily acquired any another firms, just wait and watch.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:52:27 +0000

Google, no questions asked. They have tons of data that would be useful to the algo.

By: Utah SEO Pro

Utah SEO Pro — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:09:22 +0000

Rather buy stumbleupon than freakin Cuil! Utah SEO Pro's last blog post..Building an SEO Friendly Site - SES San Jose 2008 Presentation