Comments on: AOL, Bebo and Being Stupid

By: Ami Ohayon

Ami Ohayon — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:45:03 +0000

AOL are the Royal Family of dumb when it comes to acquisitions. I have no doubt that whatever the value of Bebo today, AOL will render it worthless within months. Ami Ohayon's last blog post..From Jerusalem to Boston

By: JT

JT — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:51:15 +0000

What the "heck" is bebo? indeed..... JT's last blog post..Zen and PPC campaigns

By: PS3

PS3 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:28:32 +0000

My take on it here in the UK is that Bebo is the big thing for teens, who then grow up and move up to Facebook, possibly via MySpace.

By: Amy Lightholder

Amy Lightholder — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:52:35 +0000

Bebo is basically the MySpace of the UK. You shouldn't have been snide about it, that was messed up. Amy Lightholder's last blog post..Four Great Social Media Articles

By: Adi

Adi — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:02:58 +0000

I havn't looked into Bebo in any depth but my guess would be they'd look into doing more things like Sofia's Diary, which was an interactive soap opera that attracted some 5 million viewers. Given the broadcasting abilities in TW that would seem sensible to explore that kind of thing more. Adi's last blog post..Are you Mahayana or Hinayana?

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:56:56 +0000

I agree these social media outlets are finding it hard to make money by placing ads on there website. They need to re-think how they show ad inventory. if they would let the users of these sites control how and what ads are shown a little better I bet they would find that they would make more money. Jaan Kanellis's last blog post..Top Christmas Songs - Jaan Found Santa CD

By: Kenney and Kim

Kenney and Kim — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:20:18 +0000

Funny. I just don’t understand investing in a company that you don’t have the slightest idea about how you’re going to monetize. It’s a mystery. lol.

By: Frank Reed

Frank Reed — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:11:00 +0000

@Adi Agreed. Something doesn't need to work in the US to work but with AOL / TimeWarner being a US company with incredible assets here I suspect they are gunning for Facebook and MySpace like reach in the States. The ridicule comes because we live in times where company executives need to be responsible (can you say 'Bailout"?). The statement that an $850 million dollar investment of shareholder money will make money but having no plan to get there smells of the thinking that led to the last internet bubble. If you were a shareholder would you think that the comments from the Chief Executive were encouraging? Frank Reed's last blog post..Your Thoughts Please?

By: Seo Service india

Seo Service india — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:30:24 +0000

Bebo it a great social media site. I think the users of bebo has just increased.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:17:03 +0000

It seems to me that these various social media networks have widely disparate audiences. LinkedIn is clearly aiming at the professionals; Bebo is indeed popular here in the UK - among the under 16s. At least, the under 16s I know ... and this is backed up by Quantcast figures which say that 44% of Bebo users are under 17, though these are US-based stats. Monetising a network that is mostly used by people not old enough to have a credit card or, indeed, any real income, is definitely going to be tricky. Lucy's last blog post..New Study Shows Brands Have 60 Seconds to Deliver a Message

By: Adi

Adi — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:16:58 +0000

Bebo is very popular amongst the younger end of the market here in the UK. A lot of teenagers use the site and it’s certainly useful enough. Not sure why it is deserving of such ridicule as I suspect this information could have been found out with a few minutes of research. I have my doubts over whether it represents value for money but just because a site isn’t pulling up trees in America doesn’t mean it isn’t viable

By: Everfluxx

Everfluxx — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:08:33 +0000

I’m not a Bebo user, but “bebo” appears to be the 8th most popular query in the UK according to Google’s 2008 Year-End Zeitgeist:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2008/world.html#uk

The #1 query is “facebook”, though.

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