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Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

William Tildesley — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:24:05 -0000

Hasn't this rumour been around for a while?
I've used Bebo (it's big here in the UK) but I prefer Facebook.
Virb is good but it's too hard for normal users to figure out.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

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Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Ed — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:02:33 -0000

Now, yahoo search has replaced google search on bebo, so is it official or getting close?

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

sean — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:41:59 -0000

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

lowri — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:56:56 -0000

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Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

lowri — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:55:16 -0000

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

zoe — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:29:17 -0000

hey guys... :D

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Jas — Sun, 20 May 2007 17:13:05 -0000

They won't sell they wish to remain indepedent and have big plan's for it in the future,they have no financila worries personally and they regret slling ringo.com so like you say it's just a rumour but wont happen !

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Harbinger Entity — Sun, 20 May 2007 16:28:43 -0000

I wonder if this means I could reclaim my username, without the 23?

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

thomas55 — Sun, 20 May 2007 15:01:50 -0000

It's probably going to happen, maybe not a billion, maybe less maybe more, but obvisouly bebo is getting bought.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Mike — Sun, 20 May 2007 11:17:21 -0000

I don't like Bebo, it feels "cramped" (I am from the UK). I don't think this is a good idea for Yahoo in the long run, unless they make some major changes and draw the US market (as people have said, it is quite big here).

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Pete Cashmore — Sun, 20 May 2007 05:16:26 -0000

Heh. How long till they merge to Yahoo IDs?

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Ali — Sun, 20 May 2007 05:00:36 -0000

There goes the neighborhood.

Interesting deal if it goes through.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Ben — Sun, 20 May 2007 03:03:14 -0000

I'm British and all my friends are on Bebo...it's really huge here!

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Pete Cashmore — Sun, 20 May 2007 02:22:36 -0000

What about Yahoo360??? ;)

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Yakov — Sun, 20 May 2007 02:20:42 -0000

It may sound odd but they would buy bc they could not build a great social networking brand themselves.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Pete Cashmore — Sun, 20 May 2007 02:16:51 -0000

Yeah, UK (Ireland and Scotland), New Zealand etc.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

John B. — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:56:58 -0000

@bena,

...The 'where' is outside the US. So does Yahoo want to expand here? I think they just want a social network like everyone else.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

John B. — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:52:45 -0000

correction: you've got

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

bena roberts — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:52:02 -0000

Yahoo! is apparently buying everything! But i agree its shouldn't always be about the number of people on a network but more about who, how and where. Quality users build true social communities that are addictive.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Rajesh — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:51:16 -0000

Yahoo doesn't have many choices left.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

John B. — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:47:24 -0000

If you come late to the game, you got to overpay for the second best.
Seems to be a big week for acquisitions and rumors.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Mark — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:44:31 -0000

It's valuable, but Bebo is no way a good consolation for buying Facebook. Not big in the USA.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Pete Cashmore — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:39:18 -0000

Virb may be a hit with web designers and the indie crowd, but at last count its user base was 0.0000001% the size of Bebo's.

Users are *all* that matters in these buys.

Re: Yahoo In Talks To Buy Bebo for $1 Billion (Rumor)

Jimmy — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:31:03 -0000

Bad move, yahoo...

I realize Bebo has the userbase, but VIRB is a much MUCH better site, all around. IMO, if VIRB had the exposure from Yahoo, it would slaughter myspace in no time at all.