AOL wants to Shut or Sell Bebo
 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...l-or-shut-bebo



It may end up Closed for good,



Facebook Rules the Planet.



Sign Of The Times.

oh well. the only people that care for bebo are chavs.

^lol, I had a bebo, when i was like 12/13.

Meh bebo is for chavs so idc;P

Yes it is for the Younger ones
and the problems dealing with them
is not making AOL any Cash.
AOL was joined with Time Warner
but now the are not.



Life In The City.

Yes I think Harry is on bebo

Um I am not a chav nor do I use bebo, ok.

OK you used to use it.

Never used it at all.

Never used it.

Its not making cash
like Facebook.


Close it down is best.

Bebo = the site for neds!

i used to love bebo, it slowly got worse, and then aol took over.
it needs to be sold, and completly relaunched ;D

No company in their right mind would buy that sinking ship.

AOL To Close Bebo?
 

The announcement that AOL is likely to close or sell off the social networking site Bebo comes as no surprise to industry watchers, marking the latest in a string of acquisitions that seem to have become the kiss of death for web startups.

Two years after an $850m (£748m) cash deal that surprised even the most optimistic pundits, AOL has said it can no longer fund the social media service and yesterday told employees it would sell the site or close it completely this year.

Bebo's popularity peaked in 2008, at about the time of the sale, but steadily declined as Facebook aggressively expanded its international user base, particularly in the UK.

According to figures from ComScore, Bebo's global unique visitors in February totalled 12.8 million, which was down 45% on February 2009. Facebook had 462 million visitors, MySpace nearly 110 million, and Twitter 69.5 million.

One source close to the company said Bebo had suffered from AOL's strategic changes and a lack of funding that made it impossible for the site to compete with Facebook, which now dominates the social networking market.

The source described Bebo's demise as the inevitable outcome when digital media startups are bought by more established companies. "You set out with a certain strategy and aim for a certain user experience, and they change it," the source said. "They get rid of staff and cut costs, and it still doesn't work. Years go by and the business declines. And it's not unique to Bebo – look at Friends Reunited, Skype, MySpace ..."

Another source described the lack of funding by AOL as critical to Bebo's struggle since it was bought. "Bebo needed investment and engineers. At one point, we had 40 engineers when Facebook had something like 2,000. You can't produce a good product fast enough at that scale. In fact you can't even keep the site running properly."

At its peak, Bebo was the most popular website for younger teens. The company, founded by UK developer Michael Birch and his partner Xochi in 2005, moved to San Francisco, where it grow virally with its biggest audiences in the UK and Ireland.

Bebo hosted a number of well-publicised web video dramas including KateModern, which attracted significant media attention and advertising, but were essentially designed to market the site as a media-focused property and make it more attractive for sale, a campaign successfully overseen by former Google executive Joanna Shields.

Shields was the architect of the cash sale but subsequently left AOL in May 2009 and launched a digital media content venture with Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group four months later. Earlier this month Shields left the Shine joint venture to take a senior sales and business development role at Facebook Europe.



I used to use this but now its just like a paedos paradise....

also AOL losing 850 million on this makes me laugh...

Had this story already.

my mistake.....was lookng at news stories couldnt see it...

so many memories from bebo :bawling:

Can't be arsked to go find it. lol

i just found it lol, a mod can merge.....if they want id say the effort of it though...

thanks to whoever merged this

Lol thanks merger.

It wont go, and all the people who say its for chavs need to actually go on it without just saying somthing you may of heard.

Every social site has a downfall.

Myspace is easily the worse Social Site of all time and Bebo has done very well, I remember it was extremley popular in 2008.

Unfortunatly AOL made a mess of it, and thats why its lost some of its users however alot of people still check their profiles reguarly.

It can regain its users it just needs to be original and do somthing new again, Getting rid of it would be a mega loss.

Facebook is dull and boring and the only reason I use it is for the funny pages.

Bebo has alot more to it.

Myspace is just a **** hole with Americans looking for recording contracts.

Twitter has had its 15 minutes of fame and now its dead.

Facebook will come to an end soon.


We need a new site to be hoenst, somthing new!

It wont go, and all the people who say its for chavs need to actually go on it without just saying somthing you may of heard.

Every social site has a downfall.

Myspace is easily the worse Social Site of all time and Bebo has done very well, I remember it was extremley popular in 2008.

Unfortunatly AOL made a mess of it, and thats why its lost some of its users however alot of people still check their profiles reguarly.

It can regain its users it just needs to be original and do somthing new again, Getting rid of it would be a mega loss.

Facebook is dull and boring and the only reason I use it is for the funny pages.

Bebo has alot more to it.

Myspace is just a **** hole with Americans looking for recording contracts.

Twitter has had its 15 minutes of fame and now its dead.

Facebook will come to an end soon.


We need a new site to be hoenst, somthing new!

According to figures from ComScore;
Facebook had 462 million visitors,
MySpace nearly 110 million,
Twitter 69.5 million,
Bebo had 12.8 million,


Also when i posted this i went onto my old page, it really is so kiddish looking and is perfect for people preying on kids.....