AOL Buys Bebo for £417 Million [Archive]

SATIRE

13-03-2008, 07:00 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7294174.stm

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xxMATTGxx

13-03-2008, 07:04 PM

I bet Bebo will go down hill lol, since AOL Own it now :P

Azul

13-03-2008, 07:08 PM

£417 million, are they having a laugh?

jesus

13-03-2008, 07:14 PM

£417 million, are they having a laugh?My thoughts exactly. It'll take them forever to get all that back from Bebo alone.

Slowpoke

13-03-2008, 07:19 PM

What a stupid investment!

Swearwolf

13-03-2008, 07:20 PM

id understand more if they paid that much to get bebo deleted

Jordan,

13-03-2008, 07:28 PM

they may have plans for it

Mrs.McCall

13-03-2008, 07:30 PM

WHAT.

OHHH NO :@

AOL ruin everything. Gits.

Expect constant downtime, slow loading and stupid new layouts.

Woah @ the price though! I just hope now that AOL don't plaster the site with loads of advertisements like on Facebook.

cocaine

13-03-2008, 07:37 PM

bet the previous owners of bebo are happy

benjamin

13-03-2008, 07:41 PM

omg looool
the old bebo owner is a member of my band. KLKL

Minstrels

13-03-2008, 07:49 PM

omg looool
the old bebo owner is a member of my band. KLKL
Pardon? I really don't know if that's sarcasm but urm... :O.

luls @ the price. Don't think I'll be going on it again then, don't like AOL.

benjamin

13-03-2008, 07:52 PM

no he joined it coz it was one of the first ones made haha

efq

13-03-2008, 07:52 PM

LOLLLL saw this on c4

lew!

13-03-2008, 08:10 PM

Great
Aslong as they dont ruin it.

alexxxxx

13-03-2008, 08:15 PM

i doubt they'll make a return. say they have 40million users, that means each user is worth £10. So more than £10 of ads has to be sold to each member, plus operating costs.

Minstrels

13-03-2008, 08:58 PM

no he joined it coz it was one of the first ones made haha
So urm... your mate is now a millionaire? o.O

Technologic

13-03-2008, 09:00 PM

Nobdoy uses bebo anyway

EXCEPT SMELLY BEN

Xarea

14-03-2008, 12:10 PM

http://images.habboupload.com/1205531069.png

GommeInc

14-03-2008, 12:14 PM

Where does it say AOL?

Does that mean Bebo is going to suck like all the other things AOL are apart of e.g. WinAmp and their broadband?

Xarea

14-03-2008, 12:15 PM

Where does it say AOL?

Does that mean Bebo is going to suck like all the other things AOL are apart of e.g. WinAmp and their broadband?

It's a joke because AOL are so advert-heavy.

But AOL did actually buy it today:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYU9WnYgu3_I&refer=news

Minstrels

14-03-2008, 12:49 PM

The adverts make it look manky, time for a new site then.

GommeInc

14-03-2008, 01:00 PM

It's a joke because AOL are so advert-heavy.

But AOL did actually buy it today:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYU9WnYgu3_I&refer=news
Ah didn't think of that lol. Wouldn't surprise me and I wish I was one of the owners of Bebo, I'll be rich!

Ezzie.

14-03-2008, 01:54 PM

Myspace for life i reckon.

I could never get bebo anyhow, seems to be full of 13 year old idiots= eg= my sister

but alas

I just.. can't fathom why'd they'd spend so much though.. especially being aol= they ruin everything >.<

14-03-2008, 02:57 PM

this is going to go downhill..

Andeeh

14-03-2008, 04:35 PM

Tbh they wont change it as much as before like hardly ny new stuff

just bosh loadsa ads probbably.

Nereo

14-03-2008, 08:22 PM

Actually if you consider prices of other similar sites like facebook £417 million doesnt seem that expensive in comparison:D