AOL Buys Bebo for £417 Million

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13-03-2008, 07:00 PM
SATIRE

AOL Buys Bebo for £417 Million

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

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13-03-2008, 07:04 PM
xxMATTGxx

I bet Bebo will go down hill lol, since AOL Own it now :P
13-03-2008, 07:08 PM
Azul

£417 million, are they having a laugh?
13-03-2008, 07:14 PM
jesus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azul

£417 million, are they having a laugh?

My thoughts exactly. It'll take them forever to get all that back from Bebo alone.
13-03-2008, 07:19 PM
Slowpoke

What a stupid investment!
13-03-2008, 07:20 PM
Swearwolf

id understand more if they paid that much to get bebo deleted
13-03-2008, 07:28 PM
Jordan,

they may have plans for it
13-03-2008, 07:30 PM
Mrs.McCall

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.
13-03-2008, 07:37 PM
cocaine

bet the previous owners of bebo are happy
13-03-2008, 07:41 PM
benjamin

omg looool
the old bebo owner is a member of my band. KLKL
13-03-2008, 07:49 PM
Minstrels

Quote:

Originally Posted by futureheads

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.
13-03-2008, 07:52 PM
benjamin

no he joined it coz it was one of the first ones made haha
13-03-2008, 07:52 PM
efq

LOLLLL saw this on c4
13-03-2008, 08:10 PM
lew!

Great
Aslong as they dont ruin it.
13-03-2008, 08:15 PM
alexxxxx

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.
13-03-2008, 08:58 PM
Minstrels

Quote:

Originally Posted by futureheads

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

So urm... your mate is now a millionaire? o.O
13-03-2008, 09:00 PM
Technologic

Nobdoy uses bebo anyway

EXCEPT SMELLY BEN
14-03-2008, 12:10 PM
Xarea

AOL successfully purchase Bebo for $850 million

http://images.habboupload.com/1205531069.png
14-03-2008, 12:14 PM
GommeInc

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?
14-03-2008, 12:15 PM
Xarea

Quote:

Originally Posted by GommeInc

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?p...3_I&refer=news
14-03-2008, 12:49 PM
Minstrels

The adverts make it look manky, time for a new site then.
14-03-2008, 01:00 PM
GommeInc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olleh

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

But AOL did actually buy it today:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...3_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!
14-03-2008, 01:54 PM
Ezzie.

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
7

this is going to go downhill..
14-03-2008, 04:35 PM
Andeeh

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

just bosh loadsa ads probbably.
14-03-2008, 08:22 PM
Nereo

Actually if you consider prices of other similar sites like facebook £417 million doesnt seem that expensive in comparison:D
14-03-2008, 08:23 PM
GhostFace-

i dont use bebo or Aol. :)