Pete Cashmore reports that social networking site, Bebo is partnering with Yahoo Search. The more important question is whether Yahoo will be purchasing Bebo.
So far, Bebo did not have a major search engine and was using Bigulo. “Users can now search the web, Bebo, profiles and the music section. “
After more than a month the two names have surfaced together once again. Could it be true that after all, Yahoo! is buying Bebo For $1 bn! as gossip suggested.
Loren Baker sees the partnering cum acquisition as a good idea as:
- “Yahoo Search Marketing Panama is expanding to Europe & Bebo is extremely popular in the UK.
- Yahoo’s communications arsenal in messenger and VOIP could be somehow integrated in Bebo.
- The option of internal payment systems managed by Paypal, Yahoo’s official payment system & prefered partner in eBay.
- Integration of Flickr photos & other 2.0 offerings from Yahoo.
- Yahoo’s display advertising network & sales force.
- The leveraging of the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium and somehow spinning Bebo into partnerships with major online newspapersâ€.
Then what about last week's news that Yahoo! Might Purchase MySpace For 30% Stake. No matter where, MySpace is a much more popular site with more users and a much bigger network.
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looks like aol beet yhoo to it. however i bet michael birch is well happy with the $800 million he made.