Comments on: Metacafe Traffic Dips, Acquisition May Have Stalled

By: Gaspeton

Gaspeton — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:09:35 +0000

I could not find any movies and I tried … I think I just go to Google Search

By: MyHeritage: Avoiding the MetaCafe Curse

MyHeritage: Avoiding the MetaCafe Curse — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:07:14 +0000

[...] have left, traffic has stalled, and according to Arrington at least, acquisition attempts were thwarted. In case you aren’t familiar with MetaCafe, it was a lot like YouTube, only it launched earlier. [...]

By: petter

petter — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:23:09 +0000

that’s great and i like that sites too much

By: www.ubraniaroxy.pl » Blog Archive » Metacafe Founders Ditch, Reportedly Cash Out Their Shares For $5 Million

Wed, 14 May 2008 01:36:52 +0000

[...] a $30 million round as recently as last August. And back in late 2006 it unsuccessfully tried to shop itself around for $200 to $300 million. The article cites conflicts with Hachenburg and the strategic direction of the company. But maybe [...]

By: Metacafe Founders Ditch, Reportedly Cash Out Their Shares For $5 Million

Metacafe Founders Ditch, Reportedly Cash Out Their Shares For $5 Million — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:09:23 +0000

By: Yahoo To Announce Large Video Acquisition—Maven Networks For $150 Million. | tech heroes blog

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:06:24 +0000

[...] of a video startup today or tomorrow. At first we thought the target might be Metacafe, which was almost acquired by Yahoo just following the Google/YouTube deal in 2006. Shortly after, it made a small acquisition in [...]

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By: MetaCafe Launches On Facebook - The Unofficial Facebook Blog

MetaCafe Launches On Facebook - The Unofficial Facebook Blog — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:47:43 +0000

[...] immensely popular MetaCafe which was rumored to be in acquisition talks back in December, has just launched their Facebook application. While I prefer YouTube over [...]

By: GigaOM » Metacafe gets a new CEO

GigaOM » Metacafe gets a new CEO — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:48:54 +0000

[...] In December TechCrunch reported that Metacafe’s acquisition deal might had fallen through because of traffic concerns, and cited Comscore numbers that showed the startup had a 25% traffic drop in monthly unique vistors — from a high of 4.2 million in September, to 3.1 million in November. [...]

By: dave liu dot com » Dave’s Picks: Internet and Digital Media Articles

dave liu dot com » Dave’s Picks: Internet and Digital Media Articles — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:25:07 +0000

[...] Metacafe Traffic Dips, Acquisition May Have Stalled – The rumors around a possible Metacafe acquisition continue to swirl around silicon valley, with Yahoo or Microsoft being considered the most likely acquiror, at a $300 millionish acquisition price. But we are hearing that those discussions may have stalled due to the recent release of November Comscore traffic numbers. The number of monthly unique visitors to Metacafe continues to decline from a high of 4.2 million in September, to just 3.1 million in November, a drop of approximately 25%. [...]

By: dave liu dot com » 2006 » December » 18

dave liu dot com » 2006 » December » 18 — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:31:52 +0000

By: Fred Destin

Fred Destin — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:55:14 +0000

Mike: apparently it is not so much the stalling numbers per se, as much as the fact that they have apparently been buying much of their traffic (two different sources, both credible); thius may have stalled or slowed the due diligence. [Note I am an investor in dailymotion, although my interest would be for them to be sold as high as possible].

By: Shufuni

Shufuni — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:30:11 +0000

I don’t know about Metacafe… but this Video sharing site for porn called Shufuni is now the hottest thing.. (http://www.shufuni.com), as I understand Metacafe had porn long time ago and they stopped, because it’s somethin’ that is not considered good for their investors or somethin’

By: rinkusu » Blog Archive » 2006-12-13

rinkusu » Blog Archive » 2006-12-13 — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:56:00 +0000

[...] – ブロガーがネット上の靴屋からGoogle内のランキングを超されたとして提訴の構え – 買収されるとの噂が流れるMetacafeのトラフィックが低下 [...]

By: Prime News Blog » Blog Archive » Metacafe Traffic Dips, Acquisition May Have Stalled

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:17:56 +0000

[...] The Yahoo acuisition of Metacafe may have stalled due to the recent release of November Comscore traffic numbers. The number of monthly unique visitors to Metacafe continues to decline from a high of 4.2 million in September, to just 3.1 million in November, a drop of approximately 25%.read more | digg story [...]

By: Chris D

Chris D — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:47:07 +0000

Steven,

Guba has no real traction with end-users. Their hollywood video downloads are priced below cost, so they loose money on every download. Plus a really lousy brand name.

Not impressed…

By: Steven Jacks

Steven Jacks — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:06:10 +0000

This is interesting. GUBA.com went through a similar process several months ago incorporating a technology called Johnny to keep copy-written and adult content off of the site and it caused a significant dip in traffic for them as well (see the graph: http://www.alex...mp;url=guba.com)...

Perhaps a better choice for Yahoo though, GUBA has deals with studios, the MPAA, user uploaded video capabilities, Usenet video(remember Usenet???) and copyright filtering technology….

By: lemon obrien

lemon obrien — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:58:22 +0000

i couldn’t find any porn and i tried…i guess i’ll just go back to google image search

By: GigaOM » Metacafe, for sale or not

GigaOM » Metacafe, for sale or not — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:57:20 +0000

[...] Well isn’t that the 300 million dollar question? Last week there was word that the company was close to being sold. Techcrunch, this morning pointed out that it is not quite as smooth sale-ing. Liz and many of us have spent our entire morning chasing this story, and have been able to learn that negotiations are still continuing. You can get the complete details over on NewTeeVee.com [...]

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:43:46 +0000

At about Aug/Sept time frame, I, as a consumer, uploaded a video because Metacafe is the only one who promises cash payment as long as your video views top certain #, but you need to sign up for that program. I never get called back or emailed back regarding detail. I think customer service maybe a problem? Or it’s just a rabit’s noose? When consumer is unhappy, you know what is next.

By: steph

steph — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:04:23 +0000

The decrease in traffic might also be due to their producer rewards programs increasingly feeling like a scam to content producers who see their files filling their end of the “bargain” (20,000+ views, w/ rating of 3+, no porn, etc) and then suddenly being flagged as non eligible when it’s time to pay up, with no further explanations than a hazy list of rules which only becomes available after the fact (ie: once [re-]re-flagged, not on signup, or upload, or even original distribution approval). And I mean, the files are accepted at upload time, then they are accepted for public distribution through an approval process, to finally being rejected after passing all of the program’s requirements. Shafting the people at the source of your content producers (or at the very least making them feel this way) rarely is a good business model. All I know is that from now on, I’m sticking with Google Video, even though it’s just in Beta. Or for indy video producers interested in generating a revenue, I’d look into Revver.com.

By: geoff

geoff — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:32:03 +0000

It is inconceivable that comscore numbers could stall a deal. At some point you would think that they would have access to metacafe’s raw logs. Note that according to Alexa Metacafe took a brief dip during the same time period and is going back up… http://www.alex...l=metacafe.com/

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:21:33 +0000

Nonetheless, it is our understanding that the comscore numbers may have stalled the deal.

By: Markus

Markus — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:12:51 +0000

Comscore numbers are meaningless here. Its like quoting that youtube had 18 million uniques a month in the USA, but not mentioning they have 80 million worldwide.

By: David P.

David P. — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:02:14 +0000

I do agree that anything over $50m is way too much… Although I think Joe is the only one that understands what they are buying “EYEBALLS”! Eyeballs are worth a lot of money, especially when they are connected to a brain that is susceptible to spend money!