Comments on: eBay Close to Acquiring StumbleUpon

By: eBay + StumbleUpon | StepForth Web Marketing Inc.

eBay + StumbleUpon | StepForth Web Marketing Inc. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:51:28 +0000

[...] into the news on April 18th with other potential suitors being AOL and Google but yesterday TechCrunch announced the acquisition by eBay is in “advanced talks” for a rumored $75 [...]

By: ravi

ravi — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:17:38 +0000

This could be the same mistake as when eBay bought kijiji.com

By: StumbleUpon: A Whole Lot of Fun! » Matt’s Musings

StumbleUpon: A Whole Lot of Fun! » Matt’s Musings — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:52:51 +0000

[...] during the past year. It has also caught the attention of investors including eBay who has been reported by TechCrunch as the likely buyer of the [...]

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By: Keiron's Window to Madness

Keiron's Window to Madness — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:10:51 +0000

StumbleUpon, sold to the Highest Bidder!…

I’ve been a stumbleupon fan for some years and have introduced several people to it, it’s sitting up there with some of the other web2.0 and social bookmarking sites and was getting a fair amount of attention recently.

Dosh Dosh discussed …

By: Just a random blog !

Just a random blog ! — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:16:29 +0000

[...] press release. We originally broke this rumor in April when a term sheet was reportedly signed. The Wall Street Journal picked up the story earlier this [...]

By: Look For Confirmation of eBay/StumbleUpon Today | Tekjuice.com

Look For Confirmation of eBay/StumbleUpon Today | Tekjuice.com — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:05:04 +0000

[...] press release. We originally broke this rumor in April when a term sheet was reportedly signed. The Wall Street Journal picked up the story earlier this [...]

By: Look For Confirmation of eBay/StumbleUpon Today : Forecast-Blog

Look For Confirmation of eBay/StumbleUpon Today : Forecast-Blog — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:54:22 +0000

[...] press release. We originally broke this rumor in April when a term sheet was reportedly signed. The Wall Street Journal picked up the story earlier this [...]

By: Look For Confirmation of eBay/StumbleUpon Today

Look For Confirmation of eBay/StumbleUpon Today — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:50:45 +0000

[...] press release. We originally broke this rumor in April when a term sheet was reportedly signed. The Wall Street Journal picked up the story earlier this [...]

By: cbmeeks

cbmeeks — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:27:17 +0000

SU makes sense for eBay. But Skype? I mean, Skype is a great business but for auctions? Looks like the theme is buy anything and everything with a lot of users.

http://www.signaldev.com

By: Adeel Chowdhry

Adeel Chowdhry — Sat, 12 May 2007 19:15:47 +0000

I think there is a good reason why eBay wants SU. It can improve eBay user experience. Like if a buyer wants to SU a product and share it to others.

By: Matt Keegan

Matt Keegan — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:08:13 +0000

This rumor has been hanging around for some time, I’ll be glad when everything settles. I almost hate to see StumbleUpon snapped up, but mostly everything and anything of value will eventually be consolidated to a few key companies down the road: Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, eBay, MySpace, Amazon, and a few others. Can you say oligarchy?

By: cbmeeks

cbmeeks — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:00:52 +0000

75 million

wow

http://www.signaldev.com

By: mehnaz

mehnaz — Thu, 10 May 2007 08:26:00 +0000

I have been watching the developments in eBay for quite some time. Silicon Valley Entrepreneur & Strategy Consultant, Sramana Mitra, writes a series of articles on eBay’s acquisitions. Read more in her blog eBay’s Forays Into Media.

By: listikal

listikal — Wed, 09 May 2007 21:40:28 +0000

I was thinking the same thing before I even began reading the article. What the heck is Ebay thinking jumping on an acquisition like this.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Wed, 09 May 2007 20:46:09 +0000

This could be the same mistake as when eBay bought kijiji.com

By: Eric Willis

Eric Willis — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:46:35 +0000

Cosign with J-son

Dotpoet is definitely the thread winner…lol.

By: J-son

J-son — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:16:20 +0000

DotPoet wins the thread.

By: DotPoet

DotPoet — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:29:02 +0000

Cool toolbar
Who has traveled so far
Gets its guts ripped out
By a merciless lout

eBay spins
“The consumer wins!
Download this tool
It will make you drool!”

New SU released
Amid much PR foam
Funny how now
All roads lead to eBay Rome.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:52:22 +0000

dude, writing “first reported here” in all of these postings is soooo lame…don’t you want to be taken seriously, like a sort of real journalist? ever see these claims made in newspapers? exactly…just let it go, write the news, and stop laying claim to every random news item as ‘yours first’ – just my opinion of course….

By: met

met — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:34:42 +0000

Maybe I should have added: Endless.com was built by Amazon.com in response to customers’ desires to shop a destination dedicated to shoes and handbags.

By: met

met — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:33:50 +0000

It might be a good idea if they intend to make Ebay a marketplace where people shop around. Right now people go there with an intent to buy a specific item.

If this doesn’t make sense, tell me how endless.com makes sense…

By: Cris

Cris — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:33:21 +0000

eBay won't just be buying the technology, they'll be buying the userbase. Arguably, eBay will end up with a large community who already enjoys and is familiar with the process of discovering, rating and tagging stuff. Bring even a small portion of that community to eBay and you've got a web2.0-ish service centered around auctioning and retail sales. Add a few more features and they could leapfrog Amazon: * weight searches with ratings * use tags along with keywords and categories to strengthen the accuracy of eBay's existing search tools * add a "find a related eBay auction" button to browsers, keying off search engine keywords, tags, categories on other retail sites, etc I wrote a few more of my ideas down, and noted that Om had something to say along the same lines. I agree though - while eBay has the opportunity to move the online retail industry forward with this purchase, they haven't shown a stellar track record so far with acquiring and improving technology. I would have preferred someone more innovative make this purchase.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:08:41 +0000

It still makes no sense to me. I can’t imagine that there’s anything about the underlying technology that would benefit Ebay, and while you can sort of imagine people “stumbling” around auctions, that seems far fetched and unlikely to work. I’d love to know what Ebay’s thinking is here (But then I’d love to know what they were thinking when it came to Skype too…)

It’s actually a shame, as I’d have much rather seen Stumbleupon wind up with a Google or Yahoo than Ebay.