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Dave Liu dot com / musings from the edge » Articles of the Day — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:58:21 +0000

[…] Facebook To Acquire Chinese Social Network? - The hot rumor this week is that Facebook is planning on acquiring its way into the expanding Chinese social networking market by buying Zhanzuo.com. The Web startup, which runs on massive funding provided by Silicon Valley investors and most recently, Microsoft, is reported to have tabled an $85 million offer for the Chinese social network, according to British paper The Guardian. However, any deal has been refuted. “No offer has been made and no acquisition in China is being considered by Facebook,” its director of Communications told TechCrunch. […]

By: bil kazan

bil kazan — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:12:38 +0000

It’s not true . The website in China reported that is not true.

By: C.ROSE

C.ROSE — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:54:20 +0000

WAT IS THIS WEBSITE ALL ABOUT IS IT COMPETING WITH MYSPACE OR SOMETHING WAT IS THIS SITE REALLY ABOUT???

By: xddxz

xddxz — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:13:21 +0000

It’s not true . The website in China reported that is not true.

The latest news :http://it.hexun.com/2007-11-20/101530405.html and http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2007.....1480.shtml

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:22:45 +0000

In order to understand the Chinese Internet users, you’ve gotta spend time in China and get a sense of it. I am not a typical native Chinese Internet users. My friends are… they do things very differently on the Internet. This is why I am back in China, trying to figure out. =)

By: Dave Nofmeister

Dave Nofmeister — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:11:58 +0000

I think that China is only the first step for facebook. I think we’ll see a shopping spree out of this.

By: Facebook, Zhanzou.com Acquisition Rumors Are False - The Unofficial Facebook Blog

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:28:08 +0000

[…] the acquisition offer. Otherwise the title of the article would have been the same as what Duncan Riley posted on Techcrunch. As I wrote this moring on my Social Times blog, we need higher standards for the […]

By: Chechu Lasheras

Chechu Lasheras — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:56:21 +0000

Is facebook going shopping? it looks like chineese market it is very interesting. what about spanish speaking market? should we expect a new acquisition?

By: Mark Evans » Blog Archive » A Rush into China?

Mark Evans » Blog Archive » A Rush into China? — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:37:29 +0000

[…] it’s interesting to see Facebook apparently make an $85-million bid to buy Zhanzuo.com, a Chinese social network with seven million users. Given how difficult it can be to operate in […]

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By: maths

maths — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:58:40 +0000

Techcrunch really needs to get proper Chinese sources before it shoots off its China stories with random conclusions.
It was already reported here in China a couple of months ago that Zhanzuo was one of the sites that Alexa reset the traffic counters to zero for gaming their traffic - hence the likely traffic drop in Jul and Aug. This is a huge problem in China with regards to Alexa rankings as numerous “high profile” sites resort to this though Alexa occasionally cuts them down to size.

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Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:48:11 +0000

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By: LocalSources

LocalSources — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:47:53 +0000

Hey Guys

I have a media production company with an office in Shanghai - we do a lot of multi-media / internet campaign projects and as a result, have quite of bit of talent capital in the tech world there.

If TC would like to periodically consult with / hire on a local source in the China tech scene, feel free to email me. Cheers.

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By: I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog

I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:12:31 +0000

So how much money does it make?

Wait, hang on.

*bangs self over head with saucepan*

Sorry, don’t know what came over me. Of course it’s a good deal. Facebook is valued at $278 per user (15bn / 43m) so at $12 per user this is pretty cheap. Even if the size of userbase is totally irrelevant unless you can monetise them profitably in order to secure a rate of return on your investment that exceeds… argh!

*saucepan*

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By: sean liu

sean liu — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:00:43 +0000

yahoo, ebay, msn, google, myspace are all not operating well in China, partly by political issue, mostly by misunderstanding of Chinese user status.

When I back to my hometown, a middle city with more than 5m people, almost all neighbours and relatives ask me for help just to teach them to use email, or reinstall virus broken PC. Not a joke

In China, most college students spend most of their time on internet games which is involving to a big serious social issue.

And in China tradition, social relative is not a good thing, cause most people incline to use the social relative to ask for help (to do bad thing, eg. bribery) , and people are shy to express themselves by such social graph… I feel it is hard to describe this point.

Although things are changing (towards western country), especially in big city, I am afraid it is still not a proper time for a site, like facebook to become popular.

- a Chinese IT observator

By: Sherman SO

Sherman SO — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:31:56 +0000

Another note: Zhanzuo’s big dropped in Alexa over July and August is because Alexa reset traffic counters to zero for several Chinese websites for fraudulent traffic, including college student community site Zhanzuo.com.

read this: http://www.pacificepoch.com/ne.....rchcolor=1

By: Sherman SO

Sherman SO — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:25:28 +0000

It started from a rumour reported by the Chinese press in late October. Facebook was rumoured to offer US$85 million for Zhanzuo, but Zhanzuo has declined the offer.

What is confirmed (by me) Facebook is indeed shopping in China. It intends to buy Tianwang.com, a search engine and a P2P download site for over US$ 10 million. The negotiation of the started 20 days ago and will not concluded in the next one and half month, said chief operating officer of Tianwang. Just talk to the guy.

By: robby

robby — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:24:34 +0000

zhangfan tell lies！7 million users？no such many users！go and have some Survies，no more than 700 thousands。

By: Giordano

Giordano — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:54:10 +0000

Has anyone from Techcrunch ever been to China?

Looks to me that there´s 0 knowledge of the Chinese market there. If you want to cover it seriously, get local sources. Otherwise, you´ll just make us all cringe every time you write on the country.

By: POKI

POKI — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:48:38 +0000

I think that facebook will only buy yeejee.com network. zhanzuo.com network he may not be suitable for facebook.