Comments on: It’s Official: Meebo Raises $25 Million From Jafco, Time Warner and KTB

By: Fitness Is Happiness

Fitness Is Happiness — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:39:41 +0000

They are in the same category as my company fitnessanywhere Inc, voted among the top 20 best super small company to work for in bay area (Best of bay), go Meebo!

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:30:26 +0000

Meebo will become even more important when people use web IM on their phone browser, such as the iPhone or Skyfire.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:44:40 +0000

… And what is the exit strategy now?

By: Jim M

Jim M — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:12:59 +0000

Is it possible for the big guys to just introduce more interoperability if Meebo becomes more competitive. I agree with the above that webmessenger from yahoo is pretty sweet. and then again, i can use yahoo messenger on my phone so maybe i’ll bypass the web app altogether. That said, meebo continues to impress and impress…best of luck. use that runway and take it big.

By: Miles Long

Miles Long — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:53:53 +0000

I don’t get it. Why is Meebo worth that much? The article doesn’t explain much. Seems to be a lot of instant messaging programs out there. Is being web-based really that valuable? Feels frothy to me.

By: keith

keith — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:07:11 +0000

AOL + Meebo Rooms..when does Userplane disappear?

By: Moja

Moja — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:18:14 +0000

Meebo is a great application; however, given similar if not better interfaces:
http://webmessenger.yahoo.com/, I dont see the business. However, maybe they have another application in the works.

By: pankaj

pankaj — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:23:40 +0000

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By: Lelia Katherine Thomas

Lelia Katherine Thomas — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:25:28 +0000

I’m not going to delve into whether “the bubble is back” or not, because I think there are far too many factors involved for one to know for sure quite often; however, I will say that Meebo is a fantastic service and deserves any funding it receives, no matter what company it’s coming from.

Instant messaging is one area that people haven’t really grown into the idea of doing through a web application at this point, but they’re on to something, and you can tell that if you’ve ever used Meebo. It’s very intuitive and has pop-out functions for chat windows, so you don’t feel like you’re using a web application.

This being said, as much as I think the service is very good at what it does, I still use, and will continue to use, Gtalk. I do, however, use Meebo when I’m on a computer that doesn’t have Gtalk. I’m not one to believe everything’s moving online so fast, not with the access issues that still exist throughout the world.

As a side note, it’s strange to me that people would say the bubble is back when an online IM application gets funding, but not when an online document manager or excel-like application gets funding. It seems a bit inconsistent, whether there is another bubble or not. Just a thought.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:11:40 +0000

I am speechless. Yes, the previous post is absolutely correct. The bubble is back. WTF. Web effing IM. Hey Time Warner, I have some other crap to sell you too. Send me an e-mail.

By: no gphone

no gphone — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:09:04 +0000

bubble is back for sure

oh and interesting that time warner (aol) is investing in this

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:06:25 +0000

And…. the bubble is back!

By: John Ham

John Ham — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:03:12 +0000

Great job guys! Meebo is an amazing service and I’m excited for their future. Looking forward to more great things from the Meebo team.