Comments on: Meebo Brings Interactive Ad Platform To Community IM Partners

By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:28:17 +0000

hoyah what you all on about

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Meebo Brings Real-Time Chat To myYearbook — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:11:15 +0000

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Meebo Turns Into One Big Ad, But Users Seem To Like It — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:31:32 +0000

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separati.st » Bi-Weekly Interesting Shizzle for March 20th - March 23rd — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:02:09 +0000

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By: Someone

Someone — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:47:27 +0000

“if all these companies with rabid users charged a fair rate— a few bucks a month say– I think most people would be comfortable with that.”

Bzzzt !!! Wrong !!! If Yahoo starts charging just $1 per month for its email service, then I would be surprised if even 1 out of 1000 users continue to use Yahoo instead of moving to Gmail or Hotmail. Considering that Yahoo must be making a lot more than $1 CPM, they are better off with an ad-model.

By: Mohammad Afaq

Mohammad Afaq — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:23:48 +0000

I myself never used meebo but I will do it very soon. Mohammad Afaq Free Website Traffic

By: Mohammad Afaq

Mohammad Afaq — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:22:10 +0000

It can be real useful for some people and it is pretty much possible that some people may get frustrated with it.

By: Typhoon

Typhoon — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:18:34 +0000

Yeah..It is useful for me only when I am not able to login through Yahoo Messenger Software due to some probs…

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By: na

na — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:00:51 +0000

i love meebo and use it every day actually. I click on their adds all the time and 100% of the time it is by accident. Start selling icons like everyone else:D E.g., “Hey is your friends bday want to send her an icon via IM… $1.00 please” Sold

By: Daniel Brusilovsky

Daniel Brusilovsky — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:17:50 +0000

Awesome! Meebo.com rocks for online IM.

By: Misanthropy Today

Misanthropy Today — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:08:19 +0000

** yahoo mail is $20 per year i meant.

By: Misanthropy Today

Misanthropy Today — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:07:12 +0000

I think this touches on the ‘advertising is dead’ post and also on the possible subscription models these sites will need to adopt.

I’d pay a dollar or two per month for Meebo.

I pay $20 a year for flickr and love it.

I pay $20 per month to have Yahoo Mail Plus, which basically just means I get pop-access. Why not use Gmail? Well i’ve had my Yahoo email forever and I like Yahoo email and think Gmail sucks on many levels, chiefly UI.

Ever used Gmail’s IMAP or Pop server? That’s a load of fun, not to mention all your email gets spammed for some reason.

I pay $20 for LinkedIn and am not super happy with it although I don’t use it to contact people really. I think I signed up to send an InMessage once.

What i’m getting at is that if all these companies with rabid users charged a fair rate— a few bucks a month say– I think most people would be comfortable with that. Any advertising revenue on top of that is just gravy, right?

Forget the whole “if you’re a member you get advertising free pages”. Who came up with that and why do we adhere to these old notions?

I think the problem happens when VCs want their 10X investment return and overambitious CEOs and VPs want to make projections that rely on $20/month subscription fees to make them happy.

If you’re charging $20/month you better be getting someone laid or doing something IRL, like netflix.

That reminds me, I need to cancel my Netflix account except that I can’t find 3 of the movies. Therein lies the business model.

By: COD

COD — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:19:21 +0000

I wonder if they will start charging the partners for the product, if the Ads revenues are not enough to keep them profitable.

By: Francis Simisim

Francis Simisim — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:03:04 +0000

I wonder how this will do following the post on online advertising being dead?

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