Archive for the ‘Bebo’ Category

Bebo: Off To Another Market?

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Bebo.com is struggling to regain its popularity with many new features, such as IM integration (users from AOL’s very own AIM can login to Bebo) as well as social aggregation via SocialThing and . It’s obvious that they’ll need to do much more than that to earn AOL back the ...

Bebo Marketing

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

One thing you don't hear much about is "Bebo marketing." Compared to Myspace, Bebo has never received seemingly that much attention from marketers. Does that mean Bebo has avoided the fate of being spammed like so many other social networks? Of course small time marketing goes on Bebo. ...

Bebo Expands European Presence

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Bebo is pushing its services further into the European market. The website is already quite popular in parts of Europe but is hoping to push its influence further by offering French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch language versions. Bebo is owned by AOL. AOL bought Bebo last March for ...

Bebo Used To Promote Alcohol

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Popular social networking website Bebo is being criticized by the Independent Complaints department in Ireland. The complaints stemmed from an attempt at viral marketing that turned out to be a dud. A complaint was made in both cases to the Independent Complaints Panel, which operates on behalf of the Mature ...

Happy Slapping Assault Gang Feels Wrath On Bebo

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

A group of teeny bopper female thugs in the U.K. is feeling the wrath of other Bebo users. The group of girls kicked the hell out of 14-year-old Dayna Dickson, then took pictures with their cell phone and passed them to friends. The comments left on the girl's ...

Sofia’s Diary To Return To Bebo

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

"Sofia's Diary" is a Bebo show that will be returning to the social network for a second season. The series is the second teen series on Bebo. Sofia's Diary's next series will be distributed via Bebo and across the network of new parent company AOL, the US media ...

AOL Purchases Bebo For 850 Million Dollars

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Today AOL announced that they are purchasing the popular social networking website, Bebo for $850 million dollars. Bebo is the number one social networking website for web surfers in Ireland and New Zealand. It's ranked in the top 10 for users in the United Kingdom and the United States. Randy ...

Irish Inmate Loves Bebo

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

There's nothing great about being locked up. Well, almost nothing. For one inmate, the fact he can use Bebo to talk to others is a big bonus. The trouble is, prison officials are not sure how he used his Bebo profile to talk to others, and are ...

Bebo Announces American Contestant For ‘The Gap Years’

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Congratulations to Cara Cioni from Chicago, Illinois. She has been selected as the American contestant for Bebo and Endemol's upcoming reality show "The Gap Years." "The Gap Years" will follow 6 travelers as they journey around the world. 40 million members of the Bebo community will determine their fate. Andre Tardiff was ...

“Sofia’s Diary” Makes Transition From Bebo To TV

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

"Sofia’s Diary" is getting a lot of attention for the simple fact they've successfully made the transition from "social networking phenomena" to mainstream television show. “Sofia’s Diary,” is already a hit in the U.K. and for social networking site Bebo. Bebo actually commissioned the British version of the ...