http://blackweb20.disqus.com/Black Web 2.0 is the premier destination for African-Americans in Technology and New MediaenMon, 24 Mar 2008 12:13:03 -0000http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/03/13/the-aol-right-hook-buys-bebo/#comment-5151575<p>In my opinion, AOL had to make a move for a social site not only for "traffic" but for a development platform. The company has recently been very focused on promoting the API and developer tools for AOL.</p><p>This acquisition was more about allowing AOL to compete with Facebook, MYSpace and others new "Application Platforms" which is the where all the new "ad dollars" will be spent due to the crazyamount of traffic the sites are generating from 3rd party applications and widgets.</p><p>Toby "Urbantech" Morning<br><a href="http://urbantech.bluemonitor.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://urbantech.bluemonitor.com">http://urbantech.bluemonito...</a></p>urbantechMon, 24 Mar 2008 12:13:03 -0000http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/03/13/the-aol-right-hook-buys-bebo/#comment-5151576<p>Joseph Weisenthal on <a href="http://PaidContent.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="PaidContent.org">PaidContent.org</a> compiled a nice timeline of Bebo milestones leading up to the AOL acquisition. See article here at <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-bebo-in-links/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-bebo-in-links/">http://www.paidcontent.org/...</a></p>megaFri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:41 -0000