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Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts

Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accountsYour site gets overwhelmed then it's goneI smell Google here.The imaginary economy of the InternetI thought that a lot of trash had been cleared away from the dot.com bust years earlier, but it seems that there is still a lot left over. The...

Tags: Spam, Bebo

Discussion threads 2008-10-31

Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts

The concept of building a fraudulent ecosystem by abusing legitimate services only is nothing new, and as we've already seen numerous times throughout the year, malicious attackers are actively embracing it. Bebo, the popular social networking site is currently under attack from spammers that are automatically registering thousands of bogus...

Tags: Bebo, Spammer, Social Networking Site, Social Networking, Spam, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-31

Time spent on social networks in June 2008

Rank Name Domain Jun-08 Jun-07 Growth 1 MySpace www.myspace.com 31m12s 32m24s -4% 2 Facebook www.facebook.com 21m06s 14m56s 41% 3 MyYearbook www.myyearbook.com 30m31s 23m50s 28% 4 Tagged www.tagged.com 24m15s 23m54s 1% 5 Bebo www.bebo.com 30m44s 31m41s -3% Source: Hitwise...

Tags: Bebo, Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-17

Time spent on social networks in June 2008

Rank Name Domain Jun-08 Jun-07 Growth 1 MySpace www.myspace.com 31m12s 32m24s -4% 2 Facebook www.facebook.com 21m06s 14m56s 41% 3 MyYearbook www.myyearbook.com 30m31s 23m50s 28% 4 Tagged www.tagged.com 24m15s 23m54s 1% 5 Bebo www.bebo.com 30m44s 31m41s -3% Source: Hitwise...

Tags: Bebo, Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-17

New and returning visitors to social networks in May 2008

Rank Name Domain Returning New 1 MySpace www.myspace.com 95% 5% 2 Facebook www.facebook.com 93% 7% 3 MyYearbook.com www.myyearbook.com 89% 11% 4 Bebo www.bebo.com 82% 18% 5 BlackPlanet.com www.blackplanet.com 89% 11% Source: Hitwise by NB

Tags: Bebo, Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Time spent on social networking in May 2008

Rank Name Domain May-08 May-07 YoY % Change 1 MySpace www.myspace.com 29m42s 30m02s -1% 2 Facebook www.facebook.com 20m21s 13m01s 56% 3 MyYearbook www.myyearbook.com 30m51s 23m43s 30% 4 Bebo www.bebo.com 30m17s 29m48s 2% 5 Black Planet www.blackplanet.com 24m54s 22m01s 13% ...

Tags: Bebo, Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-16

AOL to offer "guaranteed" ad rates for Bebo and Facebook application developers

In an attempt to attract developers to its own ad platform, AOL announced today that it will "guarantee CPM revenues to developers on Facebook and Bebo's platforms if they opt to use its Platform-A ad technology", reports CNET's Caroline McCarthy. If the offer sounds to good to...

Tags: Bebo, Facebook, Advertisement, America Online Inc., Application Developer, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-06-30

AOL's Platform A: We'll pay Bebo, Facebook developers top pennies

AOL's Platform A said Monday that it will offer Bebo and Facebook application developers "a guaranteed CPM" for U.S. traffic and says the ad rate is one of the highest in the industry. However, there are a few caveats: CPM rates on social networking sites are notoriously...

Tags: Bebo, Developer, Facebook, Advertisement, Penny, America Online Inc., Platform, CPM, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Unblock Bebo Proxy 2.0 (Windows)

The Unblock Bebo Proxy Software is perfect for browzing bebo if blocked at work. To unblock bebo you are only required to execute the benbo proxy program and it will let you surf the site as you normally would with a normal internet browser. Our special app will unblock bebo...

Tags: Bebo, Software Marketing Magic, Unblock Bebo Proxy Software, Tools & Techniques, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Management, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-21

AOL Bebo-tizes its social properties; Forms People Networks unit

AOL said Monday that it has closed the $850 million purchase of Bebo and has put Bebo CEO Joanna Shields in charge of the newly acquired social network, AIM and ICQ. Shields will be in charge of a new AOL unit dubbed "People Networks." The general theme...

Tags: Bebo, Network, America Online Inc., Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Average US time spent in April 2008

Rank Name Domain Apr 2008 Apr 2007 Growth, YTY 1 Myspace www.myspace.com 29m54s 30m40s -3% 2 Facebook www.facebook.com 20m52s 13m19s 57% 3 myYearbook www.myyearbook.com 32m54s 21m46s 51% 4 Bebo www.bebo.com 30m01s 30m52s -3% 5 Black Planet www.blackplanet.com...

Tags: Bebo, Hitwise, NB

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Microsoft in "spam" partnership with five social networks

Microsoft in "spam" partnership with five social networksNoneIt was proven that XP did not send any personally identifiable information.At first it was XP phoning home...Now MS and other corps are looking for ways to blatantly invade your privacy. They don't care as long as they can make money from it....

Tags: Business structures, Cyberthreats, Spam, Microsoft Windows XP, social networking, Microsoft Corp., partnership, network

Discussion threads 2008-03-25

Report: AOL ignored senior management doubts over Bebo buy

Compared to many in the tech press and blogosphere, I came out quite positive on AOL's acquisition of Bebo -- citing its fairly modest price tag ($850M) compared to what News Corp. paid for MySpace nearly three years ago ($580M) and the ludicrously high valuation of Facebook ($15B) that Microsoft's...

Tags: Bebo, America Online Inc., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-03-20

News to know: AMD; Bebo; Google; IT training

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Triple-core Phenom - Where does it fit in to the big picture? John Morris: AMD ships triple-core Phenoms EIC podcast: AOL and Bebo; Yahoo talks; Spitzer and IT; Semantic Web Michael Krigsman: 5 ways to fail at...

Tags: Bebo, Google Inc., America Online Inc., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Training, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Semantic Web, Social Networking, Linux, Internet, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-14

EIC podcast: AOL and Bebo; Yahoo talks; Spitzer and IT; Semantic Web

In this week's EIC squared Dan Farber, editor-in-chief of News.com, and I touch on AOL's plans for Bebo and whether it can the portal can monetize the social network. Meanwhile, Yahoo is holding informal talks with Microsoft. Why is this happening? Oh yeah the clock is ticking on Yahoo...

Tags: Bebo, America Online Inc., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Eliot Spitzer, Semantic Web, Portals, Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-13

Thoughts on AOL's Bebo acquisition

Thoughts on AOL's Bebo acquisitionthe audience is differenti doubt this acquisition is suitable for Aol - considering their positioning in the online media scape as more adult - upmarket, while Bebo audience counts on a very young and active online population, i wonder whether this will make more harm than...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Branding, Bebo, America Online Inc., Bebo acquisition, acquisition

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Thoughts on AOL's Bebo acquisition

Rumors of Google or News Corp.-owned MySpace buying Bebo have proved to be a smokescreen for the social networking site's new owner: Time Warner Inc.'s AOL. In a statement released this morning, AOL said it had acquired Bebo for $850 million in cash (pending U.S. and EU...

Tags: Bebo, Acquisition, America Online Inc., British Broadcasting Corp., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-03-13

AOL acquires Bebo for $850 million; Social networking field narrows

AOL acquires Bebo for $850 million; Social networking field narrowsGood for BeboYahoo was eying Bebo very VERY closely at one point. A lot of people were saying that Bebo was actually the one Yahoo wanted more than Facebook (not sure how much I believe that, but there was definitely...

Tags: America Online Inc., Bebo, Yahoo! Inc., social networking, AOL acquires Bebo, network

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

AOL acquires Bebo for $850 million; Social networking field narrows

AOL has made its social networking move, acquiring Bebo and getting access to its membership of 40 million worldwide. In a statement Thursday, AOL said Bebo is a "perfect complement to AOL’s personal communications network and puts us in a leading position in social media." ...

Tags: Bebo, Network, America Online Inc., News Corp., Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-13

Bebo downtime increases tenfold - third-party apps to blame?

Downtime for the social networking site Bebo has increased tenfold from December to January, and continues an upward trend, reports the website monitoring service Pingdom. According to Pingdom's official blog: The popular social networking service had only five minutes of downtime in November and 30 minutes...

Tags: Bebo, Downtime, Stern, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-02-15