Comments on: That StumbleUpon-eBay thing again http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: --don http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100864 --don Thu, 10 May 2007 21:39:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100864 <p>I don't get it. Stubleupon and eBay? Just another business unit and brand, not really a online market tool. But then there is also Skype, which doesn't really jive with thier core product like say PayPal does. I guess we need to stop thinking of eBay as eBay.</p> I don’t get it. Stubleupon and eBay? Just another business unit and brand, not really a online market tool. But then there is also Skype, which doesn’t really jive with thier core product like say PayPal does. I guess we need to stop thinking of eBay as eBay.

]]> By: Gopi http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100862 Gopi Thu, 10 May 2007 00:03:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100862 <p>Stumbleupon is addictive with a lucurative search-like monetization potential. Their only problem is mass distribution, thats where Skype's 500 million install base is going to help...I think Om clearly nailed this in a previous post.</p> <p>IMHO, anyone with a huge desktop distribution channel is a potential Stumbleupon acquirer. Adobe (Flash) is the first one which comes to my mind.</p> Stumbleupon is addictive with a lucurative search-like monetization potential. Their only problem is mass distribution, thats where Skype’s 500 million install base is going to help…I think Om clearly nailed this in a previous post.

IMHO, anyone with a huge desktop distribution channel is a potential Stumbleupon acquirer. Adobe (Flash) is the first one which comes to my mind.

]]> By: alan p http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100858 alan p Wed, 09 May 2007 20:03:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100858 <p>Why eBay?</p> Why eBay?

]]> By: Harshal Vaidya http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100860 Harshal Vaidya Wed, 09 May 2007 18:14:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100860 <p>What I dont understand is why ebay is getting into these businesses? I thought their major focus was on online marketplace area.</p> What I dont understand is why ebay is getting into these businesses? I thought their major focus was on online marketplace area.

]]> By: JAMES BARCLAY http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100856 JAMES BARCLAY Wed, 09 May 2007 08:39:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/that-stumbleupon-ebay-thing-again/#comment-100856 <p>If EBAY does make its move, it could not be more soon enough.</p> <p>How many of us think of EBAY and think "OLD SCHOOL".......I know I do and so do many of my readers on Allthings.TV.</p> <p>StumbleUpon and their offshoot STUMBLEVIDEO is part of a new breed of WEB 2.0 sites that could well have the title WEB 3.0 attached to their names.......</p> <p>$75 million is not too much for Ebay to tell their competition that they have decided to wake up, smell the coffee and get with it.</p> If EBAY does make its move, it could not be more soon enough.

How many of us think of EBAY and think “OLD SCHOOL”…….I know I do and so do many of my readers on Allthings.TV.

StumbleUpon and their offshoot STUMBLEVIDEO is part of a new breed of WEB 2.0 sites that could well have the title WEB 3.0 attached to their names…….

$75 million is not too much for Ebay to tell their competition that they have decided to wake up, smell the coffee and get with it.

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