a) Meebo doesn't really have any customers of its own. It merely provides a portal for customers for other services.
b) One of the biggest uses of Meebo is bypassing corporate blocks on IM. Once Yahoo! owns and absorbs Meebo it will be blocked by major corporations. Meebo kind of sneaks in under the radar at this point.
c) Recent peering agreements between Yahoo and MSN IM makes another Meebo benefit a non-starter.
Yahoo! would be better served by owning part of Meebo and keeping it independent for now. They would, as part of this deal, have to figure out how to get Meebo to generate more Yahoo! customers. Perhaps by encouraging Meebo customers who don't have Yahoo! IM accounts to register with Yahoo for access to some additional features.
a) Meebo doesn't really have any customers of its own. It merely provides a portal for customers for other services.
Every person who uses meebo is a customer of meebo. While they are connecting to AIM, Yahoo Messenger, etc. their eyeballs belong to Meebo. Yahoo Messenger only makes money when the user sees the ads in their client. If meebo decides to put advertising on their site then you'd have to classify these users as Meebo's customers, not Yahoo's.
b) One of the biggest uses of Meebo is bypassing corporate blocks on IM. Once Yahoo! owns and absorbs Meebo it will be blocked by major corporations. Meebo kind of sneaks in under the radar at this point.
Meebo isn't that small anymore. A lot of companies and universities are starting to ban it. However, with a proxy repeater you can just route the traffic through your home computer, which certainly isn't on the blocked IP list. Unless you have a serious router issue at home it's pretty much unblockable.
c) Recent peering agreements between Yahoo and MSN IM makes another Meebo benefit a non-starter.
These agreements allow cross service instant messaging. However, if you use meebo to bypass corporate firewalls or just because you are on the run then network interoperability doesn't help you very much. You still need a web based portal to your buddy list.
Yahoo! would be better served by owning part of Meebo and keeping it independent for now. They would, as part of this deal, have to figure out how to get Meebo to generate more Yahoo! customers. Perhaps by encouraging Meebo customers who don't have Yahoo! IM accounts to register with Yahoo for access to some additional features.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Vonage Service Plans
Vonage VoIP Members
Members New mamizuka New Today 8 Yesterday 6 Total 55104 Who Is On Site Visitors 229 Members 1 Total 230
High-speed Internet required. Unlimited calling subject to normal residential use. Vonage 911 service operates differently than traditional 911. See www.vonage.com/911 for details. Alarms, TTY and other systems may not be compatible.
Thinking of signing up for Vonage but have questions? Business and Residential customers can call Toll Free 24 hours a day at: 1-888-692-8074 No Vonage Promotional Codes or Coupon Codes are required at www.vonage.com.
The Vonage Forum provides the Vonage Free
Month sign up Best Offer Promotion Deal as a means to offset
our cost. If you are considering signing up for Vonage and have found our Vonage
News, Customer Reviews, Forums & all other parts of this site useful, please
use our Vonage Free Month sign up offer Deal Coupon.
Vonage VoIP Phone Service is redefining communications by offering consumers & small business VoIP Internet phones, an affordable alternative to traditional phone service.
The Vonage VoIP Forum Generated This Page In: 0.43 Seconds and 250 Pages In The Last 60 Seconds The Vonage VoIP Forum
Members
New 
New Today 8
Yesterday 6
Total 55104
Who Is On Site
Visitors 229
Members 1
Total 230
-0.04