Bye-bye Bebo?
Word is AOL is looking to shut down or sell off Bebo. 
The reasons?
- The social networking is a space with heavy competition.
- Bebo would require significant investment in order to compete in the competitive social networking space
We’ve seen a drop in interest across the site for ages – in particular, anyone looking to engage an over-15 audience there was probably having a nice conversation with themselves.
God knows we don’t want to write a post about why Bebo sucks, but thanks to the All-Leo crew, here’s what rocks about the site and what they could do better!
Things We Love:
- The Beat, The Closet, Sam King…Bebo knows how to commission compelling video content
- The Modules – a simple and straightforward way to add some nice extras to your page
- The easy-to-use Quiz function. Everyone loves a quiz.
Things We Don’t Love So Much:
- Not being able to add HTML or embed pics and videos in posts
- The limited number of apps on offer
- ADD ME!!, COOL SKINZ!!, JOIN MY GROUP!!, WATCH MY WEBCAM!! spam-fests
New site alert: Kroogi
Is this the new myspace? A ‘content community’ for artists, musicians, writers, videographers and photographers to post content for fans to download and pay for on a “pay what you want” model.
Tatu look like being one of the first ‘names’ to enter the fray with a competition to remix four tracks from album Waste Management…
Have a peek over at Kroogi.com.
Nice work, YouTube!
If you haven’t noticed YouTube has had a makeover. Some people like it, some people don’t. It’s like Marmite but on the internet.
What is interesting is that there’s a bunch of folks in a bunker (or something) dedicated to make sense of the feedback – listen up brands, this is how things get sorted in the digital world, bad news is not the end of the world.
Read on over at Mashable.
Pic thanks to MarketingPilgrim.