eBay buys Stumbleupon

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    Well sort of. IT IS Just a Rumor: StumbleUpon To Be Acquired By eBay

    I know a few people know about the rumors flying about ebay's interest in StumbleUpon. So I guess we have to wait and see. One less thing Google will acquire.
     
    lpstong, Apr 19, 2007 IP
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    I wonder what this buy out will cause StumbleUpon to become? I really hope they don't change anything because that site is good how it is.
     
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    i wonder for how much
     
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    Its just a rumor. I just read it.
     
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    For advertisement! I don't think they'd start charging, that would being the business down.


    I hope it is really just a rumour :D
     
    8everything, Apr 20, 2007 IP
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    Assuming it pans out, I wonder how much the acquisition price would be. Probably would depend on how much VC $$$ was sunk into stumbleupon.
     
    webmasterlabor.com, Apr 20, 2007 IP
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    Rumors usualy get true .....
     
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    Its only a rumor people, nothing has happened yet...
     
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    Since when??? LOL.

    How many times has Nicole been 'pregnant'?!?
     
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    Apparently it is true. Ebay bought StumbleUpon for $40 - $45 million. And Google lost out in the deal and wants to fight back implementing something similiar to StumbleUpon in the Google Toolbar.
     
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    Interesting... I wonder if the membership fee I paid to stumbleupon will still be valid...
     
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    cant see them ever charging either, theres far too much competition in that area, digg, del.icio.us, furl, blinklist, reddit, simpy list is endless lol
     
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    Interesting, this rumor came true.
     
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    Given stumbleupon's fast growth rate, $45M sounds like a steal! Way to go, ebay!
     
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    Yes indeedy. The best part other than the price tag. Is they snagged it from Google.
     
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    LOL, it appears that everyone is trying to complete with Google these days :)
     
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    oh no, please not eBay. Their auction fees are already ridiciolous.
     
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    This seems like a dumb idea to me. eBay has no need to get into that market. Their money would be much better spent elsewhere... like for example they should be lowering their fees a bit and putting more money into bettering their services..
     
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    #20
    I read this somewhere a few days back.

    Hopefully it's not true. I can't imagine what eBay would do with stumbleupon if they did buy it.
     
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