Bebo

Eighteen of the best sites about social networking site Bebo. Know of another site that should be on this list? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page. (Related searches: MySpace, Facebook, AOL)

1. Bebo - Site allows you to create personal pages with your thoughts, interests, pictures, etc., and connect with friends or others who share your interests (or maybe those who don’t). (www.bebo.com)

2. BeboSkins.net - Dress up your Bebo pages with the free skins offered here. (www.beboskins.net)

3. Bebo to AOL for $850 Million - March, 2008 blog post about Bebo being bought by AOL. (www.centernetworks.com)

4. Bebo Suicides and Political Opportunism [smcb] - June 14, 2008 blog post about a boy in England who committed suicide, possibly due to being “cyber-bullied” on Bebo. Post goes on to say that politicians are off the mark when trying to combat such situations with stronger laws. (mashable.com)

5. NewSkinz - Bebo skins — TV, music, sports, more. (www.newskinz.com)

6. Bebo at Wikipedia - Summary of Bebo’s features as well as notes on controversies surrounding people using Bebo for unsavory purposes. (en.wikipedia.org)

7. Mint Bebo - Free Bebo graphics, text generators, glitter images and more. (www.mintbebo.com)

8. Bebo Embraces European Safer Internet Day - February 6, 2007 article on Bebo conducting workshops to raise awareness among parents and teachers on how online social networks operate and the risks in being part of them. (www.e-consultancy.com)

9. Bebo Now A Political Playground? - February, 2007 blog post expresses unhappiness with politicians spreading their message via members’ Bebo pages. (www.kenmc.com)

10. 2006 Year-End Google Zeitgeist - List of the top searches on Google for the year 2006 put Bebo at the top of the heap. Google later explained that the list was not strictly statistical and that it favored search terms that had the highest increases over the previous year versus the most-searched terms overall. (www.google.com)

11. Bebo Hires Google Dealmaker - January 15, 2007 article on Bebo hiring Joanna Shields, formerly head of Google’s European strategic partnerships team, to head a new international division at Bebo. (www.ft.com)

12. Bebo is Booming Thanks to Keyboard Community - August, 2006 profile of Bebo’s founders, the husband-and-wife team of Michael and Xochi Birch. (business.timesonline.co.uk)

13. Is Bebo Next? - August, 2006 story from Internet traffic tracker Hitwise that Bebo had surpassed MySpace as the most popular social network site in the U.K. (weblogs.hitwise.com)

14. Viacom Considers Bid for Bebo - August, 2006 article on media/entertainment giant Viacom’s potential interest in buying Bebo. (www.ft.com)

15. MySpace Alternatives: Bebo - July, 2006 look at Bebo as an alternative to the biggest social networking site, MySpace. (www.mashable.com)

16. The 550M Bebo Offer Untrue, Both Sides Say - July, 2006 story on British Telecom and Bebo both denying a buyout offer for Bebo. (www.siliconbeat.com)

17. Another Day, Another Social Network Gets $15M: This Time It Is Bebo - May, 2006 story about Bebo raising $15 million from venture capital company Benchmark Capital. (blog.softtechvc.com)

18. Why Do We Bebo? - 2005 opinion piece tries to understand why Bebo became so popular with Irish students even though it offered nothing exceptionally different from other social networking sites. (www.tuppenceworth.ie)