Comments on: Facebook to Acquire iLike and Flixster? http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-to-acquire-ilike-and-flixster/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:23:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: David Ambrose http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-to-acquire-ilike-and-flixster/#comment-4417 David Ambrose Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:19:07 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-to-acquire-ilike-and-flixster/#comment-4417 Expect to see a partnership with iLike during early spring 2008. I don't have the *exact* details but my sources are currently the middlemen between both companies. Expect to see a partnership with iLike during early spring 2008. I don’t have the *exact* details but my sources are currently the middlemen between both companies.

]]> By: Facebook's Inconsistent Pages Policy - The Unofficial Facebook Blog http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-to-acquire-ilike-and-flixster/#comment-4415 Facebook's Inconsistent Pages Policy - The Unofficial Facebook Blog Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:15:25 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-to-acquire-ilike-and-flixster/#comment-4415 [...] Eldon sent me an email asking about my statement that Facebook has blocked the majority of iLike’s musician pages. I shouldn’t have said that because it is incorrect. I simply [...] [...] Eldon sent me an email asking about my statement that Facebook has blocked the majority of iLike’s musician pages. I shouldn’t have said that because it is incorrect. I simply [...]

]]> By: dave mcclure http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-to-acquire-ilike-and-flixster/#comment-4411 dave mcclure Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:03:12 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-to-acquire-ilike-and-flixster/#comment-4411 well, they could be acquired for stock perhaps, and maybe some cash but not all-cash deal for sure. but i'm not sure FB has to do those deals, or whether they even make sense. both companies are valuable, but FB probably gets more bang for its buck acquiring companies with horizontal benefit to the entire platform, rather than vertical communities that only benefit a particular area. ideally, FB should figure out a way to let *all* apps in a vertical benefit from being on FB platform, and share/create revenue / benefits with them & advertisers. otherwise, acquiring companies will alienate the others in that segment. of course it's not a bad idea to do acquisitions that add lots of value to your users, but as soon as that happens they're basically declaring that vertical dead to other competition... not such a great strategy for a platform, unless the vertical is completely played out. much more important for FB to figure out a shared-benefit monetization strategy more than they need to acquire vertical platform winners. acquiring search or advertising or payment technology makes a lot more sense than vertical apps. my .02 anyway, - dave mcclure http://500hats.typepad.com well, they could be acquired for stock perhaps, and maybe some cash but not all-cash deal for sure.

but i’m not sure FB has to do those deals, or whether they even make sense. both companies are valuable, but FB probably gets more bang for its buck acquiring companies with horizontal benefit to the entire platform, rather than vertical communities that only benefit a particular area.

ideally, FB should figure out a way to let *all* apps in a vertical benefit from being on FB platform, and share/create revenue / benefits with them & advertisers.

otherwise, acquiring companies will alienate the others in that segment. of course it’s not a bad idea to do acquisitions that add lots of value to your users, but as soon as that happens they’re basically declaring that vertical dead to other competition… not such a great strategy for a platform, unless the vertical is completely played out.

much more important for FB to figure out a shared-benefit monetization strategy more than they need to acquire vertical platform winners. acquiring search or advertising or payment technology makes a lot more sense than vertical apps.

my .02 anyway,

- dave mcclure
http://500hats.typepad.com

]]> By: dave mcclure http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-to-acquire-ilike-and-flixster/#comment-14020 dave mcclure Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:03:12 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-to-acquire-ilike-and-flixster/#comment-14020 well, they could be acquired for stock perhaps, and maybe some cash but not all-cash deal for sure.<br><br>but i'm not sure FB has to do those deals, or whether they even make sense. both companies are valuable, but FB probably gets more bang for its buck acquiring companies with horizontal benefit to the entire platform, rather than vertical communities that only benefit a particular area.<br><br>ideally, FB should figure out a way to let *all* apps in a vertical benefit from being on FB platform, and share/create revenue / benefits with them & advertisers.<br><br>otherwise, acquiring companies will alienate the others in that segment. of course it's not a bad idea to do acquisitions that add lots of value to your users, but as soon as that happens they're basically declaring that vertical dead to other competition... not such a great strategy for a platform, unless the vertical is completely played out.<br><br>much more important for FB to figure out a shared-benefit monetization strategy more than they need to acquire vertical platform winners. acquiring search or advertising or payment technology makes a lot more sense than vertical apps.<br><br>my .02 anyway,<br><br>- dave mcclure<br> <a href="http://500hats.typepad.com">http://500hats.typepad.com</a> well, they could be acquired for stock perhaps, and maybe some cash but not all-cash deal for sure.

but i’m not sure FB has to do those deals, or whether they even make sense. both companies are valuable, but FB probably gets more bang for its buck acquiring companies with horizontal benefit to the entire platform, rather than vertical communities that only benefit a particular area.

ideally, FB should figure out a way to let *all* apps in a vertical benefit from being on FB platform, and share/create revenue / benefits with them & advertisers.

otherwise, acquiring companies will alienate the others in that segment. of course it’s not a bad idea to do acquisitions that add lots of value to your users, but as soon as that happens they’re basically declaring that vertical dead to other competition… not such a great strategy for a platform, unless the vertical is completely played out.

much more important for FB to figure out a shared-benefit monetization strategy more than they need to acquire vertical platform winners. acquiring search or advertising or payment technology makes a lot more sense than vertical apps.

my .02 anyway,

- dave mcclure
http://500hats.typepad.com

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