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A Geek Family - November 2006

Yahoo! buying Bix

: media, internet

While Google bought Youtube Yahoo! buys Bix.

Do you know Bix? Bix is a company based in Palo Alto. The company went live in August and since then; they report 1 million unique visitors since launch.

They are an online karaoke and contest site, and have built a community of users by offering prizes of up to $50,000 in its contests. Users can create their own contests. Those contests include not just karaoke but everything from pet contests to photo competitions.

I guess it was a great deal for the Bix CEO, he will continue running Bix under Yahoo!, but also he is the new Yahoo! VP of Community, responsible for Yahoo! Groups, 360 and Photos.

What do you think? Was a great move for Yahoo! too? Or is it just another 'mistake' in its fight against Google?

Anyway, probably my mum you love this Bix site. She loves Karaoke.

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November 17th 2006 @ 12:33

Posted By: Renata - Category: internet

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1. November 17th 2006 @ 12:56. Anonymous Says:

While Google has caviar and wine for dinner Yahoo! went to a japanese take-away. I wouldn't expect more from them...

Mal Gadget

2. November 17th 2006 @ 18:27. Eric Says:

Poor Yahoo. Anyone want to take bets on how long it will be before M$ or someone else offers to buy Yahoo?

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