Meebo found a way to actually monetize monetize chat, which is why Google is buying Meebo. Meebo introduced a bar that any publisher or business owner could integrate into the experience of their site, without mucking up the chat experience.
That suggests other chat or messaging applications might someday find a way to create ad revenue in the context of the experience as well, which would create revenue out of app experiences that have been tough to monetize.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Google Bought Meebo For Advertising Potential
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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