Bebo had been the biggest social network among teenagers in the UK and Ireland, and AOL bought it for $850 million in 2008. In June 2010 AOL sold it to Criterion Capital Partners for a reported fraction of that price, one of the era's clearest signs that Facebook had won.
- Domain in 2010
- bebo.com
- Launched
- January 2005
- Founders
- Michael Birch, Xochi Birch
- Owner in 2010
- AOL, then Criterion Capital Partners (June 2010)
- Region
- United Kingdom, Ireland
- Status today
- Shut down
What people used it for
- Profiles with skins and quizzes
- Whiteboard drawings and "luv" votes
- School and college networks
Interface characteristics
- Colourful skins and module-based profiles
- Whiteboard doodle widget
- Lists of friends' schools
Notable features
- Bebo Authors and Bebo Music
- Video series like KateModern
What happened later
Bebo was relaunched and shut several times; the Birches bought it back in 2013 and later closed it.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
