{"id":1279,"date":"2007-05-09T09:24:50","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T13:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/05\/09\/ebay-and-stumbleupon-rumour-still-alive\/"},"modified":"2007-05-09T09:24:50","modified_gmt":"2007-05-09T13:24:50","slug":"ebay-and-stumbleupon-rumour-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/05\/09\/ebay-and-stumbleupon-rumour-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay and StumbleUpon rumour still alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

stumbleupon.jpgThey’re baaaack. The rumours about eBay buying StumbleUpon have resurfaced, but this time it’s the Wall Street Journal that is breathing new life<\/a> into the story — a tale that was sparked first<\/a> by TechCrunch back in April. At that point, the site — which was created by Garrett Camp and two university friends in Calgary — was rumoured to have talked with Google and Yahoo as well as eBay, and the price was said to be<\/a> in the $45-million range. Now, according to the WSJ, it’s more like $75-million. Not bad for a site that has 2 million users. <\/p>\n

Does it make sense for eBay? When the rumours first surfaced I wrote a post saying that I didn’t get it<\/a>, and I still don’t. Muhammad Saleem<\/a> at ProNet and Pete Cashmore<\/a> at Mashable wrote about how they could see it working, but I still don’t buy it. Maybe eBay has some kind of grand vision that I’m not seeing — or maybe it’s just desperate for growth of any kind. Scot Wingo at eBay Strategies has some more thoughts<\/a> on it, and Valleywag says the only explanation is that eBay just has way too much money<\/a> on its hands from its online auction monopoly.<\/p>\n

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They’re baaaack. The rumours about eBay buying StumbleUpon have resurfaced, but this time it’s the Wall Street Journal that is breathing new life into the story — a tale that was sparked first by TechCrunch back in April. At that point, the site — which was created by Garrett Camp and two university friends in … <\/p>\n

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