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> why buy a company that has no significant revenue?

Because users are often just as if not more valuable than the money a company makes. Google probably bought Meebo because they thought the product was a good fit for their new social direction and because it already has a user base.

As far as the services they're shutting down, most of them are in conflict with things Google+ does.



If they are shutting down every user-facing service, how is the userbase relevant?

From the news they're only interested in the Meebo Bar installed base, which are not end-users.


The users are switched to Google services. They'll probably be privately emailed about it.




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