Windows Live Messenger added to Bebo
Now users can combine contact lists and chat via the website
By Jon on 21 August 2007
Well, it's not media-darling Facebook, but it's close:
Microsoft has struck a deal with to integrate
Windows Live Messenger in
social-networking site
Bebo, currently big with the school-age crowd. Bebo users can now chat to the people in their
friends lists by clicking an IM button in their profile, and import and export
contact lists between the site and the Windows Live Messenger client.
The announcement follows the news from tracking company
ComScore that Bebo is now bigger than
both Facebook and social-networking king MySpace in the UK, with 10.7 million users in July.
That's not as good news for Microsoft as it could be: the former MSN Messenger
has always been more popular in Europe, so
they'll be boosting existing users rather than grabbing new ones. If Bebo gets
bigger in the States, where AIM still reigns supreme, it could be much more useful.
What do you think? Would you want to get Windows Live Messenger in your Facebook or MySpace profile, or are you happier keeping the lists separate so that long-lost schoolfriends are chatting all th time? Or are you determinedly resisting social networks altogther? Let me know in the comments.
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