Meebo

Meebo

The Social Media Tool

By Robert James, John Lachmeyer, Doris Yen

747 – Prof. Rowena Li

Meebo History•Founded in 2005, Meebo is privately held.

Investors include Sequoia Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, JAFCO Ventures, Time Warner Investments, True Ventures, and KTB Ventures.

• It is based on the free and open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin.

Meebo – The cloud instant messenger•Meebo is an instant messenger service

that exists on the web.

Meebo Connects - Support•Yahoo! Messenger•Windows Live

Messenger•AIM• ICQ•MySpaceIM•Facebook Chat• Jabber•Google Talk•Google Buzz

The Meebo Widget

•Easy add for any web page

•Easy Setup for all user accounts

•Buddy list reflects all users (from any service account!)

The Meebo Bar• Increased traffic• Increased engagement• Increased revenue for business

The Meebo Bar

The Meebo Bar

Meebo Mobile • iPhone• Android• Blackberry• Windows Mobile

Setting up a Meebo Account

http://www.screencast.com/t/OcFxI3kkSx3

Logging on to various IM apps

•Meebo can be used a reference tool

•A librarian can monitor multiple chat services from her or his Meebo account

•The library can expand their outreach to patrons without having to manage all these accounts separately

Meebo Me would allow the library to embed a widget anywhere on their website

This allows any user to chat live with a librarian or leave a message

A patron would only have to access the page where the widget is embedded to chat- a chat service is not needed by the patron

For use in large libraries

If the librarian is helping a patron or not at his or her desk they can use Meebo Mobile

Librarians can operate throughout the library