Friendster, Love and Money The Dating Weblog

NY TIMES -- Jan 24 -- Fifteen months ago, Friendsterenjoyed the kind of enviable status that Silicon Valley start-ups dream of: A-List investors and millions of users. The company endured three chief execs during 2004 and has seen a spate of senior executives depart in recent weeks. A younger, flashier rival called MySpace has eclipsed Friendster and Friendster loyalists have groused that the company has done almost nothing to enliven its site. Reid [...] Read More


Friendster Launches Friendster Classifieds in the Philippines The Dating Weblog

asia PULSE -- Mar 29 -- Friendster has launched Friendster Classifieds by Pusit, a Filipino classifieds community designed to serve Metro Manila and the 78 other provinces that make up the Philippines. "Friendster has created a safe, online community for millions of Filipinos who trust us to deliver services that help them keep in touch, meet new friends and share personal interests and experiences," said Joe Hurd, Friendster's director of international bus dev. SMS alerts for Friendster [...] Read More


FOX Uses Friendster Blogs for Pamela Anderson Show 'Stacked' The Dating Weblog

PRNEWSWIRE -- Apr 6 -- Friendsterannounced it is working with FOX to promote it's new series, 'Stacked,' through the use of Friendster Blogs. More than thirty members of the cast and crew, including 'Stacked' star Pamela Anderson, have Friendster profiles and blogs, providing insight and images on the making of the show, and a look at what's going on behind the scenes. The 'Stacked' blogs on Friendster are viewable to the public at http://stacked.friendster.com. Cast [...] Read More


Sale: Buy Friendster.com's for the low low price of $5MM The Social Networking Weblog

The rumors are that Friendster is on the block. But, they can't even sell for a fraction of what they've already sunk into it. Evan Williams, a guy that knows how to sell when the selling is good, ponders what it is worth: This story about Friendster's sales saga is crazy. I don't know whether to believe it. Five million bucks for a site with 8-9 million monthly uniques? I can [...] Read More


How Friendster Lost Chance for a Jackpot The Social Networking Weblog

Jonathan Abrams, Friendster's founder was in a spot in late 2003. He could take the safe bet and accept $30 million from Google for Friendster or sell a stake for $13 million and build Friendster into an online powerhouse worth hundreds of millions, if not billions. Abrams spurned Google and charted his own course. In retrospect, he should have taken the $30 million. If Google had paid him in stock, [...] Read More