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Propeller is Closing Down

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by sydzapp, Sep 26, 2010.

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  1. Maximo Decimo Meridio

    Maximo Decimo Meridio Peon

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    #21
    How you mean facebook killing them ?
    And this site was probably sold, nobody would shut down a site like that for no reason.
     
    Maximo Decimo Meridio, Oct 22, 2010 IP
  2. Andeveron

    Andeveron Peon

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    #22
    Propeller was started by and owned by AOL. They closed it down because traffic was declining and it had become a place for spammers. In the final few weeks that Propeller was still operating, the front page was full of spam. Their 2.0 re-design basically killed them because the users revolted.

    Big companies like AOL don't hold sentimental value in websites. Web properties are closed down when traffic starts dying because the resources required to revitalize a declining site are too much for managers to accept. So, rather than invest in reviving the site, it's more economically feasible to kill it completely.
     
    Andeveron, Oct 23, 2010 IP
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    scriptinstaller Peon

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    #23
    amazing world we live in, buy a site to close it... Simply explains why our rage grows every day...
     
    Last edited: Oct 23, 2010
    scriptinstaller, Oct 23, 2010 IP
  4. FusionSEO

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    #24
    Propeller /is Owned by AOL not by Yahoo...
     
    FusionSEO, Oct 24, 2010 IP
  5. Chancey

    Chancey Well-Known Member

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    #25
    I never use them anyway so don't care.
     
    Chancey, Oct 24, 2010 IP
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    NinfaPaongo Peon

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    #26
    I'm surprised with Propeller but Digg will sure going down with his new look
     
    NinfaPaongo, Oct 27, 2010 IP
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    fokerss Active Member

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    #27
    bad news, sometime something need to go down
     
    fokerss, Oct 28, 2010 IP
  8. Mr G

    Mr G Greenhorn

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    #28
    No-one just closes a successful site - there must be some other reason. FB isn't the b-all or end-all.
     
    Mr G, Oct 29, 2010 IP
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    dscurlock Prominent Member

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    #29
    they could be...since FB is a 25 billion dollar company, they could buy out any number of smaller social networks to add to their own...
     
    dscurlock, Oct 29, 2010 IP
  10. sydneysuperyacht

    sydneysuperyacht Peon

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    #30
    I noticed twice ... I think that it is bad news for us..
     
    sydneysuperyacht, Oct 29, 2010 IP
  11. csreference

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    #31
    They did not sell it to no one. It was a product of AOL and AOL is a big company enough to care about social bookmarking stuffs. They must have thought it was not good enough to concentrate anymore because of so many other bookmarking sites getting fame and new ones trending. It was totally waste of their resources and efforts so they finally thought of shutting it down. It was not yielding anything good for them other than advertising revenues from it.
     
    csreference, Nov 2, 2010 IP
  12. Mega B

    Mega B Well-Known Member

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    #32
    Never used it myself so i cannot really comment,but i am guessing it was a quality site for backlinks,i can see a few other sites going down the pan as peoples tastes change if you have a big site i guess you have to change with the times other wise they will become just another statistic.
     
    Mega B, Nov 2, 2010 IP
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    #33
    Right now i m not using propeller. because now more new social bookmarking sites are available.
     
    crudeexperts, Nov 8, 2010 IP
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    #34
    I think AOL bought Propeller. but still they decrease their popularity because site is close :(
     
    Anny2425, Nov 10, 2010 IP
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    #35
    There might be some reason for closing they might not be getting it profitable.
     
    rahulbatra, Nov 11, 2010 IP
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    Atco_Maart Peon

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    #36
    it was very good one but unfortunately now closed !! :(
     
    Atco_Maart, Nov 18, 2010 IP
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