Today I read on allfacebook that Facebook application advertising platform SocialHour was relaunching under the name Dizzynet.
For those who are not familiar with Social Hour, it was one of the biggest advertising platforms in all of Facebook and some would argue they were monetizing much better then Facebook themselves. After pushing the limits with privacy issues Facebook asked Social Hour to shut down or face legal consequences.
We have done business with the operators of Social Hour so hearing news that they were relaunching was pretty puzzling. I was able to contacted the Founder of Dizzynet, Jeremy Olsson, previously from Rock You, and he said they were licensing the ad serving technology.
So not sure where allfacebook got their information but Social Hour is not relaunching as Dizzy Networks.
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January 6, 2010 at 9:59 am
Do we assume that Facebook will share the revenue with the partners? Would anybody allow ads on their site if they don’t get a cut?
October 23, 2009 at 2:33 am
No doubt Marketing in facebook is really effective. Nice info
October 22, 2009 at 10:12 am
thanks for sharing this.. got any more info on dizzynet?
October 16, 2009 at 1:39 am
It is unbelievable to know that they were monetizing more than facebook, probably thats why facebook wanted to take an action against them.
October 10, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Shoe, thanks for sharing this information..
October 4, 2009 at 1:05 am
i searched about Dizzynetwork on google but there is not good information about it. I am still confused about this term
October 1, 2009 at 12:32 pm
companies technology list contends changes ars
September 28, 2009 at 12:23 am
Hi!
It’s really positive & definitely beneficial. I am really glad.
September 27, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Not sure whether the information is correct, we will wait and see
September 27, 2009 at 7:19 am
Thanks for the share, but I am still not fully understanding what the company did??
September 26, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Good, I am glad there is another network for facebook. But I am going to need a bit more information for sure.
September 26, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Just out of curiosity how were they monetizing their traffic and how are they planning to do it now? with all the privacy stuff and all…
September 26, 2009 at 1:17 pm
This is still completely shady behavior and I have screenshots of the company running the same IQ quiz crap. You can make millions on selling crappy products but it doesn’t mean it’s a “good” business.
September 26, 2009 at 6:21 pm
1) it would make sense they would have the same advertisers… Toolbars, mobile iq, and other stuff.
2) I am not judging if it is good or bad. Was just correcting the story. Next time you might want to actually goto the sources.
September 26, 2009 at 2:01 am
Jeremy,
Can you explain more about what this company did/is doing? Bring us up to speed
September 26, 2009 at 2:01 am
Please
September 26, 2009 at 1:57 am
Thanks for sharing and giving your notes on that.
September 25, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Interesting but still shady though. Same IP address, its pretty strange how a few articles can affect a sturtup…
September 25, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I`m not familiar with this one..go to check on them
September 25, 2009 at 9:25 pm
nice share.. i was looking kind of this stuff to optimize my facebook… thanks shoe.
September 25, 2009 at 8:54 pm
It is unbelievable to know that they were monetizing more than facebook, probably thats why facebook wanted to take an action against them. Who knows