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Category: Technology Author : Duncan Riley Posted: March 6, 2009
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And then there was three: JS-Kit acquires SezWho


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In the biggest shakeup to hit the commenting 2.0 space so far, JS-Kit has announced the acquisition of rival SezWho.

The acquisition was made after SezWho was unable to raise a new round needed to continue operations.

Under the deal, SezWho will close down in 30 days, with publishers being offered the ability to transition to JS-Kit’s commenting platform. JS-Kit previously acquired smaller player Haloscan in July 2008, and signed a strategic partnership with coCommen in November.

The acquisition cements JS-Kit’s place as the largest commenting 2.0 provider, and offers further strength in its battle against the Automattic owned IntenseDebate, and the still independent Disqus.











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2 Archived Responses to “ And then there was three: JS-Kit acquires SezWho ”

  1. Matt Shaulis
    Mar 6, 2009

    HA!! “biggest shakeup to hit the commenting 2.0 space so far” … What?? Not hardly!!

    Automattic acquiring Intense Debate was a *MUCH* bigger shakeup… Facebook recently announcing a product of their own in this space: that's also a much bigger shakeup. Hell, Disqus getting funding from UnionSquareVentures is even bigger, bolder, more “shake it up” news that anything coming out of JS-Kit's camp. Also, [predicting] FriendFeed will release a competing product this year… possibly before Q3, that will also be a bigger shakeup but still not the biggest, mind you. [ Just trying to spare us the hyperbole when that announcement finally does drop, hehehe. ;) . ]

    P.S. There are “3″ … but JS-Kit is not one of them… if your talk is to include JS-Kit then there are more than 3.


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