>While Meebo focuses on putting chatrooms all over the web with their Meebo Rooms product — a group chat widget you can embed on other sites — eBuddy has focused on building out its mobile offerings.<p>Focusing on mobile was definitely the better idea. It also sounds like they are selling much more aggressive/invasive advertising than Meebo. And it definitely doesn't sound like the users of eBuddy mind.
Does anyone think that the name "eBuddy" versus "Meebo" might have something to do with increase in popularity? I had never heard of eBuddy before, but instantly recognized that it had something to do with communicating with friends. Meebo on the other hand, provides no clues in it's name.