(Update : It's Confirmed) Koprol Rumored to Partner With Location-based Ad Network Chalkboard
Indonesia's first location based social network, Koprol, is rumored to undergoing some kind of partnership deal with Singapore-based company Chalkboard. Chalkboard is a location-based ad network that acts like Google AdSense for publisher, but provide ads from business around the users judging from the location data.
Previously Koprol partners with Indonesia's #1 discount site AdaDiskon to display discounts from businesses; but with Chalkboard partnership, should add a whole new level for Koprol in displaying geo-relevant advertising for its 1.5 million-ish user-base. And if the deal goes well, this should make some serious revenue for Yahoo-Koprol as they continue to expand to places where Yahoo is still cool.
Koprol was founded in late 2009 before got acquired by media giant Yahoo back in May 2010. Now Koprol has more than 1 million users with amazing talents working at the product and is expanding over the region. Koprol also recently launched their monetization plan, Koprol for Business where business owners can claim their venue on Koprol and gain insights on their visitors' behavior using Koprol's checkin platform.
UPDATE
Although no one from both Koprol and Chalkboard are willing to confirm, we found that this rumor is actually a fact as Koprol's own Aryo Kresnadi talked about 5 days ago :
And to make matters more interesting, Smitty (the Yahoo guy who lead the Koprol acquisition) also hinted one more site :
Proof of deals aggregation? Add enjoy and adadiskon to that list :) - Koprol
Our assumption, that refers to Enjoy.SG. Enjoy.sg is a site to discover deals, promos and a guide for entertainment in Singapore. More info to come! ;-)
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