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Google: Acquisitions


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The eerie future of AdWords targeting

As Google continues to purchase new companies and their technologies, columnist Todd Saunders imagines how the search giant might integrate...

Todd Saunders | Oct 21, 2016 at 11:28 am ET

Dissecting Google Conspiracy Theories

Time to break out your tin foil hat? Columnist Clay Cazier finds the elements of truth in the ideas SEO pros talk about in their most paranoid...

Clay Cazier | Oct 21, 2015 at 9:16 am ET

Sundar Pichai Appointed Google CEO As Google Becomes Division Of Alphabet Inc.

In a totally unexpected development this afternoon, Google announced that it had formed a new holding company, Alphabet, Inc., and that Google...

Greg Sterling | Aug 10, 2015 at 5:50 pm ET

 

They Fooled Us All: Why Google May No Longer Announce Major Algorithm Updates

Google’s investment in artificial intelligence does more than just create better search results; it allows Google’s engineers to make...

Nate Dame | Mar 27, 2015 at 10:31 am ET

How SkyBox Satellite Imagery Might Aid Google’s Offline Conversion Tracking

There’s a report this morning that Google is close to buying satellite imaging company SkyBox. The purchase price is put at roughly $1...

Greg Sterling | May 23, 2014 at 11:36 am ET

Google Injects Google Shopping With Amazon Talent In Rangespan Acquisition

Google’s ongoing efforts to bolster its product search portal, Google Shopping, and take on Amazon and Ebay just got another boost. The...

Ginny Marvin | May 2, 2014 at 6:02 pm ET

Hotel Search Upgrade: Google Licenses Room 77 Platform

Despite its controversial $700 million acquisition of travel software company ITA several years ago and the launch of Google’s Hotel...

Greg Sterling | Apr 8, 2014 at 1:09 pm ET

DeepMind Buy Another Google “Moonshot” Of Sorts

Re/code offers some additional insight into the $400+ million acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepMind that was reported...

Greg Sterling | Jan 28, 2014 at 10:36 am ET

Google Delays Second Campus Construction, Buys More Space Near GooglePlex

Two stories out this week are drawing attention to Google’s future office expansion plans. Days ago, we reported on our partner site at...

Amy Gesenhues | Jul 17, 2013 at 11:15 am ET

Google Officially Buys Waze, Will Integrate Technologies

Google announced they’ve officially acquired Waze, the popular app based social driven mapping technology. This was expected and the...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 11, 2013 at 11:50 am ET

Will Google’s Expected $1.3 Billion Waze Acquisition Be Allowed?

Early yesterday, Israeli business website Globes.co.il said that Google will acquire social mapping app Waze for $1.3 billion. That report has...

Greg Sterling | Jun 10, 2013 at 10:48 am ET

Google Buys Channel Intelligence For $125 Million

Google has acquired retail feed management provider Channel Intelligence (not to be confused with Channel Advisor) for $125 million. The company...

Greg Sterling | Feb 6, 2013 at 10:31 am ET

Zagat Take Two: Google To Acquire Frommer’s Travel Guides

Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is selling the Frommer’s brand, publications and content to Google. Terms were not disclosed....

Greg Sterling | Aug 13, 2012 at 11:53 am ET

“Googler Killer”, Cuil, Patent Applications Acquired By Google

Googler Killer, Cuil, which launched in June 2008 and went defunct in September 2010, have had their patent applications acquired by Google....

Barry Schwartz | Feb 20, 2012 at 3:24 pm ET

Larry Page “CEO Of The Year” — Investors Business Daily

When Larry Page took over the CEO role at Google last year the company was doing well. Now it’s doing better and so Investor’s...

Greg Sterling | Jan 2, 2012 at 10:10 am ET

Google Buys Clever Sense: An Answer To Siri?

As is being widely reported Google has bought startup Clever Sense, which earlier this year launched the local-mobile recommendations app...

Greg Sterling | Dec 13, 2011 at 3:38 pm ET

Google Acquires Katango ‘Magicians’ To Improve Google+ Circles

Finding it too much hassle to organize your friends and contacts into circles on Google+? Google may have a solution on the way, thanks to the...

Matt McGee | Nov 10, 2011 at 6:40 pm ET

Google Travel Search Takes Flight With First ITA Travel Product

Google has made what amounts to a promising downpayment on more ambitious travel search tools with its new Flight Search, debuting today....

Greg Sterling | Sep 13, 2011 at 2:00 pm ET

Google Buys Zagat Ratings, Rocks Local

Google is buying the venerable Zagat survey, which is the original local reviews provider and has been in business for more than 30 years. Terms...

Greg Sterling | Sep 8, 2011 at 11:29 am ET

China: Not So Fast “Googlerola”

Major international mergers and acquisitions typically must be approved by regulators in multiple jurisdictions before they can be consummated....

Greg Sterling | Aug 24, 2011 at 6:10 pm ET
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