Google: Acquisitions
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
“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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
China: Not So Fast “Googlerola”
Major international mergers and acquisitions typically must be approved by regulators in multiple jurisdictions before they can be consummated....
