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When Google recently acquired financial price comparison site, BeatThatQuote.com, there wasn’t much fanfare. After all, Google seems to be buying businesses constantly these days. However, what makes this news so interesting is that only 24 hours after the acquisition was formalized, Google penalized the site in the search results for violating Google’s webmaster guidelines. So it seems even Google’s own…
There’s a rumors in the air that Google is showing great interest in buying the world’s largest coupon sharing website, Groupon.
Worth an estimated $4-$5 billion, Groupon is a Chicago-based privately owned company that was launched two years ago. They send out daily emails to its members with about 200 deals from over 250 markets in North America.
Groupon has…
The future of Razorfish, the interactive agency Microsoft acquired back in 2007, has been the hot topic of discussion for the last week. And finally the rumors can be laid to rest.
On Sunday, French advertising powerhouse, Publicis Groupe, acquired the agency for $530 million spread across cash and stocks. That’s equivalent to about…
It’s amazing what a several months and a new search engine launch can do for bargaining power in the search game.
The ongoing saga that is the Microsoft and Yahoo! deal is back on again. And apparently this time it’s a more realistic proposition than ever.
If you cast your mind back to late last year, rumors about a Microhoo…
Over the past few weeks, Google have been running a series for website owners called “speeding up in a slowdown”, where they discuss ways to grow your business in tough economic times. They’re half way through the five week series so I’ve decided to pool together and share some of the best tips they’ve released so far.…