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Okay, so it’s not really happening based on any concrete info. And Kara Swisher offers a convincing rebuttal to Michael Arrington’s alleged scoop of the Google Twitter acquisition. But… what if…?
I’m all for it. I offer a number of reasons why in my post on Ad Age’s Digital Next.
Here’s the gist:
Google gets the only serious player in live search.
Twitter gets its payout.
Users get stability thanks to Google’s massive server farms.
Marketers get a way to monetize Twitter searches, and we’ll see what else.
The Ad Age post goes in much greater detail.
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Show comments Hide commentsWhere’s the $200 million figure coming from that you cite? I saw TechCrunch
report a rumor that Google was going to acquire digg for $200 million.
Thanks, Terence. I still wonder what their source is on that and I’ve seen
other stuff saying flat out Twitter won’t sell even for $1 billion. Plus it
looks even more likely that there aren’t acquisition talks. But it’s a fun
game, eh?
Google offered only $200m? While Biz is asking for nothing less than $1b?
“Twitter gets its payout” on birdfeed? Not sure I understand your enthusiasm, David.
Darn, David is too sharp and fast
Here you go, David http://welcometonow.blogspot.com/2009/04/time-to-twiggle.html