Comments on: Would Google Acquiring Twitter Be a Bad Move? http://www.moneyrelations.com/2009/04/07/would-google-acquiring-twitter-be-a-bad-move/ Investing for beginners Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:51:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: consultant seo http://www.moneyrelations.com/2009/04/07/would-google-acquiring-twitter-be-a-bad-move/comment-page-1/#comment-6503 consultant seo Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:51:12 +0000 http://www.moneyrelations.com/?p=209#comment-6503 Google is building out their own directory of local businesses with its Place Pages, which can be accessed via Google Maps and local search. They are encouraging local businesses to put Google-branded stickers in store windows and recently added their own ratings summaries to business profiles. Yelp, of course, already has all of this data, along with a growing and active audience of consumers who are used to finding (and rating) businesses on Yelp. Google is building out their own directory of local businesses with its Place Pages, which can be accessed via Google Maps and local search. They are encouraging local businesses to put Google-branded stickers in store windows and recently added their own ratings summaries to business profiles. Yelp, of course, already has all of this data, along with a growing and active audience of consumers who are used to finding (and rating) businesses on Yelp.

]]> By: Build Passive Income http://www.moneyrelations.com/2009/04/07/would-google-acquiring-twitter-be-a-bad-move/comment-page-1/#comment-4691 Build Passive Income Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:08:18 +0000 http://www.moneyrelations.com/?p=209#comment-4691 I keep hearing how Twitter has yet to turn a profit, how it continues to seek venture capital for its very survival. Google might be coming along at just the right moment. I never warmed up to Twitter, but it looks to be very popular and perhaps there is some financial potential? I keep hearing how Twitter has yet to turn a profit, how it continues to seek venture capital for its very survival. Google might be coming along at just the right moment. I never warmed up to Twitter, but it looks to be very popular and perhaps there is some financial potential?

]]> By: Investools http://www.moneyrelations.com/2009/04/07/would-google-acquiring-twitter-be-a-bad-move/comment-page-1/#comment-4686 Investools Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:35:58 +0000 http://www.moneyrelations.com/?p=209#comment-4686 I think it should be pointed out that Google has bought a number of companies in the past that they have shown no intention of monetizing. Let's not fool ourselves. Google is less of a search engine than it is a media company (and the largest media company in the world at that). They've gone way past search and content ads to offer newspaper, tv and radio ads. The most valuable asset to a media company (other than the channels on which to sell advertising), is information on consumers, industries, markets, brands, trends, .... INFORMATION. This allows a company like Google to forecast the future and accurately mold their business objectives around "what will be." That is why they purchased companies like Urchin and offered it as Google Analytics for free (for those of you who don't know, you have to opt out of your site's analytics being aggregated and used by Google for research). Twitter would be just one more outlet for them to mine information on trends. I think it should be pointed out that Google has bought a number of companies in the past that they have shown no intention of monetizing. Let’s not fool ourselves. Google is less of a search engine than it is a media company (and the largest media company in the world at that). They’ve gone way past search and content ads to offer newspaper, tv and radio ads.

The most valuable asset to a media company (other than the channels on which to sell advertising), is information on consumers, industries, markets, brands, trends, …. INFORMATION. This allows a company like Google to forecast the future and accurately mold their business objectives around “what will be.” That is why they purchased companies like Urchin and offered it as Google Analytics for free (for those of you who don’t know, you have to opt out of your site’s analytics being aggregated and used by Google for research).

Twitter would be just one more outlet for them to mine information on trends.

]]> By: the weakonomist http://www.moneyrelations.com/2009/04/07/would-google-acquiring-twitter-be-a-bad-move/comment-page-1/#comment-4440 the weakonomist Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:22:44 +0000 http://www.moneyrelations.com/?p=209#comment-4440 Not to plug my own blog but my post for today talks about how twitter can monetize. As for Google buying Twitter, they likely aren't interested in a purchase. A partnership would make perfect sense though. And don't worry, there won't be adsense anywhere. Not to plug my own blog but my post for today talks about how twitter can monetize. As for Google buying Twitter, they likely aren’t interested in a purchase. A partnership would make perfect sense though. And don’t worry, there won’t be adsense anywhere.

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