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Growth

Whiletheprimarybusinessinterestisinthewebcontentarena,Googlehasbegunexperimentingwithothermarkets,suchasradioandprintpublications.On17January2006,Googleannouncedthepurchaseofaradioadvertisingpany"dMarc",whichprovidesanautomatedsystemthatallowspaniestoadvertiseontheradio.ThiswillallowGoogletobinetwonicheadvertisingmedia—theInteandradio—withGoogle'sabilitytolaser-focusonthetastesofconsumers.Googlehasalsobegunanexperimentinsellingadvertisementsfromitsadvertisersinofflinenewspapersandmagazines,withselectadvertisementsintheChicagoSun-Times.Theyhavebeenfillingunsoldspaceinthenewspaperthatwouldhavenormallybeenusedforin-houseadvertisements.

Acquisitions

Since2001,Googlehasacquiredseveralpanies,mainlyfocusingonsmallstart-ups.

In2004,GoogleacquiredapanycalledKeyhole,Inc.,whichdevelopedaproductcalledEarthViewer,renamedin2005toGoogleEarth.

InFebruary2006,softwarepanyAdaptivePathsoldMeasureMap,aweblogstatisticsapplication,toGoogle.Registrationtotheservicehassincebeentemporarilydisabled.ThelastupdateregardingthefutureofMeasureMapwasmadeon6April2006andoutlinedmanyoftheknownissuesoftheservice.

Inlate2006,GoogleboughttheonlinevideositeYouTubefor$1.65billioninstock.Shortlyafter,on31October2006,GoogleannouncedthatithadalsoacquiredJotSpot,adeveloperofwikitechnologyforcollaborativeWebsites.

On13April2007,GooglereachedanagreementtoacquireDoubleClick.Googleagreedtobuythepanyfor$3.1billion.

On2July2007,GooglepurchasedGrandCentral.Googleagreedtobuythepanyfor$50million.

On9July2007,GoogleannouncedthatithadsignedadefinitiveagreementtoacquireenterprisemessagingsecurityandpliancepanyPostini.

OnAugust52009,GoogleannouncedthepurchaseofvideosoftwaremakerOn2Technologiesfor$106.5million-itsfirstacquisitionofapublicpany.

On24November2009,GoogleannouncedthepurchaseofTeracent,aCaliforniabasedstartuppany,foranundisclosedprice.ThisisanotheracquisitiononGoogle'sbehalfinaseriesofadvertisingrelatedpurchases-AdMob,DoubleClick.

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