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Amber Westcott-baker

Google Poaches Social Search Service Aardvark | Epicenter | Wired.com - 0 views

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2010 social networking Google merger Aardvark

shared by Amber Westcott-baker on 12 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Amber Westcott-baker on 12 Feb 10
     
    Epicenter The Business of Tech Google Poaches Social Search Service Aardvark * By Ryan Singel Email Author * February 11, 2010 | * 3:49 pm | * Categories: Search * aardvark-answer1The coolest search engine you've never used got snapped up by Google Thursday for a reported $50 million. Aardvark, a company that lets you use IM, Twitter and e-mail to ask full-text questions and then get answers from people in or close to your social network, confirmed it signed a deal with Google. TechCrunch, which first reported the news, put the figure at $50 million, but Wired.com could not confirm the purchase price.
Rebekah Pure

Ask Says it Has a Head Start as Google Acquires Q&A Site | WebProNews - 0 views

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Google Ask.com

shared by Rebekah Pure on 14 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Rebekah Pure on 14 Feb 10
     
    Google will acquire Aardvark, which is Q & A site. This somehow makes Ask.com think that the future of search lies in Q & A sites. Do you agree? I'm not so sure.
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