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What would Google gain from the acquisition that they don't already have? AFAIK Twitter allows search indexing and is already a publisher on their network.

• onetimemanytime 8y ago
  >>What would Google gain from the acquisition that they don't already have? Google will "enhance the tweets" by showing 4-5 "relevant ads" before you even see the tweet. Tweethancer
• ec109685 8y ago
  They don't provide their realtime firehose for free, though.
  • bduerst 8y ago
    Surely that cost isn't anywhere near $24B, which is the market cap for Twitter.
    • ec109685 8y ago
      For 24B, you get Twitter (an asset), plus its Firehose. I was mostly pointing at then Twitter has data that google does not.