This. The notion that Google would even need to resort to low brow tactics other people are mentioning (like snooping on Groupon advertising data or banning the

This. The notion that Google would even need to resort to low brow tactics other people are mentioning (like snooping on Groupon advertising data or banning them outright) are pretty absurd, obviously immoral and completely unnecessary for this to work. I've also been a Groupon member and after not seeing anything compelling for awhile I'm starting to dismiss it as spam. Google has a ton of users on the business and consumer end, and a ton of public trust despite all this recent rambling. For the price they were going to pay for Groupon they can make this work. They will be able to attract offers that can appeal to a wider audience do to their sheer volume of their current business clients who are already earning solid ROIs advertising from Google and could easily be enticed to give this new Offers thing a try.