Any company that has a ton of eyeballs can make a Groupon Clone profitable. It makes complete sense for Google to do this. #1 Google already has a ton of small

Any company that has a ton of eyeballs can make a Groupon Clone profitable. It makes complete sense for Google to do this. #1 Google already has a ton of small business using their products (Google Places). They can easily create "deals". #2 They have access to a ton of ad inventory (adsense, google.com, maps, gmail, etc) to gain a ton of subscribers easily