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Google has a precedent of buying up startups that "discover" and conquer a new piece of mainstream media web sites. They bought Feedburner way back in 2007 bec
by brandnewlow 14y ago
Google has a precedent of buying up startups that "discover" and conquer a new piece of mainstream media web sites.
They bought Feedburner way back in 2007 because they'd come to own RSS feeds at almost all the major publishers.
Now they're buying Meebo because that will let them own the toolbar across the bottom of lots of major publishers...where they will certainly start surfacing Google + bullcrap that no one wants to see.
- jaredsohn 14y ago>where they will certainly start surfacing Google + They are now. A random website with the Meebo bar: http://www.gossipcop.com/tim-poe-americas-got-talent-stuttering-singing-video-audition-injured-vet-june-4-2012-if-tomorrow-never-comes-agt/ http://www.gossipcop.com/tim-poe-americas-got-talent-stutter...