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In this case, we started dissecting this particular spammy guest blog posting network in November of 2013, and Google didn't acquire of Nest until January of 20
by Matt_Cutts 12y ago
In this case, we started dissecting this particular spammy guest blog posting network in November of 2013, and Google didn't acquire of Nest until January of 2014. So Vivint was link spamming (and was caught by the webspam team for spamming) before Google even acquired Nest.
- gregr401 12y agoUnless details of when the due-diligence occurred for the purchase, this point is really moot. I hardly doubt your board decided to drop a cool 3.2B the night before the Nest announcement.
- skj 12y agoThey certainly didn't tell the eng staff about it until then.
- rasz_pl 12y agoSo in other words you got interested in Nest competition in the middle of Google-Nest acquisition negotiations?