Comments on: Rumor Mill: Google Acquiring Digg

By: Digg’s Lack of Ad Targeting is Hurting Revenue | GordonWebbo.com

Digg’s Lack of Ad Targeting is Hurting Revenue | GordonWebbo.com — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:47:40 +0000

[...] social news site Digg? It’s been on the rumor mill for years, whether it’ll sell to Yahoo or Google, no one can tell. But I can tell you one thing – you can’t sell a sinking ship, and with [...]

By: SitePoint Blogs » Potential Buyers for Digg: Print Media?

SitePoint Blogs » Potential Buyers for Digg: Print Media? — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:51:32 +0000

[...] Google and Microsoft were rumored to be in a bidding war for the social news site, while last month it was just Google. Perhaps the only thing more fun for Valley-watching bloggers than getting on the front page of [...]

By: Daily Mail + Web + ££ = Daily Mail Online ABCe:No1 | The Musings Of A Newman

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:22:51 +0000

[...] of the bigger players in both the UK domestic market and abroad are bearing fruit but at what cost, with rumors of Google eying up the social news service Digg is it only a mater of time before Digg becomes yet another “who’s got the most ad spend = front [...]

By: MB Web Design

MB Web Design — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:08:23 +0000

I disagree completely that this is a wise investment.

“Google would have its hands on valuable algorithms and data on what makes a news story popular.”

This is true, but only of a very narrow demographic. In pseudocode, the algorithm seems to be

if post contains(“Ron Paul”,”digg”,”apple”,”obama”){
put on frontpage
}
else{bury}

By: Raj Krishnaswamy

Raj Krishnaswamy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:49:54 +0000

I think this acquisition might be good for all of us in the long run, so there is some uniformity. There might also be some additional improvements to the algorithms planned.

By: Eva White

Eva White — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:48:03 +0000

While they have the money to buy anything, they are not foolish to spend it that way. I don't think that this is a rumour that has much to it. After all what does Digg offer Google in monetory terms? Eva White's last blog post..Canada’s Apology To The Indian People

By: Ruben Zevallos Jr.

Ruben Zevallos Jr. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:15:00 +0000

I think Google can buy anything and anyone…they have the money and the Internet at their hands… But I still do not understand what Digg and other favorites sites are so important to this big companies…

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:34:15 +0000

But that has not explained why Digg, not another social networking such as StumbleUpon?

By: Goran Web Design

Goran Web Design — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:43:47 +0000

I agree with Web Marketing Man, Google will buy anything that is a good buy, and Digg is a great tool to communicate to the world.

By: Web Marketing Man

Web Marketing Man — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:11:11 +0000

The Google juggernaut is ever hungry and sniffing around in the internet world looking for something to gobble up. If not Digg, what next?

By: RIchard Srery

RIchard Srery — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:23:16 +0000

It eems today that if you create an attractive social network of almost any sort, Google begins to sniff around. IN this case I do not know if the rumor really hold much water or not. ONe thing is for sure, Google, who by the way claims they do not know how to make money on YouTube (Now that’s funny NOT!) has an acquisitions strategy that is neting them millions.

By: Rumors Digg potrebbe essere nella lista della spesa di Google: Diggoogle!? - 3 sul Blog - Tech, Fun e Web 2.0

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:30:29 +0000

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By: Linda Bustos

Linda Bustos — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:07:18 +0000

Maybe G wants to throw AdSense up on it? Linda Bustos's last blog post..Internet Retailer 2008 Live Blogging + Commentary Digest

By: Google compró Digg? | GeeksRoom

Google compró Digg? | GeeksRoom — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:01:37 +0000

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By: Tristition - Google Rumored to Acquire Digg

Tristition - Google Rumored to Acquire Digg — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:17:42 +0000

[...] is rumored to be pushing to purchase Digg for a price lower than $200 [...]

By: Jayson

Jayson — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:41:09 +0000

Well Google is a few acquisitions away from owning the Internet. I think they’re trying to make sure everyone that uses the Internet touches one of their properties everyday. They’re getting close to doing it too – it’s going to be hard for Microsoft to touch Google if they keep building their brand like they are (not that Microsoft isn’t going to have a hard enough time as was).

I wonder how long it’s going to take for them to combine YouTube, Digg, Google Pharmacy, Google Search and Yahoo News, real estate, cars etc.. into one site, one user profile etc.. in a few years, they’ll be able to feed products to consumers as they need them just like a prescription.

By: Samuel Lavoie

Samuel Lavoie — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:59:12 +0000

"What makes a story popular on Digg? Apple, Google, Linux, Nintendo, or anything promoted by a social media marketer." I'll correct to "anything promoted by a good social media marketer who understand the conversations going on those medias." About Digg, I hope they can stay as useful as they are with more features to enhance community empowering. Samuel Lavoie's last blog post..Silverlight, the Microsoft RIA, Keynote at the W3Québec meetup