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Is Q&A The Future of Search? Google Acquires Aardvark

February 14, 2010 by Pablo Palatnik | No Comments

WebProNews reports that Google has acquired Aardvark, a Q&A website for $50 million dollars. Question and answer sites have been a real success on the web, from the first AskJeeves engine to what I believe is the current largest one, Yahoo! Answers.

Google To Purchase Yelp for $500 Million

December 18, 2009 by Pablo Palatnik | 1 Comment

Reported by TechCrunch, there is a rumor floating around that Google is planning to purchase social LOCAL site YELP for a reported $500, morless.

Evaluating Friendster Sale at 26.4 Million

December 16, 2009 by Pablo Palatnik | No Comments

Michael Arrington reports on the sale of Friendster on TechCrunch valued at $26.4 million. Friendster was one of the first and largest online social networking sites like Facebook but quickly came to a steep decline with the launch of Myspace.