Google to buy radio advertising company

User Comments: 8

1. January 17, 2006 2:22 PM
   Cy6erpuke said:
   Never doubt the guys at Google. To many right choices in the past. We are behind you Google, hope you guys will be streaming, I will be tuning in.
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2. January 17, 2006 4:04 PM
   Need_a_Dell said:
   This is a bit of an odd move on Google's half. Personally, I don't listen to the radio, digital music is where it's at. Google should release their own online digital music store. Now THAT would be something that would turn a few heads and open a few wallets.
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3. January 17, 2006 7:26 PM
   gamingmage said:
   Yay for google even though I probably am not going to use it. It's still a great move on google's part, and expanding there horizons now foreshadow further expansion later on.
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4. January 17, 2006 7:34 PM
   exscind said:
   $102 million "cash payment," that's Google flipping wallets at its competitors. The article mentioned that some might see this as a step back, but I disagree. Yes, traditional radio broadcasting is nowhere the popularity it was years ago. But really, at $102 million, it's chump change for Google. All Google is doing is covering all of its bases in the field of advertising - traditionally and electronically. It will cover people of different generations, those pre-Internet fab and those post-.
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5. January 17, 2006 7:36 PM
   nathanskywalker said:
   Does google make any sense...[url]http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/buzz/articl
   .php/2224941[/url]Guess that person wasn't exactly on key...[quote]How does Google make money?We make most of our money from the sale of advertising, which appears adjacent to our own search results and on sites maintained by a large network of publishers across the web who participate in our AdSense program. These ads, known as AdWords, are automatically matched to the content of the page on which they appear by our proprietary software. On Google properties, ads are always clearly identified as such and are physically separated from the algorithmically derived search results.Google does not sell placement within our actual search results. We believe paid advertising can provide information as useful as search results, but that users should always be able to distinguish between the two.[/quote]Just seems kind of funny to me. High and mighty google, advertising...i mean an "advertising company" advertising itself...just seems kind of ironic, i mean, i makes sense and is a sensible move, just seems kind of funny.
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6. January 18, 2006 12:39 AM
   zachig said:
   WOW. Another great step for Google!!!
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7. January 18, 2006 12:21 PM
   luismigilbert said:
   is google buying everything that shows in front of them??Need_a_Dell is making a good point.. digital music is where it's at..
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8. January 18, 2006 3:18 PM
   mentaljedi said:
   [b]Originally posted by nathanskywalker:[/b][quote]Does google make any sense...[url]http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/buzz/articl
   .php/2224941[/url]Guess that person wasn't exactly on key...[quote]How does Google make money?We make most of our money from the sale of advertising, which appears adjacent to our own search results and on sites maintained by a large network of publishers across the web who participate in our AdSense program. These ads, known as AdWords, are automatically matched to the content of the page on which they appear by our proprietary software. On Google properties, ads are always clearly identified as such and are physically separated from the algorithmically derived search results.Google does not sell placement within our actual search results. We believe paid advertising can provide information as useful as search results, but that users should always be able to distinguish between the two.[/quote]Just seems kind of funny to me. High and mighty google, advertising...i mean an "advertising company" advertising itself...just seems kind of ironic, i mean, i makes sense and is a sensible move, just seems kind of funny.[/quote]I tottaly see what you mean. But hey! Microsoft creates more problems when it releases service packs so i guess there's pleanty of irony to go around!
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