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Google interested in acquiring Twitter

by drewh78 | April 3, 2009 at 04:34 am

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TechCrunch claims that Google is in advanced negotiations to acquire Twitter. TechCrunch said that the asking price is more than the $250m (£170m) valuation that Twitter’s recent round of funding would suggest.

Twitter has recently reworked its search feature, prompting many to think that this makes the firm more appealing to potential suitors. Search facilities have been added to the ‘tweet’ pages, and users can search tweets from this view. Twitter claims that the new additions were planned from the start.

Such features would have obvious benefits for marketing and advertising purposes.

“Twitter Search is an engine for discovering what is happening right now,” said Twitter co-founder Biz Stone in a blog post.

Stone and co-founder Evan Williams have already sold Blogger.com to Google, and TechCrunch guesses that any deal would involve a straight cash or stock transaction.

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generaldecay

at 05:26 on April 3rd, 2009

Hi there. Could you add some of your own commentary to this story? We want to know what your thoughts are on the news. Thanks.

generaldecay

at 05:31 on April 3rd, 2009

Ah I see. I missed that comment. It may work better if you put it in the text but it'll do here for now. :)

And, yes, probably a google ad for every tweet. It will make twitter even more pointless as far as I'm concerned! ;)

drewh78

at 05:29 on April 3rd, 2009

What would Google use Tweeter for? ....Displaying more ads? Does that mean every Tweet will come with google ads? I HOPE NOT!!! I've seen YouTube implementing Twitter so this deal is possible.

drewh78

at 05:28 on April 3rd, 2009

Generaldecay, i posted mine in the comment section :)

drewh78

at 05:37 on April 3rd, 2009

Yea...i wouldn't want to see a tweet if that happens!

Jarrett Martineau

at 08:14 on April 3rd, 2009

Hi drewh78, in future, please include your introductory commentary in the body text of your story, so that the post isn't entirely highlighted. For more help have a read of our Contributor Guidelines.