Oct
06

Google to Acquire YouTube.com at 40%?

Written by Jonathan Dingman
10/06/2006 7:38 ET - Filed under Corporate and Google Rumors
no responses

Michael Arrington on Techcrunch got an email recently talking about how Google might be acquiring YouTube for anywhere between $1.2 – $1.5 billion. I am very skeptical at this move and I doubt it will happen. I don’t feel that Google needs to make a move like this to stay in the ball game. Yes, YouTube does have a huge head start already as far as userbase goes in video submissions, but Google — on the larger scale — as the better overall user database. If Google could push a bigger promotion for user submissions, such as with a contest offering cash prizes or something like a trip to Google, it could easily take over the lead and become number one without buying YouTube.

Like this article? Receive free updates from Google Inside via RSS.
Tags:
  • Subscribe via RSS
  • Bookmark to del.icio.us

Related Posts

« Previous Post Next Post »