Google 13周年纪 – Google收购史

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Google的第一次收购始于2001年,这在我们前面的文章中已有所提及,当时收购了Usenet新闻组业务,现为Google Group的一部分。不过10年过去了,新闻组早就成为一个过时的产物。之后,Google的收购步伐越迈越大,通过不断的投资及收购,Google的在其自身的搜索业务之外不断的扩大经营领域,并最终形成今日的帝国,覆盖人们生活中的方方面面。

Google正式诞生只有13年,可其收购历史至今却有11 年,下面的几幅图清晰的为大家展现了这11年来Google的收购历程。

Google收购概览(2001-2011)
Google收购案例

原图Google 11 Years of Acquisitions

 

Google详细收购案例


Wikipedia上面列出了Google自第一次收购以来至今的详细收购案例,截止发文时,收购案例总计102家,详情如下:

序号 收购日期 公司 业务 国家 价格(美元) 用途
1 February 12, 2001 Deja Usenet USA
 
Google Groups
2 September 20, 2001 Outride Web search engine USA
 
iGoogle)
3 February 2003 Pyra Labs Weblog software USA
 
Blogger
4 April 2003 Neotonic Software Customer relationship management USA
 
Gmail
5 April 2003 Applied Semantics Online advertising USA $102,000,000 AdWords
6 September 30, 2003 Kaltix Web search engine USA
 
iGoogle
7 October 2003 Sprinks Online advertising USA
 
AdWords
8 October 2003 Genius Labs Blogging USA
 
Blogger
9 May 10, 2004 Ignite Logic HTML editor USA
 
Google Sites
10 July 13, 2004 Picasa Image organizer USA
 
Blogger
11 September 2004 ZipDash analysis USA
 
Google Maps for Mobile
12 October 2004 Where2 Map analysis AUS
 
Google Maps
13 October 27, 2004 Keyhole, Inc Map analysis USA
 
Google Earth
14 March 28, 2005 Urchin Software Corporation Web analytics USA
 
Google Analytics
15 May 12, 2005 Dodgeball Social networking service USA
 
Google Latitude
16 July 2005 Reqwireless Mobile browser CAN
 
Google Mobile
17 July 7, 2005 Current Communications Group Broadband Internet access USA $100,000,000 Internet backbone
18 August 17, 2005 Android Mobile software USA $50,000,000 est. Android
19 November 2005 Skia Graphics software USA
 
Google Chrome
20 November 17, 2005 Akwan Information Technologies Search Engines BRA
 
Internet backbone
21 December 20, 2005 A Broadband Internet access USA $1,000,000,000
 
22 December 27, 2005 Phatbits Widget engine USA
 
Google Desktop
23 December 31, 2005 allPAY GmbH Mobile software GER
 
Google Mobile
24 December 31, 2005 bruNET GmbH Mobile software GER
 
Google Mobile
25 January 17, 2006 dMarc Broadcasting Advertising USA $102,000,000 AdSense
26 February 14, 2006 Measure Map Weblog software USA
 
Google Analytics
27 March 9, 2006 Upstartle Word processor USA
 
Google Docs
28 March 14, 2006 @Last Software 3D modeling software USA
 
Google Sketchup
29 April 9, 2006 Orion Web search engine AUS
 
Google Search
30 June 1, 2006 2Web Technologies Online spreadsheets USA
 
Google Spreadsheet
31 August 15, 2006 Neven Vision Germany GmbH Facial recognition system) GER
 
Google Goggles
32 October 9, 2006 YouTube Video sharing USA $1,650,000,000 YouTube
33 October 31, 2006 JotSpot Web application USA
 
Google Sites
34 December 18, 2006 Endoxon Mapping CHE $28,000,000 Google Maps
35 January 4, 2007 B File sharing CHN $5,000,000
 
36 February 16, 2007 Adscape In-game advertising USA $23,000,000 AdSense
37 March 16, 2007 Trendalyzer Statistical software SWE
 
Google Analytics
38 April 17, 2007 Tonic Systems Presentation program USA
 
Google Docs
39 April 19, 2007 Marratech Videoconferencing SWE $15,000,000 Google Talk
40 April 13, 2007 DoubleClick Online advertising USA $3,100,000,000 AdSense
41 May 11, 2007 GreenBorder Computer security USA
 
Google Chrome
42 June 1, 2007 Panoramio Photo sharing ESP
 
Panoramio
43 June 3, 2007 FeedBurner Web feed USA $100,000,000 FeedBurner
44 June 5, 2007 PeakStream Parallel processing USA
 
Server (computing)
45 June 19, 2007 Zenter Presentation program USA
 
Google Docs
46 July 2, 2007 GrandCentral Voice over Internet Protocol USA $45,000,000 Google Voice
47 July 20, 2007 ImageAmerica Aerial photography USA
 
Google Maps
48 July 9, 2007 Postini Communications security USA $625,000,000 Gmail
49 September 27, 2007 Zingku Social networking service USA
 
Google Mobile
50 October 9, 2007 Jaiku Microblogging FIN
 
Google Mobile
51 July 30, 2008 Omnisio Online video USA $15,000,000 YouTube
52 September 12, 2008 TNC (Tatter and Company) Weblog software KOR
 
Blogger
53 August 5, 2009 On2 Video compression USA $133,000,000 YouTube
54 September 16, 2009 reCAPTCHA Security USA
 
Google Books
55 November 9, 2009 AdMob Mobile advertising USA $750,000,000
 
56 November 9, 2009 Gizmo5 Voice over Internet Protocol USA $30,000,000 Google Talk
57 November 23, 2009 Teracent Online advertising USA
 
AdSense
58 December 4, 2009 EtherPad) Collaborative real-time editor USA
 
Google Docs
59 February 12, 2010 Aardvark Social search USA $50,000,000 Aardvark
60 February 17, 2010 reMail Email Search USA
 
Gmail
61 March 1, 2010 Picnik Photo Editing USA $5,000,000 Picasa
62 March 5, 2010 DocVerse Microsoft Office files sharing site USA $25,000,000 Google Docs
63 April 2, 2010 Episodic start-up USA
 
YouTube
64 April 12, 2010 PlinkArt start-up UK
 
Google Goggles
65 April 20, 2010 Agnilux Server technology start-up USA
 

 
66 April 27, 2010 LabPixies Gadgets ISR
 

 
67 April 30, 2010 BumpTop Desktop environment CAN $30,000,000 Android
68 May 20, 2010 Simplify Media Music syncing UK
 
Android
69 May 21, 2010 Ruba.com Travel USA
 
Google
70 June 3, 2010 Invite Media Advertising USA $81,000,000 DoubleClick
71 July 1, 2010 ITA Software Travel technology USA $700,000,000
 
72 July 16, 2010 Metaweb Semantic search USA
 

 
73 August 2010 Zetawire NFC CAN
 
Android
74 August 4, 2010 Instantiations Java/Eclipse/AJAX Developer Tools USA
 
Google Web Toolkit
75 August 5, 2010 Slide.com Social gaming USA $228,000,000
 
76 August 10, 2010 Jambool Social Gold payment USA $70,000,000
 
77 August 15, 2010 Like.com Visual Search Engine USA $100,000,000 boutiques.com
78 August 30, 2010 Angstro Social networking service USA
 

 
79 August 30, 2010 SocialDeck, Inc. Social gaming CAN
 

 
80 September 13, 2010 Quiksee Online video ISR $10,000,000 Google Maps
81 September 28, 2010 Plannr Schedule Management USA
 

 
82 October 1, 2010 BlindType Touch typing GRE
 
Android
83 December 3, 2010 Phonetic Arts Speech synthesis UK
 
Google Translate
84 December 3, 2010 Widevine Tecnologies DRM USA
 
Google TV
85 January 13, 2011 eBook Technologies E-book USA
 
Google Books
86 January 25, 2011 SayNow Voice Recognition USA
 
Google Voice
87 January 26, 2011 fflick Social networking service USA $10,000,000 YouTube
88 March 1, 2011 Zynamics Security GER
 

 
89 March 7, 2011 BeatThatQuote.com Price comparison service UK £37,700,000 Google Advisor
90 March 7, 2011 Next New Networks Online video USA
 
YouTube
91 March 16, 2011 Green Parrot Pictures Digital video IRL
 
YouTube
92 April 8, 2011 PushLife Service provider CAN $25,000,000
 
93 April 26, 2011 TalkBin Mobile software USA
 
Android
94 May 23, 2011 Sparkbuy Price comparison service USA
 
Google Product Search
95 June 3, 2011 PostRank analytics service CAN
 

 
96 June 9, 2011 Admeld Online advertising USA $400,000,000 Invite Media
97 June 18, 2011 SageTV Media Center USA
 
Google TV
98 July 8, 2011 Punchd Loyalty program USA
 
Google Wallet
99 July 21, 2011 Fridge Social groups USA
 
Google+
100 July 23, 2011 PittPatt Facial recognition system USA
 

 
101 August 1, 2011 Dealmap One deal a day service USA
 
Google Offers
102 August 15, 2011 Motorola Mobility (Pending Approval) Mobile device manufacturer USA $12,500,000,000 Google TV

详情见:List of acquisitions by Google,可前往查看具体收购信息。

附图(此图太大,只做简单注释)


原图:Google Acquisition Appetite

简单总结

1:截止发文时,Google共收购了102家公司,其中美国有74加,另外28家则分布世界各地,值得提及的是中国的一家:迅雷公司,性质为融资合作关系。
2:Google去年一年收购融资的公司达26家,比过去三年的总和还要多,也许Google正在着手酝酿一盘更大的棋。
3:Google最新以125亿美元的超添加收购摩托罗拉,这不仅是Google,而是整个科技公司业界有史以来最大的一笔收购案例,震惊全世界!


时间:2011-09-06 08:54 来源:cnbeta 作者:cnbeta 原文链接

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