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Growth
Whiletheprimarybusinessinterestisinthewebcontentarena,Googlehasbegunexperimentingwithothermarkets,suchasradioandprintpublications.On17January2006,Googleannouncedthepurchaseofaradioadvertisingpany"dMarc",whichprovidesanautomatedsystemthatallowspaniestoadvertiseontheradio.ThiswillallowGoogletobinetwonicheadvertisingmedia—theInteandradio—withGoogle'sabilitytolaser-focusonthetastesofconsumers.Googlehasalsobegunanexperimentinsellingadvertisementsfromitsadvertisersinofflinenewspapersandmagazines,withselectadvertisementsintheChicagoSun-Times.Theyhavebeenfillingunsoldspaceinthenewspaperthatwouldhavenormallybeenusedforin-houseadvertisements.
Acquisitions
Since2001,Googlehasacquiredseveralpanies,mainlyfocusingonsmallstart-ups.
In2004,GoogleacquiredapanycalledKeyhole,Inc.,whichdevelopedaproductcalledEarthViewer,renamedin2005toGoogleEarth.
InFebruary2006,softwarepanyAdaptivePathsoldMeasureMap,aweblogstatisticsapplication,toGoogle.Registrationtotheservicehassincebeentemporarilydisabled.ThelastupdateregardingthefutureofMeasureMapwasmadeon6April2006andoutlinedmanyoftheknownissuesoftheservice.
Inlate2006,GoogleboughttheonlinevideositeYouTubefor$1.65billioninstock.Shortlyafter,on31October2006,GoogleannouncedthatithadalsoacquiredJotSpot,adeveloperofwikitechnologyforcollaborativeWebsites.
On13April2007,GooglereachedanagreementtoacquireDoubleClick.Googleagreedtobuythepanyfor$3.1billion.
On2July2007,GooglepurchasedGrandCentral.Googleagreedtobuythepanyfor$50million.
On9July2007,GoogleannouncedthatithadsignedadefinitiveagreementtoacquireenterprisemessagingsecurityandpliancepanyPostini.
OnAugust52009,GoogleannouncedthepurchaseofvideosoftwaremakerOn2Technologiesfor$106.5million-itsfirstacquisitionofapublicpany.
On24November2009,GoogleannouncedthepurchaseofTeracent,aCaliforniabasedstartuppany,foranundisclosedprice.ThisisanotheracquisitiononGoogle'sbehalfinaseriesofadvertisingrelatedpurchases-AdMob,DoubleClick.
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