Google To Buy Twitter?

Posted on April 3, 2009

According to TechCrunch, Google is in talks to buy Twitter.

Google would pay more than $250 million for Twitter, in stock or cash or a combination of both.

TechCrunch’s article by Michael Arrington,  said the two companies are also considering working together on a Google real time search engine.

TechCrunch was the first to report the rumor that Google would buy YouTube in late 2006.

A deal for Twitter has long been rumored.

Facebook Inc., which was reported to have made a half-billion-dollar offer last year in an all stock deal. At that time,  Facebook’s share price was privately valued higher than it currently is.

Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone are familiar with Google. They sold a previous company, the blogging service Blogger, to Google earlier this decade.

Twitter’s popularity has sky rocketed in the last six month and would probably be a good acquisition for Google, certain at the $250M price tag.

BTW, You can follow me on Twitter under “Berkens”.

13 thoughts on “Google To Buy Twitter?”

  1. This is a smart move by Google – As for the price I think $250mm is a Good Price for both parties.

  2. Wondering if someone can explain briefly, but accurately, how or why Twitter is better than MySpace, Facebook, or Linked In.

    It just seems like another flavor of the month to me. Why all the rave? What’s the huge attraction? Thanks.

  3. It was a predictive purchase. Twitter is a full automatized social newtork that only require more computers to grow and not employees.

  4. My goodness, since I started twittering, my sites traffic has gone up tremendously and best of all-I am becoming famous!!!

    Man, I have so many followers and people are wanting to know me.

    Who cares, just join the crowd-there is nothing to lose–you lose more for not joining!!

  6. Given Twitter’s meteoric growth; including its recent explosion into mainstream media and general public consciousness; 250 million would actually be a bargain price.

    If they’re as smart as I think they are, they’ll hold out for at least twice that.

  7. Mr. Menius

    From one old guy to another, I don’t think that anyone service is “better” than the other.

    I do think they have a difference audience and purpose.

    The question is which of these will be the most popular in 5 years, my guess is the one most popular years from now isn’t developed yet.

    However, the network Twitter has built, the number of eyeballs twitter has, is worth acquiring, to Google, especially if most the price can be paid in stock

  8. I think $250.mil is considerably underpriced…

    I enhoy Twitter — DomainBELL

    I am a bit putoff though that there is a limit of 2k outs…

    I’d also like to see animated images USABLE.. .

    I hear about Twitter every singel day on TV at least once per day – somewhere…

    ~Patricia Kaehler (DomainBELL)

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  12. D

    I wouldn’t call twitter a blog, because of the size restrictions you cannot write a blog post in 140 words, actually less because you need to have at least 10 characters for the website your real post is at.

    I see it as a combination of an advertising tool, where you can announce a teaser of a blog post; a social networking tool, where you can share what’s on your mind; a news sharing service where people can post stories on things they find interesting, and is can be done from your computer or cell.

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