<< Google is now in the final stages of acquiring Like.com, we’ve heard from multiple sources, for something north of $100 million.
What we can’t quite figure out is why Google is buying Like.com. It doesn’t fit neatly into mobile or their new social strategy like so many of their recent acquisitions. Like.com does have real visual search technology though. Perhaps Google, which has experimented with visual search, likes what it sees. >>
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/15/google-to-acquire-like-com-after-leaving-them-at-the-altar-in-2005/ |
It’s Official: Google Acquires Like.com
<< It’s official. Google has acquired Like.com. In a post on Like.com’s homepage, the company’s CEO and Founder Munjal Shah writes that the visual search engine has been bought by Google. We originally reported the acquisition last weekend. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, we’ve heard it’s valued at upwards of $100 million.
Shah’s message doesn’t really give us any hints as to what Google will be doing with Like.com but he alludes to the fact that he (and his team) will continue to work on visual search and cross-matching in e-commerce for the search giant. >>
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/20/its-official-google-acquires-like-com/ |
