Google Buys Doubleclick for 3.1Bil

[mzkhadir]

CNN

 

[xtknight]

Their next step is to nuke all of those ad servers so I never see an ad ever again.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Doesn't Google toolbar have an ad blocker?

 

[imported_sicko]

The idea is to drive their customers to adsense.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Their next step is to nuke all of those ad servers so I never see an ad ever again.

I've had DoubleClick ads blocked for a long time. Modified Hosts file FTW.

Isn't it amazing that a spyware company is worth 3.1 BILLION dollars? :shocked:

 

[SludgeFactory]

I clicked on the link and got denied by my Adblock filter 😀

 

[compnovice]

Google Engineers might be good, but it's Merger & Acquisitions Team sure sucks....

 

[FilmCamera]

Originally posted by: Conky

Originally posted by: xtknight
Their next step is to nuke all of those ad servers so I never see an ad ever again.

I've had DoubleClick ads blocked for a long time. Modified Hosts file FTW.

Isn't it amazing that a spyware company is worth 3.1 BILLION dollars? :shocked:

Since when is doubleclick spyware?

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: FilmCamera

Originally posted by: Conky

Originally posted by: xtknight
Their next step is to nuke all of those ad servers so I never see an ad ever again.

I've had DoubleClick ads blocked for a long time. Modified Hosts file FTW.

Isn't it amazing that a spyware company is worth 3.1 BILLION dollars? :shocked:

Since when is doubleclick spyware?

Since they use tracking cookies in a spyware-like manner.

 

[nonameo]

What blows my mind even more is that Hellman & Friedman conjured a cool 2 billion simply by having 1.1 billion(to buy DoubleClick with)

IN JUST 2 YEARS(or so...)

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Conky

Originally posted by: FilmCamera

Originally posted by: Conky

Originally posted by: xtknight
Their next step is to nuke all of those ad servers so I never see an ad ever again.

I've had DoubleClick ads blocked for a long time. Modified Hosts file FTW.

Isn't it amazing that a spyware company is worth 3.1 BILLION dollars? :shocked:

Since when is doubleclick spyware?

Since they use tracking cookies in a spyware-like manner.

Its funny how people still demonize Doubleclick while at the same time offering everything about their lives to Google using their maps, searches, email, blogs, tracking number status lookups, and so on.

Google is Doubleclick on steroids.

 

[PingSpike]

Microsoft was sniffing around them I think. This is probably as much a move to block Microsoft from entering the ad game as anything else. I don't know the details, but it feels like a better buy then youtube.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Is Google the fastest growing company ever? Or even in the top 10?

 

[pontifex]

oops, wrong thread

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: compnovice
Google Engineers might be good, but it's Merger & Acquisitions Team sure sucks....

Indeed they do