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Acquisition Talk To Gain Insider Knowledge?

By: Andy Beal
2006-05-09

Reading SiliconBeat's recap of why Google walked away from buying Olive Software, an off-line to XML comversion company...

...I noticed a juicy bit of speculation.

Link: Recap, Olive Software

Is Google turning into a Microsoft? Checking out the goods, and then going back and building it themselves? Or hiring away the better employees? Here's what one person said: "Google learned a LOT about Olive... everything."

If Google ends-up building the technology themselves (or hiring key Olive employees) would you see this as shady or brilliance on Google's part?

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About the Author:
Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian.

You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com.




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