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Who Will Google Buy Next?

Androsynth writes "Kuro5hin is running an article entitled Who Will Google Buy Next?, which features a list of all Google's previous buyouts and some interesting suggestions for the future." A Google-buyout betting pool seems in order.

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  1. BUY ME !! by BigCorona · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll put google.com(r) tattoo's all over me for $$ , they could buy me ;)

    1. Re:BUY ME !! by HomerJ · · Score: 3, Funny

      They said google, not goldenpalace.com

    2. Re:BUY ME !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      W00t! My wesite is on the list!

  2. Slashdot by fembots · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot of course. Imagine all the searchable insightful posts.

    1. Re:Slashdot by Rii · · Score: 5, Funny

      All seven of them.

      Google'd get all the "in soviet russia" jokes anyone could ever want, though.

    2. Re:Slashdot by robbyjo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Slashdot of course. Imagine all the searchable insightful posts.

      Nah... it would still be useless. We'll get dupes anyway... ;P

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    3. Re:Slashdot by StikyPad · · Score: 1, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, jokes get all the Google anyone could ever want.

    4. Re:Slashdot by vwjeff · · Score: 1, Funny

      Slashdot and insightful in the same post. You must be new here.

    5. Re:Slashdot by noidentity · · Score: 2, Funny

      Google'd get all the "in soviet russia" jokes anyone could ever want, though.

      And your message. And mine now. Madness!

    6. Re:Slashdot by nmb3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bah, you can do that already!

      In Soviet Russia Google googles YOU!

      And, it helps get your Insightful reading pleasure for the day.

      Also, some interesting possibilities.

      Yay for google.

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    7. Re:Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
  3. Mc Google's by up2ng · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Feel Lucky ?"

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  4. Oh! Oh! by chriswaclawik · · Score: 3, Funny

    Buy me! Buy me! I promise I'll be good, and I don't eat much, I swear! I'll be ever so greatful! Puh-leasssssee? I'll be your friend!

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  5. i think i speak for more than myself when i say... by KillShill · · Score: 5, Funny

    where does google want to go today?

    or

    "640 buyouts ought to be enough for anybody"

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  6. Bookie by CyberVenom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, if they buy out the bookie taking google-buyout bets, they are sure to win...

  7. Holy Google Empire by izznop · · Score: 2, Funny

    All Book publishers so they can do that book searching thing sans lawyers. Finally, the day will come when we can read War & Peace and have direct links to shop for it on Ebay.

  8. Who Will Google Buy Next? by Hits_B · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple and Intel. The new company will be called Apoogtel, or Ingoople, or Super Google.

  9. The correct usage is "Whom will Google Buy Next?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A small Soviet satellite country. I have my money on Estonia.

  10. Slashdot by christurkel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot posts so many Google articles anyway, might as well drop the act and go all the way.

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  11. Well well by Infinityis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who is Google gonna buy?

    Well, it should be obvious--they've stated that they're going to cruise around downtown in a van, so it sounds like they're going to start buying hookers.

    This is probably the first significant indicator of evil...

  12. Real Estate by haydon4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google will build the new stadium in NYC and name it The Googleplex.

  13. The choice is obvious by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny


    Google should buy zombo.com

    You heard it here first.

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  14. More Possible Google Spinoffs by Eberlin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Goorgle -- Dental hygenist search engine.

    Smithsoogle -- the library digitization project gone insane.

    Google Bitches -- Like friendster but for pimps.

    Google Jobs -- nope, not what you think...it's actually Steve Jobs since his soul seems to be up for sale lately.

    Google.gov -- DHS meets Patriot Act meets all your data. Pledge your allegiance, boys, and come to grips with the fact that we're all screwed.

    1. Re:More Possible Google Spinoffs by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

      Moogle -- Got cow?

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    2. Re:More Possible Google Spinoffs by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

      Who's Who Online becomes Hoogle
      Joogle - Discount Menorahs Online
      DrCoop.com is renamed Achoogle
      Floogle - Jazz Instrument Online Database
      Poogle - Same Shit, Different Website

  15. Re:My Money Is On: by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get rid of that lousy Skype name and replace it with a quality, easy to remember Google name such as... Orkut?!?

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  16. Lucky Lucky Google by Edmund+Blackadder · · Score: 3, Funny

    They must really appreciate all the free business advice they are getting.

  17. Re:Yay! by Andrevan · · Score: 2, Funny

    It was quite a coup.

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  18. Re:I wonder... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Reminds me of something my bio-dad encountered while working at Radio Shack.

    A guy walks in, and he's looking for an expensive piece of equipment for his home entertainment sytem. He tells my dad, "I don't want any of this 'Made in Mexico' crap. I want something American. Like Sony."

  19. Grammar police, pull over... by CodeJudge · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Whom Will Google Buy Next?"

    Really. "Whom". It's not so hard.

    1. Re:Grammar police, pull over... by Dirtside · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hundreds of stock tip websites just got emailed that Google is about to buy whom.com. Great job.

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  20. Re:Don't Forget What Google's Mission Is by nkool · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dude! When was the last time you took an IQ test?

  21. Re:Yay! by pHatidic · · Score: 1, Funny

    Any idiot can post to K5 and most idiots do.

  22. The Soviet Russians are thinking.... by jigyasubalak · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...Who'll buy google next.

    That had to be said.

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  23. Google.gov by Momoru · · Score: 2, Funny

    On Google.gov instead of having a clean easy to use interface, you must fill out at least 6 forms before your search query is returned, and when it is returned its entirely acronyms.