Is Google going to buy Digg?

Discussion in 'Google' started by pixads, Nov 19, 2006.

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Is Google going to buy Digg?

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  1. #1
    With the recent purchase of Youtube maybe google will want to buy Digg too so they can get to the top of one more service with money instead of work.
     
    pixads, Nov 19, 2006 IP
  2. prilep

    prilep Well-Known Member

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    I don't think google likes digg.

    - Prilep :)
     
    prilep, Nov 19, 2006 IP
  3. infonote

    infonote Well-Known Member

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    Yep, it fits perfectly with their mission of storing and organizing all the world's information.

    Though Yahoo also has a good probability since they are buying all "web 2.0" startups.
     
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  4. Sohan

    Sohan Peon

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    I doubt they will buy digg. If they wanted, they could make one within a day.
     
    Sohan, Nov 19, 2006 IP
  5. disgust

    disgust Guest

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    #5
    digg seems a bit beyond just a startup at this point. the snatching up strategy applies better to sites that have potential but haven't yet reached it.
     
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  6. Mong

    Mong ↓↘→ horsePower

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    #6
    Google can buy but not manage ;)
     
    Mong, Nov 19, 2006 IP
  7. vipvanlines

    vipvanlines Peon

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    well google can do everything, but i dont think they will buy digg.
     
    vipvanlines, Nov 19, 2006 IP
  8. pixads

    pixads Well-Known Member

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    4:4 votes for now :)
     
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  9. visio

    visio Well-Known Member

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    Digg would be quite useless to Google. I don't see them buying it. Youtube is very large, successful and with Googles web presence can be brought up even higher. It was a good buy on their part. Digg wouldn't be.
     
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  10. fonebiz

    fonebiz Peon

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    Google buying Digg?? - hmm maybe when i got grand kids and google are bored and got nothing more to do then maybe yeh! lol
     
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    amnezia Peon

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    Digg is already dying, i can't see why google would want to buy it.
     
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  12. Kyle H.

    Kyle H. Active Member

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    Yeah but it would be some google "beta" type and it would probably be beta forever... they could buy digg with their lunch money so why not?
     
    Kyle H., Nov 19, 2006 IP
  13. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    There are so many digg sites out there. I can see little benefit in Google buying it. However I'd have said the same about YouTube.

    Now, as someone who was banned from Digg if they buy it will it mean my sites go down the SERPs drain?
     
    sarahk, Nov 19, 2006 IP
  14. seo-mumbai

    seo-mumbai Well-Known Member

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    #14
    yahoo started socalbookmarking site so we can expect 1 from google very soon but i dont think google is looking to buy digg.
     
    seo-mumbai, Nov 19, 2006 IP
  15. Lpspider

    Lpspider Well-Known Member

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    I could see someone buying it, just not google.
     
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    fsmedia Prominent Member

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  17. Jasonb

    Jasonb Well-Known Member

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    i doubt it very much
     
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  18. ltcobretti

    ltcobretti Well-Known Member

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    Digg would be nothing without Google's SERP's loving it. You Tube and MySpace have their own traffic...
     
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    I think google will buy wikipedia, much more info.
     
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    no, no and no, i very much doubt they would, digg is at the moment an unstable and easily gamed property, let them sit it out and wait to see what happens when the web 2.0 bubble bursts, which it will
     
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