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Google’s Acquisitions: A Timeline

October 31, 2006 at 11:20 am · Filed under agile/software, business, general, google, technology

Update [11/07/2006]: I created another timeline mashup that shows all M&A activity completed by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo acquisition all over-layed on the same timeline, from 2001 to Present. You can find that here:

Acquisition Timeline Mashup: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft

As most of you know, Google acquired JotSpot today. And, just a few weeks ago, Google acquired YouTube. In honor of Google’s buying spree, I’ve put together a nice ajax-y, draggable timeline of all the companies Google has acquired and a short snippet about each acquisition. My data source is this Wikipedia entry.

Usage: Click and Right-arrow on the pane or you can scroll with your mouse. Click on the Company names for more details on the deal.

Note: The timeline below will not work IE6, and looks a little goofy in IE7 — I don’t want to offend you by telling you to use a “real browser”, but, feel free to use any other browser other than Internet Explorer — I suggest Flock. Enjoy!

In case you’re interested, you can read my detailed 2-day job interview with Google: I received an offer, but I rejected it.

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23 Comments »

  1. Haochi said,

    October 31, 2006 @ 12:56 pm

    Geez, I was about to do that… A more specific timeline…
    Any, thanks for the tip, I will post ’bout it later. :D

  2. jeff barson said,

    October 31, 2006 @ 1:36 pm

    Hey, where’s the site with every company’s timeline superimposed and searchable. Oh… that’s web 3.0.

    That’s a cool little widget you’ve got there.

  3. Googlified said,

    October 31, 2006 @ 2:52 pm

    Google Acqusition Timeline

    Peter Abilla informed me that he has created a time line on Google’s acquisitions. The time line was created using the “Timeline” feature in the SIMILE project from MIT, and data from this Wikipedia entry.
    Actually, Upstartle was the…

  4. www.yunar.com said,

    November 1, 2006 @ 3:30 am

    Google Acquisitions Mashup

    A timeline that goes back to 2001, and shows a few I had forgotten about, as well as investments like Baidu and AOL.

  5. Googles Akquisitionen in einer Ajax-Timeline - Adult Webmaster Blog said,

    November 1, 2006 @ 6:37 am

    [...] Googles Akquisitionen in einer Ajax-Timeline Der Beitrag wurde am 1. November 2006 von Oliver Karthaus veröffentlicht Erst gestern hat Google den Wiki-Anbieter JotSpot übernommen und setzt damit seine Akquisitionstour fort. Ob Pyra Labs, Neotonic Software, Applied Semantics, Sprinks, Genius Labs, Kaltix, Ignite Logic, Picassa oder jetzt YouTube, auf shmula findet sich ein kleines Ajax-Widget, in dem alle Akquisitionen in einer Timeline zusammengefasst sind. Zu jedem Kauf gibt es auch noch eine kleine Info über den Kaufpreis oder warum das Unternehmen übernommen wurde, wie zum Beispiel Sprinks, die im Oktober 2003 übernommen wurden, weil Google mit deren Technologie AdSense und AdWords ausbauen wollte. Eine lustige Spielerei, an einige Übernahmen konnte ich mich schon gar nicht mehr erinnern. Abgelegt in Suchmaschinen | Tags: none [...]

  6. Basic Thinking Blog » Googles Einkaustourneen als Timeline said,

    November 1, 2006 @ 6:45 am

    [...] in Form einer Ajax-Applikation . Ach ja, Ihr müsst etwas runterscrollen auf der hässlichen Seite und dann im grauen Etwas mit gedrückter Maus die Timeline nach rechts/links verschieben.. sehr unintuitiv sowas ;) [...]

  7. Trogdor said,

    November 1, 2006 @ 9:20 am

    I still don’t understand what JotSpot *does* …

  8. ComputerMAG » Google Einkaufstour als Ajax Anwendung said,

    November 1, 2006 @ 2:13 pm

    [...] Google Einkaufstour als Ajax Anwendung Filed under: Internet, Google — Xandi @ 10:12 pm Auf dem Adult Webmaster Blog hab ich gerade eine sehr interessante Entdeckung gemacht: die Google Einkäufe der letzten Jahre als Ajax Anwendung zum Scrollen. Ansich eine lustige Spielerei. Von vielen Unternehmen, die Google übernommen hat, wusst ich gar nichts mehr. Wenn man allerdings ein bisschen die Daten wie Einkaufspreis oder den Grund der Übernahme durchblättert fällt einem das meiste wieder ein. [...]

  9. La linea temporale delle acquisizioni di Google said,

    November 2, 2006 @ 12:20 am

    [...] Per tenere traccia di tutte queste acquisizioni, non posso che consigliarvi questo sito che utilizza Timeline per mettere in una scala cronologica la lista della spesa di Google. [...]

  10. moltitudini intelligenti » Timeline dele acquisizioni di Google said,

    November 2, 2006 @ 3:04 am

    [...] Dopo la recente acquisizione del sistema wiki da includere nel suo Office, Google sembra cavalcare l’onda che fra non molto tempo lo porterà a dominare il settore delle applicazioni sociali da ufficio.Se qualcuno si è perso qualcosa può andare qui e trovare una bella timeline con tutte le acquisizioni fatte da Big G. dalla sua nascita.Non c’è che dire. A quanto pare negli ultimi anni sta lavorando più il reparto commerciale che quello informatico. [...]

  11. VentureBeat » Digest of lastest news from Google machine said,

    November 2, 2006 @ 11:31 am

    [...] The Google binge machine timeline — Here’s an Ajax chart of Google’s acquisitions through time. You’ll have to scroll down to the blue table, and then start dragging the map. [...]

  12. » Google Aquisitions Timeline » InsideGoogle » part of the Blog News Channel said,

    November 2, 2006 @ 3:01 pm

    [...] John Battelle pointed out this pretty cool AJAX-y timeline of Google aquisitions and investments (and one un-investments). Head on over and just use your mouse and pull it from side-to-side to see everything. Posted: November 2, 2006 by Nathan Weinberg in: [...]

  13. KtecK Blog - Syndicated » Blog Archive » Google’s Acquisitions: A Timeline said,

    November 2, 2006 @ 4:04 pm

    [...] Read more here… [...]

  14. Google Inside » Google Acquisitions Timeline said,

    November 2, 2006 @ 11:09 pm

    [...] John Battelle points out a nice AJAX timeline of Google’s recent acquisitions in the past years. Lays out all the companies that Google has acquired over time which helps put things into perspective. You can also bookmark this on del.icio.us or check the cosmos [...]

  15. The Fundamentally Incomparable Friday Roundup at The Laurence Timms State Machine said,

    November 3, 2006 @ 1:39 pm

    [...] An ajax timeline of Google’s acquisition history. Web 2.0 will eat itself.  [...]

  16. Chris said,

    November 3, 2006 @ 4:44 pm

    Pete:

    Great work and what an amazing response! The next one you do should be a timeline of every time they violated their “don’t be evil” mantra. Now that would be cool!

  17. Google’ ın Satın Aldığı Bütün Şirketler, İnternet Gözünüz Açık Olsun | yOzAnT.Com said,

    November 4, 2006 @ 3:38 am

    [...] Google’ ın Satın Aldığı Bütün Şirketler Yayınlanma yOzAnT tarafından 04 Kasım 2006 Kategori: Hayattan, Kısa Kısa - Uzun Uzun, Siteler, Google ve Ar-Ge Etiketler: Google, Siteler, Vay be. Hepimiz Google‘ ın son zamanlardaki satın almalarını biliyoruz. Fakat yıllar boyunca Google, Youtube ve JotSpot dışında bir çok şirketi bünyesine kattı. Bu satın alımların bir listesi şurada mevcut.Şurada ise ajax kullanılarak Google’ ın tüm satın aldığı şirketlerin ve yıllarının gösterildiği bir araç yapılmış. Hem güzel bir ajax uygulaması, hem de Google’in 2001 yılından beri yaptığı alımları toplayan güzel bir grafik gösterim. [...]

  18. quncelbloq / blog » Google’ın Satın Aldığı Bütün Şirketler said,

    November 7, 2006 @ 12:14 am

    [...] Hepimiz Google ‘ın son zamanlardaki satın almalarını biliyoruz. Fakat yıllar boyunca Google, YouTube  ve JotSpot  dışında bir çok şirketi bünyesine kattı. Bu satın alımların bir listesi şurada  mevcut. Şurada  ise ajax kullanılarak Google’in tüm satın aldığı şirketlerin ve yıllarının gösterildiği bir araç yapılmış. Hem güzel bir ajax uygulaması, hem de Google’in 2001 yılından beri yaptığı alımları toplayan güzel bir grafik gösterim. Webmaster Forumu Flash Oyunlar Ucretsiz Mp3 Msn Ifadeleri [...]

  19. Brian Johnson’s Reasoned Investing » Blog Archive » links for 2006-11-02 said,

    November 29, 2006 @ 8:09 pm

    [...] shmula » Google’s Acquisitions: A Timeline : business, operations management, technology, and stuff in between A nice Google acquisition’s timeline (tags: Google acquisitions)   [link] [...]

  20. Bill said,

    December 20, 2006 @ 11:42 pm

    Nice time line!

  21. Randy Weber » Blog Archive » Google’s Acquisitions: A Timeline said,

    December 21, 2006 @ 9:06 am

    [...] From shmula » Google’s Acquisitions: A Timeline : Business, Technology, and Stuff in Between comes a review of Google’s acquisitions. It’s interesting to see how many aquisitions have accounted for new products at Google. I had forgotten most of these. [...]

  22. oil painting portraits said,

    November 5, 2007 @ 9:48 pm

    First of all, I want to know what’s going on with IE. Google is now making a comeback after they experienced some lag in their server.

  23. Forget Youtube–do they own you yet? Some handy guides to Google acquisitions : Daily Mole: Local news. Arts. People. Conversation. Minneapolis and St. Paul. said,

    February 9, 2008 @ 5:46 pm

    [...] Peter Abilla at Shmula offers a cool timeline on Google’s acquisitions, with scroll-over annotations about the companies the G-men bought, here. [...]

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