List of acquisitions made by Google to date

Category: Future Predictions, Google, Online Acquisitions

Here is a list of acquisitions made by Google I found on wikipedia today. The majority of the companies acquired by Google are actually based in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States (silicon valley).

A total of 51 companies have been acquired as of March 2008.

Click the image below to see the full updated list at Wikipedia.

2001: 2 acquisitions

2002: 0 acquisitions

2003: 6 acquisitions

2004: 6 acquisitions

2005: 11 acquisitions

2006: 10 acquisitions

2007: 16 acquisitions (!!)

2008: 0 (!?)

So Google had a busy year in 2007. But things have slowed down significantly as there have been no real talks of major acquisitions this year yet that I know of. But google has been very busy releasing their own software applictions this year and bettering the current services they currently run like Adwords and AdManager and also the recent release of Google Sky and OpenSocial and not to forget the new YouTube APIs.

I expect Google to venture further into the social networks and user/data connectivity arena. As well as the Ad serving arena.

[EDIT]: Google recently invested $1 million in a Chinese social networking startup named Comsenz, Inc. :) (I told you!) Chinese social media is a good place to place your money if you have some spare cash.