Move over, Groupon.... Google is aiming for you anus
 

Google to launch groupon competitor (aka knockoff)

Source: http://mashable.com/2011/01/20/google-offers/

sweet im all for more deals, groupon and livingsocial are good to get everyday, lets see what deals google can sign on

its good for people to get all cheaper

Its great to see Big G in group buying deals :)

I wish the best to Groupon. I hope this is one of those cases where the original still does it best. Just so that they don't have to cry themselves to sleep wishing they had sold to Google the first time around...

They should have too the 6 bil imho, google has its share of failures but they will probably be able to pull this one off, even if they don't, it will fuck up G's ipo a bit

well they done fucked up for not selling when it was priced far too high.... now they will be outed in no time...

I don't think so. Just about everything Google tried to get into lately was a major failure. Knol or Buzz immediately come to mind. Just because they have unlimited resources, it doesn't mean they know how to deliver anything of use.

Groupon for a long time relied on ads to boost its popularity, they were fucking everywhere. If Google does the site itself right, with their nearly costless access to millions of ad spots via AdSense they might grow huge in no time.

For how much everyone gushes about how great Google is, all they do is copy other people's shit. And they don't even do it in a timely manner, they wait until stuff is so popular that everybody on Earth knows about it, then they finally start taking an interest in it. So not only are they copy cats, they are slow as fuck being copy cats.

Google's model is to just sit it out, wait, and buy up anything that looks good with their enormous bankroll. When throwing billions of dollars isn't enough to get what they want, then they turn to the knockoff plan. :thumbsup

True. But I guess my point is that for such a forward thinking company, nobody seems to have an "eye" for what's hot over there.

They wait so long that now companies don't want to sell since they are at their peak. If Google had any sense of where the market was going, they would make an offer earlier and maybe actually own some of these new websites instead of just Youtube.

If they are loose with the cash, they would buy more websites when they are smaller based on a hunch and a few would have actually paid off by now (that's how they got Adwords). I honestly think they are very confused as the direction they want to go, maybe that's why there was the shakeup at the top there this week.

Their earnings from Adwords are amazing, but if you look at the moves they make, Google looks like a one trick pony, it's just that the one trick is a really, really, good one.

Exactly!

Microsoft, ca. 1995

regardless of googles attempt or failure to come... THey should have took the payoff...

Groupons ads are still everywhere. Google could go bad ass on them and just turn all of Groupon's ads off.

I read somewhere Groupon wanted to sell to Google but they also wanted Google to put up 300 million if the sale wasn't completed. They were worried about anti-trust. I believe Google is still dealing with it's purchase of doubleclick. In the end Groupon pulled out because they didn't like the chances of their sale going through and Google wasn't backing it up with enough money.

Oh yea, this is going to be good. Those cocksuckers will wish they took that deal. With Google advertisers network, they are going to get crushed and I'm looking forward to it.

I've never been to groupon or livingsocial or used their deals. I also dont own a cell phone, or are they just all iphones now? Couldnt tell ya. What are all the good deals you've gotten using some coupon from them?

$120 worth of spa/salon services at Golden Nugget for $60
$50 cert. for $25 at one of our favorite Brazilian steakhouses
$20 amazon gift certificate for $10

I like the first offer. Groupon's supposed to be coming to my country soon. I can't wait. Although I also can't wait to see what Google comes up with