Google Planning To Go Public In March - $15 Billion Valuation
 

Google Inc., owner of the world's most-used Internet search engine, is planning an initial public offering that may value the company at more than $15 billion, the Financial Times reported.

The California-based company has started talking to investment bankers about an IPO that would take place by March, the FT reported.

Nice!

They just sealed a deal with Primedia to buy sprinks/about guides and distribute listings to primedia's web magazines.

What search engine is going to make it rapidly to number two?

even more money to be made. But overture bought alltheweb and altavista

i'd buy their stock, i put enough into google already as it is :thumbsup

And Yahoo bought Overture...
WG

:1orglaugh

Do you happen to have a link to that article at FT KRL? Not sure how to react to this quite yet, but I don't like it...

WG

That was the whole piece I got.

What don't you like about them going public?

They are planning some kind of online share auction of IPO shares... sounds cool... they might drop also investment banks... and cut underwriting fees at least partly.

Cool, but very very very scaring thing - going markets. They will loose their track - hopefully not, but...

Google, the search engine so popular, even babies request it by name!

My thoughts exactly.

15$ billion is insane.

:2 cents:

Its called "1999 Reloaded".

:Graucho

SE companies that aimed for relevancy first have typically not done that well once they went public, like Altavista, Inktomi. Companies that aimed for profit first (like Overture) have done well, but its a struggle between relevancy and profit and when you're public it seems profit becomes the goal and I fear that will make Google lose its ground.

WG

Google fuckin rocks! That is one shit hot company based on the idea of QUALITY.

Just when people thought search engines had become all they could be, Google was innovative and came out with a better system that produced a better quality product.

Good on them! I hope they all become billionaires :thumbsup

wonder what thats gonna cost a share?

THIS <a href="http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1066565323583&p=1012571727 092">FINANCIAL TIMES ARTICLE</a> SAYS THAT GOOGLE WILL BE AUCTIONING OFF THEIR IPO SHARES.

THIS MIGHT START OFF A FIRE FRENZY OF AUCTION IPOS

yeah, they fucking rocks, but they dont list enough of my top keywords on top spots....

Notice how I said Google was based on the idea of quality? :winkwink:

ok :)

The most interesting thing about Google going public would be getting to see how much their revenues are. I know I'm curious.

wow thats some really good shit! anyone think it is really worth it to buy their stock ? I think it should do quiet well :thumbsup