Google worth $71 Billion? More than Disney!
 

why do you think they keep on adding things to labs.google.com ? ;)

They estimated it at 15b a year ago didn't they ?

i can find more money in my couch cushions

That would make for a nice vacation! :thumbsup

Wow, that is insane money.

Man, this reminds me of when eToys was worth more than some established blue chips. I'm not saying the same conclusion will apply here but let's wait for Microsoft to try and NETSCAPE (impromptu verb) Google in the search arena.

$71 Billion is a fucking joke for something like Google. Market gone mad.

fucking crazy

The market is an organic animal driven by Fear and Greed. It will balance out in the long run. In the meantime..... Enjoy the ride!

microsoft will crush google after the next release of windows with their search integrated into everthing.

this just shows that the public is hungry for more dotcom shit. some people
never learn...

did someone working at Mac Donalds tell you this nice fairytale ?

fuck thats a shitload of money!

I know several people who work there. $71B? I'd say thats low.

Google needs to buy Amazon YESTERDAY. It will come.

I want to work there now shit lol... well actually wish I'd worked there since the beginning so that stock option'd be paying off

Yeah. Longhorn is just another filler OS. (read: Windows ME)
It did look pretty new when they started, but they cut anything that made it worthwhile. But thats a post for another time..

I agree that $71b seems rather low for Google. Still nothing to complain about though. As someone said, its well past were they expected to be in the game at this point.

It's not surprising. Disney is a Mickey Mouse business*

* okay, it's a lame joke, well, not really a joke. Anyways it was a lame play on words but hey! It had to be said!

They will be worth more next year, I'll bet.

Still, I'd rather own Disney (minus Eisner).
Safer long-term investment than anything dot-com.

The advertising revenue figures were released last week. Google now makes more in advertising revenue than all 3 major t.v. networks combined. So, this isn't just a case of dot.com fever. There is solid performance behind their esculating value.

that bubble will make a big bang once it explodes.

Why Amazon?

Amazon seems like to most logical acquisition to me, should Google decide to expand their e-commerce offerings. Froogle just doesn't cut it, and they have no real infrastructure to compete with eBay and Yahoo [and Amazon] in that department.

Google is pumping their own stock these days. Google Ride Finder, Web Accelerator.. give me a break. Google is telling investors it's ready to become a true Yahoo-like powerhouse. IMHO, they are about to go hunting and start an impressive shopping spree in a month or two.

I have many more reasons to believe Amazon is their target, but to be honest, this thread will dissapear from the front page in less than an hour, so further explaining my analysis here is a complete waste of my time.

We'll discuss `GoogAmazon` again when this transaction is announced, hopefully in the next few months. Either way, I'm still holding my Google shares.. what the heck. :thumbsup

i wanna sit naked on your couch

You can say that again :error

I'll see if my savings are enough! :winkwink:

damn glad i bought it when it had its IPO