Comments on: Hey AOL, You Got Googled

By: Google’s Investment In AOL, Almost A Wash

Google’s Investment In AOL, Almost A Wash — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:50:50 +0000

[...] PT | 0 comments In December 2005, Google bought five percent of AOL, a division of Time Warner for about $1 billion. The impetus of the deal was to keep AOL and its traffic out of the reach of Microsoft and Yahoo. [...]

By: Google Bemoans AOL Investment - GigaOM

Google Bemoans AOL Investment - GigaOM — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:50:26 +0000

[...] AOL was being valued at $10 billion as it was being prepped for a sale. At the time Google made an investment in AOL, its estimated value (as per deal terms) was $20 billion. Some people believe that AOL is worth [...]

By: Google’s AOL Stake Down By A Half? - GigaOM

Google’s AOL Stake Down By A Half? - GigaOM — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:16:13 +0000

[...] Malik, Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 6:16 AM PT Comments (0) Back in December 2005, Google paid a whopping $1 billion to buy 5% of AOL from Time Warner. That valued AOL at a whopping $20 billion. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2006 14:15:58 +0000

honestly, i think that google’s next step should be getting involved with Apple and financially supporting or buying up the mozilla/firefox projects. with that much weight behind them, and apple with their new power from the intel chips, they should do QUITE well at toeing up with microsoft.

By: Om Malik on Broadband : On Broadband, VoIP & The Next Generation Internet

Om Malik on Broadband : On Broadband, VoIP & The Next Generation Internet — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 05:50:23 +0000

[...] Hey AOL, You Got Googled Dec 21st, 2005 (17 comments) [...]

By: voipblog.it - Telefonia via Internet, Offerte, Software, Telefoni, Notizie, Commenti… » Google compra una fettina di AOL.. e allora?

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:23:13 +0000

[...] Om Malik commenta gli aspetti strategici della recente operazione con cui Google ha acquisito il 5% di AOL, una divisione della Time Warner: [...]

By: Gopi

Gopi — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:13:54 +0000

>> Contradicting to Gopi, are you going to throw ads on my content(news) on your website ?

Khabri, thats why i posted previously that it will be a big legal nightmare if they try to directly monetize Google News...

At present Google News is a loss leader for them and it will be very interesting how they will monetize it!.

By: Technoogle » Blog Archive » There’s more to Google AOL deal than Advertising

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:21:01 +0000

[...] Om Malik thinks that Google buying 5% of AOL has larger strategic implications than Advertising: [...]

By: » et tu icahn?

» et tu icahn? — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:56:04 +0000

[...] while google is celebrating microsoft on the other hand has taking a hit. they have enough cash to build out their technology and attract other partners it does sting. [...]

By: Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:00:51 +0000

AOL own ICQ as well.

By: khabri

khabri — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:01:01 +0000

Without offending anyone, I would like to point out that lotsa old people love AOL. My colleague told his mom didn't let him upgrade her ISP to broadband and told "No please don't touch the setup, everything is just working fine". She probably doesn't wnat to go through the learning curve. Reminds me why 50% of the VCRs in the world flashed 12:00.

Contradicting to Gopi, are you going to throw ads on my content(news) on your website ? You will have too many enemies to fight then.

By: NC

NC — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:06:50 +0000

Should be the AOL-ification of Google…

By: Podtech.net: InfoTalk Podcast Series

Podtech.net: InfoTalk Podcast Series — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:18:39 +0000

[...] The firms say Google will become the only shareholder in AOL other than Time Warner. Story all over the net and on tech.memeorandum. [...]

By: Gopi

Gopi — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:25:31 +0000

Good points Om,i guess Google News would be their second largest inventory after search but legality will be a main issue in monetizing that…

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:59:49 +0000

My mother in law uses AOL. She has a cable modem but insists on keep AOL as her email address and she likes to use AOL because that’s what she’s used to. She uses the AOL browser. Anyway, she informed me a few days ago that AOL’s search is poor in comparison to Google’s search. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that they were one in the same. I think she was trying to tell me that she likes the clean Google UI. I found the exchange hilarious and instructive. Google has built a brand based on clean, fast, and high quality search. It’s a real brand with loyalty. They can’t abuse that position, but it is the core meaning of the brand to the average user.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:57:58 +0000

gopi, great point in the last comment. i agree. google maps, google images, google video and google news could be the right place for image ads. by the way, i don’t understand why people think that google will do boneheaded things, and why AOL will kill the golden goose. the messed up once before, okay make that twice before, but this is a slightly more enlightened company that faces “lights out” if it messes up.