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| Topic: Google Acquires Excoboard message board service |
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| Peter |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 1st, 2005 - Google Inc. today announced that it has acquired Excoboard.com's Message Board Service. This acquisition provides Google with Excoboard's entire message archive, software, domain names, company trademarks, and other intellectual property. Financial terms of this transaction were not released.
"We welcome Excoboard's loyal users into the growing community of Google users worldwide," said Larry Page, Google CEO and co-founder. "With more than 500 million individual messages and growing fast, Excoboard and its thriving community is one of the most active and valuable information sources on the Internet."
"The acquisition of Excoboard's significant assets will enable Google to offer an important new source of information to both Excoboard and Google users," said Omid Kordestani, Google's vice president of business development and sales. "We will continue to build and acquire the necessary technologies to provide the best search experience to millions of Google users worldwide."
The award-winning Google search engine serves 70 million searches per day, with approximately half of these searches performed on the company's homepage at http://www.google.com. Google offers a wide variety of custom search service products and currently licenses its search technology to more than 120 companies in 30 countries.
About Google Inc.
With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; WIRED magazine's Reader Raves Award; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor's Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo!, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. More information about Google can be found on the Google site at http://www.google.com. |
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| Catchow |
oooooooo Peter that means that you have made some money but doesn't tell me if you are still running exco or not. Are you still going to be around to develope exco? Part of the reason that exco is so great is because of you. Please say that you are going to be here. We need you.
Anyway congrats! You guys really are the best and deserve recognition and bucks as well. Just last night I was talking to my partner on some of the boards and we were saying that we wished we had money to send you. I am on disability and she is semi retired but working part time while taking care of her mother who requires 24 hour care. I am happy for you but really hope that you have been hired to continue to run exco. |
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| Peter |
Oh, I forgot...
Aprils fool :) |
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| Zandranna |
Oh God, lol, you need a slap. I almost freaked at the thought of this being bought out. Part of it's attraction is that it's so personal. I hate large companies. I can't tell you what sort of things have been running around my head since reading the announcement.
Thank goodness it's not true. You certainly had me fooled. Well done, lol.
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| Catchow |
You weasel. . . . . . . . I even thanked God for your good fortune! and asked Him to continue to heap blessings on your head!
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| Steveuk |
he he he he Good one Peter,
Keep up the wonderful work :)
I must confess LOL you nearly Got me too!
Steve :) |
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| Lisa E. |
I almost posted this on my board in the announcement forum!!!
Great one Peter! |
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| Orpheas |
I did too, I also had a member play a trick by saying they were never posting again. |
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| amathlia |
I dont like april fools day!!!! LOL
I got a big scare by some friends who are like family to me, said they had sold their auction site and was leaving!!! I almost had a heartattack!! they posted this at their message board and one of them emailed me to let me in on it and not tell anyone, cause they knew I would be greatly upset. :) wonderful friends they are, but scared me to death!!!!
Dont like april fools! |
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| shellspeare |
LOL |
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| Orpheas |
Luckely it is over till next year. I am working in my trick now ;) |
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| smart_guy_55 |
You got me going. LMAO! |
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| Gary |
I have been so busy I have not been here in a few weeks but I should be back now lol. This was great!!!! Props to Peter! |
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| Catchow |
Gary he did have it stickied. It scared me as you can probably tell. |
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| smart_guy_55 |
He should of put it in Announcements. That would of really been convincing. :P |
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| Anti Paul |
(ha ha) :) good one Peter! |
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| KeeKee |
OH YOU BIG TWERP !!!!
I sure fell for it. and of course was wondering what the hell was going to happen.
Good One dear TOO GOOD. |
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| kdstyles |
that was low LMAO |
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| Orpheas |
very low. How did he find the time to write that thing and make it convincing during the whole process? |
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