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Re:Google Acquires Like.com by jsz0 on Friday August 20, 2010 @08:32PM (#1621976)
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

Alternatively get rid of the competition so they can't surprise you by succeeding. If they succeed to much they might just turn down your offers to buy them later and suddenly you've got to play catch-up.

Re:Google Acquires Like.com by nanairo on Saturday August 21, 2010 @09:43AM (#1622830)
Isn't that what happened with FB?
Re:Google Acquires Like.com by jsz0 on Saturday August 21, 2010 @05:15PM (#1623681)
Pretty much. Twitter too if you believe those rumors from a couple of years ago. I'm just very skeptical of big companies buying little ones.