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Re:What will Google offer? by jonknee on Thursday April 21, 2011 @04:42PM (#2472278)
Groupon needed a ton of boots on the ground because no one knew who Groupon was and they didn't have existing relationships with millions of businesses. I think Google could automate a lot of it with good results.
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Re:What will Google offer? by hugh3 on Thursday April 21, 2011 @05:35PM (#2472488)
Too automated and surely it'll fill up with crap offers?

Big overlay on google maps: "Get 0.5% off your total bill at Joe's Pancake House when you order at least sixteen pancakes!"

PS. Man, I feel like pancakes now

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Re:What will Google offer? by jonknee on Thursday April 21, 2011 @09:13PM (#2472988)
They do a good job policing AdSense ads and that's at a scale at least an order of magnitude higher.
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