With the latest acquisition of Motorola, Google seems to take on over the world with its shopping spree!
Commemorators say that Google cuts its competition by acquiring the competitor. Its the new business tactic.
The latest addition to this list is Zagat . Zagat dealt in publishing print as well as online reviews of Hotels, Bards, Restaurants. The data generated was totally based on user ratings. Google now aims to integrate Zagat with Google Maps, Shopping and many other online services in its realm.
List of acquisitions till now.. :)
| Acquisition date | Company | Used as, integrated with |
| 02001-02-12 February 12, 2001 | Deja | Google Groups |
| 02001-09-20 September 20, 2001 | Outride | Google Personalized Search (iGoogle) |
| 02003-02 February 2003 | Pyra Labs | Blogger |
| 02003-04 April 2003 | Neotonic Software | Google Groups, Gmail |
| 02003-04 April 2003 | Applied Semantics | AdSense, AdWords |
| 02003-09-30 September 30, 2003 | Kaltix | iGoogle |
| 02003-10 October 2003 | Sprinks | AdSense, AdWords |
| 02003-10 October 2003 | Genius Labs | Blogger |
| 02004-05-10 May 10, 2004 | Ignite Logic | Google Sites |
| 02004-07-13 July 13, 2004 | Picasa | Picasa, Blogger |
| 02004-09 September 2004 | ZipDash | Google Maps for Mobile |
| 02004-10 October 2004 | Where2 | Google Maps |
| 02004-10-27 October 27, 2004 | Keyhole, Inc | Google Maps, Google Earth |
| 02005-03-28 March 28, 2005 | Urchin Software Corporation | Google Analytics |
| 02005-05-12 May 12, 2005 | Dodgeball | Google Latitude |
| 02005-07 July 2005 | Reqwireless | Google Mobile |
| 02005-07-07 July 7, 2005 | Current Communications Group | Internet backbone |
| 02005-08-17 August 17, 2005 | Android | Android |
| 02005-11 November 2005 | Skia | Android, Google Chrome |
| 02005-11-17 November 17, 2005 | Akwan Information Technologies | Internet backbone |
| 02005-12-20 December 20, 2005 | AOLB | |
| 02005-12-27 December 27, 2005 | Phatbits | Google Desktop |
| 02005-12-31 December 31, 2005 | allPAY GmbH | Google Mobile |
| 02005-12-31 December 31, 2005 | bruNET GmbH | Google Mobile |
| 02006-01-17 January 17, 2006 | dMarc Broadcasting | AdSense |
| 02006-02-14 February 14, 2006 | Measure Map | Google Analytics |
| 02006-03-09 March 9, 2006 | Upstartle | Google Documents |
| 02006-03-14 March 14, 2006 | @Last Software | Google Sketchup |
| 02006-04-09 April 9, 2006 | Orion | Google Search |
| 02006-06-01 June 1, 2006 | 2Web Technologies | Google Spreadsheet |
| 02006-08-15 August 15, 2006 | Neven Vision Germany GmbH | Picasa & Google Goggles |
| 02006-10-09 October 9, 2006 | YouTube | YouTube |
| 02006-10-31 October 31, 2006 | JotSpot | Google Sites |
| 02006-12-18 December 18, 2006 | Endoxon | Google Maps |
| 02007-01-04 January 4, 2007 | XunleiC | |
| 02007-02-16 February 16, 2007 | Adscape | AdSense |
| 02007-03-16 March 16, 2007 | Trendalyzer | Google Analytics |
| 02007-04-17 April 17, 2007 | Tonic Systems | Google Docs |
| 02007-04-19 April 19, 2007 | Marratech | Google Talk |
| 02007-04-13 April 13, 2007 | DoubleClick | AdSense |
| 02007-05-11 May 11, 2007 | GreenBorder | Google Chrome |
| 02007-06-01 June 1, 2007 | Panoramio | Panoramio |
| 02007-06-03 June 3, 2007 | FeedBurner | FeedBurner |
| 02007-06-05 June 5, 2007 | PeakStream | Server (computing) |
| 02007-06-19 June 19, 2007 | Zenter | Google Docs |
| 02007-07-02 July 2, 2007 | GrandCentral | Google Voice |
| 02007-07-20 July 20, 2007 | Image America | Google Maps |
| 02007-07-09 July 9, 2007 | Postini | Gmail |
| 02007-09-27 September 27, 2007 | Zingku | Google Mobile |
| 02007-10-09 October 9, 2007 | Jaiku | Google Mobile |
| 02008-07-30 July 30, 2008 | Omnisio | YouTube |
| 02008-09-12 September 12, 2008 | TNC (Tatter and Company) | Blogger |
| 02009-08-05 August 5, 2009 | On2 | WebM & YouTube |
| 02009-09-16 September 16, 2009 | reCAPTCHA | Google Books |
| 02009-11-09 November 9, 2009 | AdMob | |
| 02009-11-09 November 9, 2009 | Gizmo5 | Google Talk |
| 02009-11-23 November 23, 2009 | Teracent | Adsense |
| 02009-12-04 December 4, 2009 | AppJet (EtherPad) | Google Wave, Google Docs |
| 02010-02-12 February 12, 2010 | Aardvark | Aardvark |
| 02010-02-17 February 17, 2010 | reMail | Gmail |
| 02010-03-01 March 1, 2010 | Picnik | Picasa |
| 02010-03-05 March 5, 2010 | DocVerse | Google Docs |
| 02010-04-02 April 2, 2010 | Episodic | YouTube |
| 02010-04-12 April 12, 2010 | PlinkArt | Google Goggles |
| 02010-04-20 April 20, 2010 | Agnilux | |
| 02010-04-27 April 27, 2010 | LabPixies | |
| 02010-04-30 April 30, 2010 | BumpTop | Android |
| 02010-05-20 May 20, 2010 | Simplify Media | Android |
| 02010-05-21 May 21, 2010 | Ruba.com | |
| 02010-06-03 June 3, 2010 | Invite Media | DoubleClick |
| 02010-07-01 July 1, 2010 | ITA Software | |
| 02010-07-16 July 16, 2010 | Metaweb | |
| 02010-08 August 2010 | Zetawire | Android |
| 02010-08-04 August 4, 2010 | Instantiations | Google Web Toolkit |
| 02010-08-05 August 5, 2010 | Slide.com | |
| 02010-08-10 August 10, 2010 | Jambool | |
| 02010-08-15 August 15, 2010 | Like.com | boutiques.com |
| 02010-08-30 August 30, 2010 | Angstro | |
| 02010-08-30 August 30, 2010 | SocialDeck, Inc. | |
| 02010-09-13 September 13, 2010 | Quiksee | Google Maps |
| 02010-09-28 September 28, 2010 | Plannr | |
| 02010-10-01 October 1, 2010 | BlindType | Android |
| 02010-12-03 December 3, 2010 | Phonetic Arts | Google Voice, Google Translate |
| 02010-12-03 December 3, 2010 | Widevine Tecnologies | Google TV |
| 02011-01-13 January 13, 2011 | eBook Technologies | Google Books |
| 02011-01-25 January 25, 2011 | SayNow | Google Voice |
| 02011-01-26 January 26, 2011 | fflick | YouTube |
| 02011-03-01 March 1, 2011 | Zynamics | |
| 02011-03-07 March 7, 2011 | BeatThatQuote.com | Google Advisor |
| 02011-03-07 March 7, 2011 | Next New Networks | YouTube |
| 02011-03-16 March 16, 2011 | Green Parrot Pictures | YouTube |
| 02011-04-08 April 8, 2011 | PushLife | |
| 02011-04-26 April 26, 2011 | TalkBin | Android |
| 02011-05-23 May 23, 2011 | Sparkbuy | Google Product Search |
| 02011-06-03 June 3, 2011 | PostRank | |
| 02011-06-09 June 9, 2011 | Admeld | DoubleClick, Invite Media |
| 02011-06-18 June 18, 2011 | SageTV | Google TV |
| 02011-07-08 July 8, 2011 | Punchd | Google Wallet |
| 02011-07-21 July 21, 2011 | Fridge | Google+ |
| 02011-07-23 July 23, 2011 | PittPatt | |
| 02011-08-01 August 1, 2011 | Dealmap | Google Offers |
| 02011-08-15 August 15, 2011 | Motorola Mobility | Android,Google TV |