http://mikeabundo.com/2007/01/11/google-friendster-deal-revealed/ Mike Abundo on tech and media. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:03:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://mikeabundo.com/2007/01/11/google-friendster-deal-revealed/#comment-2728 Friendster’s New Friend is Google | aczafra.com [Librarianship with a dash of everything] Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:05:51 +0000 http://mikeabundo.com/2007/01/11/google-friendster-deal-revealed/#comment-2728 [...] So, what’s in this deal for Google considering that it has inked a deal with another social networking site recently? Aside from introducing the unwashed Filipino masses to Google this deal is just another way of beating thy enemy by way of expanding one’s clout. It’s plain old business strategy. Never mind if a company is dead or alive, if it’s a competitor’s buy-out target, beat the competitor in buying that company. Plain and simple business trick. [...] [...] So, what’s in this deal for Google considering that it has inked a deal with another social networking site recently? Aside from introducing the unwashed Filipino masses to Google this deal is just another way of beating thy enemy by way of expanding one’s clout. It’s plain old business strategy. Never mind if a company is dead or alive, if it’s a competitor’s buy-out target, beat the competitor in buying that company. Plain and simple business trick. [...]

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