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Posted by: ChrisLang 1 month ago

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Google's on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we've heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range, says one source.

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ChrisLang1 month ago

I have been predicting a Digg / Google acquisition for a long time now. Do you mind if I say I told you so? What I reall want to know is if Google plans to roll Digg like voting into Google search as they have already been seen testing social features in Google results.
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  ChrisLang1 month ago
  
  I have been predicting a Digg / Google acquisition for a long time now. Do you mind if I say I told you so? What I reall want to know is if Google plans to roll Digg like voting into Google search as they have already been seen testing social features in Google results.
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    ChrisLang1 month ago
    
    I have been predicting a Digg / Google acquisition for a long time now. Do you mind if I say I told you so? What I reall want to know is if Google plans to roll Digg like voting into Google search as they have already been seen testing social features in Google results.
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      ChrisLang1 month ago
      
      I have been predicting a Digg / Google acquisition for a long time now. Do you mind if I say I told you so? What I reall want to know is if Google plans to roll Digg like voting into Google search as they have already been seen testing social features in Google results.
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Berserkromeo1 month ago

I agree with you.
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  ChrisLang1 month ago
  
  I am glad you agreee with me since I said it four times. LOL
  That was the new propeller errors, I tried to submit the article 5 times before it took and then none of my comments did anything but go to the 404 page.
  Really, I was pretty excited about this post but I did not want to post the same comment 4 times.
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MikeWillyBee1 month ago

I think Digg like voting in Google's search results would cause more problems than anything. You'd get armies of people paid to vote up results. Think about it.
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MelindaGene1 month ago

Well, I know nothing much about digg but I think Digg need this deal since they are facing a lot of competition from mixx, reddit and propeller(which I use quite often). As I read that with the uncertainty of the ads revenue coming from microsoft, I think this deal might be seal.
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dcdjason1 month ago

Here's a video from TechCrunch showing those Digg-like features being tested by Google. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/16/is-this-the-future-of-search/
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blainegarrett1 month ago

That would be interesting to see. I know a lot of people who used to be avid google fans now thinking it has "jumped the shark". Same with digg. It will just be interesting to see how this pans out. I have heard lots of other stories over the years about people potentially buying Digg. Not sure if it all real or just hype.
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RickyDawkins1 month ago

There have been numerous offers to acquire Propeller as well.
The bidding seems to have topped out at about 85 dollars.
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  Spadecaller1 month ago
  
  http://trustserve.net/site/index.php?page=start
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  quillyregnold1 month ago
  
  Yes Ricky, I believe the high bid was $85.00.....but the guy tried using this site and bowed out.
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KeepinItSimple1 month ago

i dont know but if you ask me i think this would suck
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TweekerchickQC1 month ago

200 million? JEEZ Why dont I ever think up this stuff.
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AntiNeoCon1 month ago

Just donate a few million to me and go back to the old propeller.
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  ChrisLang1 month ago
  
  I agree, I already miss the ranking features and the recommendation engine for making friends.
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ChrisLang1 month ago

There are a number of reasons that Google wants Digg:
The Digg algorithm patents.
The server resources and data centers that support the massive traffic Digg has.
Millions of unique visitors, ComScore rated Digg at 6 million plus unique users Dec. 2007.
Google also wants to take the Microsoft advertising deal away.
Larry Page frineded Kevin Rose on Digg and Kevin did not frined him back so he is pissed. LOL
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blogfan1 month ago

It might be great. It might not. But it sure is interesting to watch.
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ChrisLang4 weeks ago

It now seems that when Google Dugg deep enough they realized they had Dugg themselves a hole.....
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