[News] Google buys FeedBurner

General information, announcements and questions about the EasyList subscriptions.
Locked
User avatar
rick752
Honorary Member
Honorary Member
Posts: 4508
Joined: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:02 am
Location: New York, USA

[News] Google buys FeedBurner

Post by rick752 »

Looks like Google is becoming VERY serious about ads. First Doubleclick ... and now:

Google buys RSS company FeedBurner

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6188275.html
"Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it"
User avatar
chewey
Emeritus Contributor
Emeritus Contributor
Posts: 276
Joined: Sun Dec 31, 2006 9:16 am

Post by chewey »

rick752 wrote:Looks like Google is becoming VERY serious about ads.
Well, of course - they are in the advertising business after all.

All those fancy free services are just their - very successful - way of attracting a large audience...
User avatar
rick752
Honorary Member
Honorary Member
Posts: 4508
Joined: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:02 am
Location: New York, USA

Post by rick752 »

Personally, I am not as upset about their purchase of Feedburner as I am of their purchase of Doubleclick.
"Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it"
IceDogg
Contributor
Contributor
Posts: 580
Joined: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:50 pm

Post by IceDogg »

rick752 wrote:Personally, I am not as upset about their purchase of Feedburner as I am of their purchase of Doubleclick.
Yea no kidding. I'm still very bothered by this. I have considered changing my email away from gmail for this very reason. But so far, I've stay with it.
Locked