Comments on: Google buys AdMob for $750m http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/11/google_buys_admob_for_750m.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Max Owono http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/11/google_buys_admob_for_750m.html/comment-page-1#comment-248368 Max Owono Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:27:31 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=17220#comment-248368 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Google buys AdMob for $750m - http://tinyurl.com/yees3zu</span></span> Google buys AdMob for $750m – http://tinyurl.com/yees3zu

]]> By: dharmeshsb http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/11/google_buys_admob_for_750m.html/comment-page-1#comment-246424 dharmeshsb Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:28:28 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=17220#comment-246424 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Google buys AdMob for $750m http://bit.ly/182qgw RT<a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/Ew4n">@Ew4n</a> <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%23google">#google</a> <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%23admob">#admob</a></span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/dharmeshsb/status/5646740866">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/11/google_buys_admob_for_750m.html">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> Google buys AdMob for $750m http://bit.ly/182qgw RT@Ew4n #google #admob

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: dharmeshsb http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/11/google_buys_admob_for_750m.html/comment-page-1#comment-246485 dharmeshsb Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:28:28 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=17220#comment-246485 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Google buys AdMob for $750m http://bit.ly/182qgw RT<a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/Ew4n">@Ew4n</a> <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%23google">#google</a> <a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%23admob">#admob</a></span></span> Google buys AdMob for $750m http://bit.ly/182qgw RT@Ew4n #google #admob

]]> By: jamesgpearce http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/11/google_buys_admob_for_750m.html/comment-page-1#comment-246405 jamesgpearce Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:27:49 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=17220#comment-246405 It's a great exit, but I'd love to know where the valuation came from (without having to read your 'bubble' post).<br><br>AdMob has worked wonders for the viability of the mobile web, and I'd certainly thank them for handsomely covering all my mobile site hosting bills.<br><br>But this is seriously big money - not much less than half what they paid for YouTube. This for a company who has a humble site network of, mostly, a long tail nature, and an even more humble ad inventory.<br><br>Google's been embarrassed - and paid over the odds to a) not be shown up any more, and b) show they are, yes, yes, *really* serious about mobile - especially as Android changes gear and they want a credible ad story to back that up.<br><br>I can only value it as bet on mobile alone. It's a great exit, but I'd love to know where the valuation came from (without having to read your 'bubble' post).

AdMob has worked wonders for the viability of the mobile web, and I'd certainly thank them for handsomely covering all my mobile site hosting bills.

But this is seriously big money – not much less than half what they paid for YouTube. This for a company who has a humble site network of, mostly, a long tail nature, and an even more humble ad inventory.

Google's been embarrassed – and paid over the odds to a) not be shown up any more, and b) show they are, yes, yes, *really* serious about mobile – especially as Android changes gear and they want a credible ad story to back that up.

I can only value it as bet on mobile alone.

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