Google snaps up two new sites/services without much fanfare this month -- QuickOffice for an undisclosed amount and Meebo for a rumored $100 million. But what got Google's interest other than its IM offering is the Meebo Bar. Google feels that Meebo will fit in just fine with their Google+ team and is hopeful that this acquisition will be the much needed shot in the arm for their SNS. With its estimated 62.7 million users worldwide, Meebo will definitely give Google+ a competitive boost in the SNS race. Although the addition of Meebo to Google+ may prove to be insufficient to break Facebook's social foothold, it's still an incremental upgrade to their service, nonetheless. Read more in our articles including "Google acquires Meebo & QuickOffice" and "The day Google broke the Web".
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Apr 26, 2026Google snaps up two new sites/services without much fanfare this month -- QuickOffice for an undisclosed amount and Meebo for a rumored $100 million. But what got Google's interest other than its IM offering is the Meebo Bar.
Google feels that Meebo will fit in just fine with their Google+ team and is hopeful that this acquisition will be the much needed shot in the arm for their SNS. With its estimated 62.7 million users worldwide, Meebo will definitely give Google+ a competitive boost in the SNS race. Although the addition of Meebo to Google+ may prove to be insufficient to break Facebook's social foothold, it's still an incremental upgrade to their service, nonetheless.
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