Does Google need an IM client?
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This has been tossed around some blogs and
has apparently hit the more
than rumor status. The
first run had people asking Google to buy Trillian. That would be
quite the way to jump right in. Instead it looks like Google will
take on Meetro
from a Chicago-based company called Meetroduction.
Of course, the reasoning is more than apparent
why they would waste the time if Google has been so wildly profitable as
a search engine. To make people sticky to their site. Yahoo!
jumped into the realm of new search engines and the Yahoo! Messenger service
keeps people clicking away through links, mail, music and calendaring (yes
that even syncs to Palm). So Google had to make a play and take a
small chance. What could it hurt? Even financially this is
a drop in the bucket and gives an open door to integration all over the
Google and even Gmail sites. The product
they chose to possibly pick up is not totally what I expected, but then
again Google never is.
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On Wednesday, August 10th, 2005 by Chris Miller
