Battelle: Google Will Not Acquire Meetro

[Randy]

John Battelle: Google Will Not Acquire Meetro

Originally Posted by
[url=http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050811-120133

Search Engine Watch Blog[/url]]John says that the Google will not be acquiring the social networking/location-based software provider meetro. Stories and rumors about a possible acquisition have been circulating this week.

Originally Posted by [url=http://battellemedia.com/archives/001791.php

John Battelle[/url]]I have very good confirmation that the earlier Meetro-Google rumour is false.

[darrenstraight]

So I guess this Meetro forum here at GC will be useless now if this is true.

[Randy]

More on this issue:

Meetro denies Google rumors

Originally Posted by Download Squad

This may not mean it ain't so, since companies deny rumors all the time only to later prove them right, but Meetro is insisting that reports of a Google deal to acquire the service are not true. In an interview with Randy Morin, Meetro's Wendell Davis says "We've talked with some people there — they were aware of us before the story broke — but the fact of the matter is that no acquisition is taking place."

Interview: http://www.kbcafe.com/iBLOGthere4iM/...20050811175004

[L4nc3k]

great.
Thanks for the link Randy.
Yea, meetro can stay as long as it is named "Meetro" but not "Google Meetro"...
-Lance