Battelle's take on the Google - AOL deal


	Battelle's take on the Google - AOL deal

egoldstein

12-23-2005 10:47 PM

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john battelle, aol, google, search, internet, technology

egoldstein says:

John is pulling no punches here. Some great straight-talk by John on the terms of this deal and Google's recent "clarification."

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I want to take this at face value. But that's not my inclination. Talking to Google in the next few days, and as usual, I am sure there will be clarity there. But for now, why am I skeptical? Because, well, I've negotiated with AOL. And talked to a lot of folks who have. And Microsoft pushed hard to win this, very hard. I find it difficult to believe Parsons and Miller settled for "help us get smarter about how to be indexed by you, Google. Thanks very much."
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