Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of acquisitions by Google


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted 17:58, 31 March 2008.

List of acquisitions made by Google
I am nominating this as a WP:FL because I think it is up for it. Here is phase one and phase two. Gary King (talk) 00:40, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Question: really no acquisitions in the last four months? Hard to believe. Renata (talk) 04:00, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Feel free to look it up. Here's a good starter. I do not think that Google is out to try and set a record for most companies acquired. Gary King (talk) 04:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Support Concerns addressed, meets criteria. Another good list. -- ṃ• α• Ł• ṭ• ʰ• Ə• Щ•  @ 18:15, 27 March, 2008

 Comment Support Thanks. Great list, but blogs shouldn't appear in the citations per WP:RS, Eg. ZDnet and TechCrunch. PeterSymonds | talk  21:25, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I've weeded out the blogs. Gary King (talk) 04:44, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Support my concerns have been well addressed, well done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:55, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - The words "made by" in the title are potentially misleading (Google did not "make" these businesses). No other list in Category:Acquisitions includes that locution. Can this be renamed to List of acquisitions by Google or (better) List of Google acquisitions? --Orlady (talk) 18:32, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Done Gary King (talk) 19:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment What is the reason for "see also" links to List of acquisitions by Yahoo! and List of companies acquired by Microsoft Corporation but not linking to the similar lists for Apple, Oracle, Cisco, and IBM (as well as any others I may have forgotten)? (There likely is a good reason for selectively linking to these two, but if the reason for the selection cannot be articulated, the list may need to be either expanded or trimmed.) --Orlady (talk) 19:40, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft all own the 3 largest search engines in the world. Gary King (talk) 19:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
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