One of the biggest acquisitions in the advertising and technology space over the past couple of years occurred this week Google recently purchased AdMob for $750 million in stock.
There has been considerable speculation about why Google not only purchased Admob, but spent so much money in doing so. The obvious off the cuff answer is to get their hooks into the mobile display advertising space by acquiring the most well-known mobile ad network. Some people such as Niki Scevak don’t think that’s a particularly good idea, and others such as Silicon Alley Insider seemed to have to work a bit to justify it.
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