10 most expensive acquisitions made by Google

Technology giants like Google, Apple and Facebook often make headlines with their deals and acquisitions. Besides developing their own services, these companies often acquire other companies to get them to work for them as an in-house firm. It is a good way of expanding their business, getting more experts to work for them, and at the same time, get a service from a company that is already established in its working. Today, Google‘s latest acquisition has come to light. The company is said to have agreed to pay $2.6 billion for acquiring Looker Data Science, making it one among the biggest acquisition deals of the search giant. But then, Google is known for its expensive acquisitions. Here, we have listed down the 10 most expensive acquisitions that Google has ever made:

8AdMob: $750 million

This was another acquisition that the company made for enhancing its revenue from display ads, but these were meant particularly for smartphones. Google outbid Apple for acquiring the company and the deal was finalised at $750 million. The company was acquired in 2010.

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