I came across this article about a rumor floating around that Google would purchase Friendster and merge it with Orkut.
(Silicon Beat) "We cannot comment on rumor or speculation," said Eileen Rodriguez, a [Google] spokeswoman.
We haven't done a definitive tally of how Google responds to these sorts of things, but note that this "no comment" is much more sparse than the outright denials Google has issued in the past when something isn't true, including its response to rumors last week about a possible acquisition of Napster.
"We have no plans to acquire Napster, nor do we have plans to develop a music store at this time," Google spokeswoman Sonya Boralv said in a statement.
Like the editors, I have serious doubts on whether this story has any "value" to it, although Google apparently did try to acquire Friendster before (they were rejected and created Orkut instead).
I do not see a need for a potential merger, although if there was one, what would Google do with Friendster's blogs?
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