Other acquisitions that I would call successful (at least from user adoption point of view): * Picasa (Picasa - Jul 2004) * Google Earth (Keyhole Inc - Oct 200

Other acquisitions that I would call successful (at least from user adoption point of view): * Picasa (Picasa - Jul 2004) * Google Earth (Keyhole Inc - Oct 2004 ) * Analytics (Urchin Software Corporation - Mar 2005) * Youtube (YouTube - Oct 2006) and probably many others from this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Google