Is Google considering competing with SA's Groupon?

[jes]

Is Google considering competing with SA's Groupon?

There are murmurings of a competitor to the popular discount coupon site which recently made a bid for the South African market

 

[TJ99]

Hey, if it wasn't for Google, I wouldn't even know what the hell Groupon was. Or give a shyte.

 

[Oracle666]

The Googlezation of the Internet continues.

 

[Antonf]

How big is this coupon business really?

 

[Brad8711]

The coupon business is worth billions of dowlahs! You know its big when someone offers you $6bn and you turn that down like tuck shop money

 

[Oracle666]

The coupon business is worth billions of dowlahs! You know its big when someone offers you $6bn and you turn that down like tuck shop money

lol, well said.

 

[Aztech]

The coupon business is worth billions of dowlahs! You know its big when someone offers you $6bn and you turn that down like tuck shop money

$6 Billion for Groupon. $50 Billion for Facebook. I smell another bubble.

 

[Antonf]

Hey, if it wasn't for Google, I wouldn't even know what the hell Groupon was.

+1. Never heard of it until a few days ago.
On a different track: What happened to the greatest spammer of the pre-digital age - Reader's Digest? They knew where everyone lived - and I don't recall ever receiving an e-mail from them!

 

[dabbler]

On a different track: What happened to the greatest spammer of the pre-digital age - Reader's Digest? They knew where everyone lived - and I don't recall ever receiving an e-mail from them!

I think Readers Digest lost out bigtime by (fortunately?) not requesting readers email address.