The 12 Most Expensive Acquisitions Made by Google

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8. Postini

Price – $625 million

Considering the price tag on Postini you’d guess it was a recent acquisition, but surprisingly the purchase was made back in July 2007. Created in 1999, Postini was operating data centers within the United States, processing email messages and offering anti-spam services within a few years.

Following the acquisition, the company’s services were labeled a Google Postini Services. Its tools were particularly useful to improve Gmail, Google’s email service that was introduced in 2004.

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