The Top 10 of Google Inc (GOOGL)’s Most Expensive Acquisitions

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8) Slide.com

In what was one of the worst purchases made by Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Slide.com barely managed to survive two years in business following the acquisition. The asking price of $180 million was met by Google, which intended to use the firm to buff up its social network Google+, yet Slide.com failed to continue delivering promising social media apps and was finally shut down.
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