So far I've seen the scholar search, i'm seeing the groups, gmail..

Who thinks they will be able to turn them into money makers?

Anyone know what else they are up to?

correction?
;-)

How much cash are they sitting on?

3 billion or around there if i'm not mistaken


what are the doing with it ?
waiting to buy me out marchex style :)

Didnt the company owners sell off a bunch of private shares just recently also?

Im sure Google have a few aquisitions planned, i forget the name of the most recent one but it was a 'webcam' site that lets you connect to webcams anywhere in the world i beleive.

That at least tells us they are looking at developing their technology into a wider reach of markets other than just search engines.

There has been a recent selloff... and in fact, after I looked closer at the insider trade count, a good portion of the insider buys were excercising options when the stock was anywhere from 170-190.

They're not spending it on cars that's for sure ;-)

Saving it until they see how MSN does with its crappy new search feature lol

Things Google Plans to Do with Their IPO Money

11. From this day forward, always get extra cheese on the pizza.
10. Hire staff to create Google in more silly languages like Klingon and French.
9. Hire hitmen to take care of all the bloggers involved in Google bombing.
8. Spend every last dime on keeping "Friends" on the air for one more season.
7. Buy t-shirts for everybody saying, "My company had an IPO and all I got were these lousy stock options worth $30,000,000."
6. Quit while they're ahead.
5. Use the really nice china, they save for when company comes over, every day.
4. You can't put a price on the profound good to mankind that is achieved by pissing off Bill Gates.
3. Pay marketing company 1.2 billion for 10 new words that rhyme with Google.
2. Stop using Froogle to buy their toner cartridges.
1. Prove once and for all that money really can buy happiness

I bet most of those aren't far off.... :okthumb: