Google slows acquisitions down to nothing

Will Google expand beyond search advertising and try to make money be offering services? Some think a buy of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) or communications juggernaut Twitter may be in the offing soon. Twitter is the micro-blogging soup du jour that could get snatched up by Google just for the potential for ad eyeballs. Twitter user numbers are staggering. But, so were MySpace's numbers in 2006. How much do we hear about MySpace these days? From what I have seen, much of MySpace is a cesspool or really cool web homes for aspiring musicians. Oh, and teen's bypass their parents rules and virtually hang out there. Bleh.

Twitter is interesting just based on the product it provides: short communication exchanges. However Google could integrate non-intrusive advertising into that platform would be an interesting scenario to watch if it did buy all those tweets. Yes, it's business model remains unclear, but not its customer usage. Same thing for Facebook -- where is the money going to eventually come from? Customers are extremely fickle with something they love that arrives for free but eventually starts featuring annoying advertising. That's the nut Google must crack with any existing company it acquires.