According to an unnamed insider who spoke with VatorNews, Google has just purchased Groupon for $2.5 billion. Neither Google nor Groupon comment to confirm the report, but if it is true, it will be the largest deal in google’s history and the 2nd largest acquisition in this year.
Groupon, via its local service strategy, has become the fastest growing company in mankind history, and create a legendary in internet market. Acquiring Groupon, will helps google much to focus on local with its own product such as google local search, and may make big impact to social media such like facebook.