Acquisition History / Google / Metaweb
Google Acquires Metaweb
Announced July 16, 2010
What happened
Metaweb was a semantic search business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Search.
- Acquirer
- Target
- Metaweb
- Announced
- July 16, 2010
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- Semantic search
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire Metaweb?
Google acquired Metaweb on July 16, 2010. This was Google's 70th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for Metaweb?
The price Google paid for Metaweb was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does Metaweb do?
Metaweb was a semantic search business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Search.
What other Semantic search companies has Google acquired?
Metaweb is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Semantic search so far.
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