Google Acquires Orion

Announced April 9, 2006

What happened

Orion was a web search engine business based in Australia; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Search.

Google's acquisition history

27th of 269 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

66 of 269 Google deals

Google's average disclosed price

$1.20B

Google's largest disclosed deal

Wiz ($32B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2006

98 across all acquirers

Google in Web search engine

3 acquisitions

When did Google acquire Orion?

Google acquired Orion on April 9, 2006. This was Google's 27th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Orion?

The price Google paid for Orion was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.

What does Orion do?

Orion was a web search engine business based in Australia; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Search.

What other Web search engine companies has Google acquired?

Google has made 3 acquisitions in Web search engine, including Orion. See the full list on the Web search engine and Google acquisition pages.