Today Michael Arrington reported a big news and one of my long time wish that Google and Skype may get in some sort of partnership or it may be that Google may acquire Skype from Ebay completely. I’m a fan of Google and it’s most of the services and Skype is something which according to me is the best instant messenger ever built.
Why Google and Skype merger makes more sense :
1. We’ll have a complete messenger from Google : Skype is a complete instant messenger and is available for each and every platform. Google finds it really difficult to update the Google Talk program, so they won’t have to waste their valuable resources on Google Talk.
2. No more dragging of userbase : I’ve to drag a lot of my friends and family members towards Skype and I won’t have to do that as Google marketing team is good enough and they’ll ensure that everyone who’s using GMail, starts to use Skype too.
3. Free calls to landlines/mobile phones : Google has always been popular amongst users because they believe in the statement Free as in Beer! I’m pretty confident that Google will make calling to phones for free with the help of Google Audio ads. They may offer you to hear ads before the call and make the call for free.
4. Userbase is what Google wants : Google wants to organize the world’s information and they’ll get access to the complete business directory of Skype and most of the time you’ll see more than 10 million people logged in Skype at one time. Google will get to maintain and organize the history of even the phone calls of the users.
5. Tighter integration with Free-411 & Grandcentral : Grandcentral and Free-411 are the VoIP products from Google and they can always promote these service with the help of Skype’s userbase and that means more ad revenues. Pretty handy, huh?
What do you think, will it be cool if Google takes over Skype ? If they do take over Skype then will they offer the calls to phones for free ?
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