In 2007 Google Bought 19 companies, spending a little more than 4 billion dollars
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"During the year ended December 31, 2007, we also completed seventeen other acquisitions [beyond Doubleclick and Postini]. Three of these transactions were accounted for as asset purchases ... as the acquired companies were considered to be development stage enterprises. The remaining fourteen transactions were accounted for as business combinations."