For reference, here is a list with a description for all Google Acquisitions.
The following list is copied from Google Blogoscoped: The Acquisition Price Guide
Company Acquired by Price Skype Ebay $2.6 billion YouTube $1.65 billion 5% investment in AOL $1 billion MySpace News Corp $580 million dMarc Broadcasting $102 million Grouper Sony $65 million Flickr Yahoo $30-35 million (rumored) del.icio.us Yahoo $30-35 million (rumored) Bloglines IAC (Ask) $25 million (rumored) Weblogs Inc. AOL $25 million (rumored) Blogger $20 million (rumored) Oddpost Yahoo $20 million (rumored) Jumpcut Yahoo $15 million (rumored) LiveJournal SixApart $20 million (rumored) Rojo SixApart $10 million (rumored) Picasa Under $5 million (rumored) MeasureMap Under $5 million (rumored) 2.6% ownership of Baidu $5 million weblogs.com Verisign $2 million Writely Around $2 million (rumored) Dodgeball Around $1 million (rumored) Upcoming.org Yahoo Around $1 million (rumored) WebJay Yahoo Around $1 million (rumored) Urchin $??? Keyhole $??? Deja News $???
BTW, Google sold their 2.6 % share in Chinese search engine Baidu for USD 60 million (source).
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