Google Reportedly In Talks to Buy Twitter

The search giant Google is reportedly in talks to buy Twitter, the free micro-blogging web site that has exploding in popularity this year. Just what Twitter might go for isn't exactly clear, but it is likely to be above the $250 million mark, according to TechCrunch.

TechCrunch says that Twitter is just something that Google doesn't have - a real-time database and search engine - and that is why it is so appealing to them. It would really add something to their empire. According to unnamed sources close to the investigation, Google would pay for the Twitter purchase in cash or stock, or a combination of the two.

It's definitely not an unlikely scenario. Twitter founds Evan Williams and Biz Stone have already sold one major web property to the Google guys - Blogger five years ago. So they know how the negotiations go and have had a good working relationship in the past.