Priceline Acquires Qlika Micro-Targeting Startup for $3 Million for Agoda Brand


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If any company were an expert in search engine marketing, you'd figure it would have to be Priceline since it's had so much practice and success. It is a testament to the complexity of the genre that the Priceline Group decided to go out and acquire a tiny, 2-year-old startup to further advance the effort.

The Priceline Group has acquired Qlika, an Israel-based micro-targeting startup for $3 million, and the 6-person team will be headed to Bangkok to help Priceline's Agoda brand better-localize and segment its paid-search efforts, primarily in Asia and Europe. re/code broke the news of the tran