Groupon

Google acquired The Dealmap in a move to further gain the share of a daily deals market. No terms of the deal were disclosed. Google said it was "impressed with what The Dealmap team has accomplished."

"Google provides the ideal platform to help us accelerate our growth and fulfill our mission," The Dealmap said on its blog. "Joining Google will help us innovate in new and unexplored areas of commerce."

The Dealmap said on Monday that its main products and services will continue "for the time being."

According to a new forecast made by research agency eMarketer companies selling online will see a significant growth of their profits within the following several years. The researcher believes that US retail ecommerce sales will be growing steadily through at least 2015.

The graphs made by eMarketer show that within a period from 2011 through 2015 the industry will see a 43.4% growth with a 13.7% rise expected only this year.