On: What will Google offer?

[jonknee]

Groupon needed a ton of boots on the ground because no one knew who Groupon was and they didn't have existing relationships with millions of businesses. I think Google could automate a lot of it with good results.

[hugh3 → jonknee]

Too automated and surely it'll fill up with crap offers?

Big overlay on google maps: "Get 0.5% off your total bill at Joe's Pancake House when you order at least sixteen pancakes!"

PS. Man, I feel like pancakes now

[jonknee → hugh3]

They do a good job policing AdSense ads and that's at a scale at least an order of magnitude higher.