5 Companies Google Should Acquire Next

Google GOOG has acquired dozens of companies over the past decade, including several that were worth $1 billion or more. Now that the last remnants of the company's most expensive acquisition (Motorola) are gone, Google is bound to begin looking for its next major purchase. Will it be a startup or a stalwart? Maybe Google will look for an experimental newcomer with a ton of promise, or search for a lifelong success story that can be woven into the rest of its business. Whatever happens, there are a handful of companies that Google should acquire in 2014 before one of its competitors makes a move. Click through the slideshow to see them all. Disclosure: At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this slideshow.