Not kissing up here, but ...
In one of the more interesting (and probably most looked over) Internet acquisitions of recent years, Google bought Pyra Labs, the creators of Blogger, which powers this little ol' blog. Google has emerged nicely as most of the dot-com world has gone to ruins around them. Adding Blogger to the equation helps out both equally, especially in Blogger's case as it might actually make some of the systems more stable, especially as it continues to pile up users.