Google set to acquire Like.com

TechCrunch has reported that they have received information that Google has finally decided to acquire Like.com service.

The search engine giant came close to acquiring this company back in 2005 but they decided against it at the last moment.

Like.com is managed by the same company that once ran Riya. Both the services are based on visual recognition technologies.

Google has been working on similar technologies in their search services and Picasa application. So, this acquisition would be a good technical boost for them.