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That's right, Google was gaining popularity fast but few knew about the profit monster that targetted search advertising was. They IPO'd in 2004.
by coralreef 8y ago
That's right, Google was gaining popularity fast but few knew about the profit monster that targetted search advertising was. They IPO'd in 2004.
- carlivar 8y agoAOL was Goto's biggest customer. Later renamed Overture Services. That was well before 2004. Goto/Overture owned the patent on search advertising, which Google eventually settled legal proceedings regarding. And this is how Yahoo, when they bought Overture, got a bunch of Google stock if memory serves. Anyway here is the AOL search advertising deal, or one of them. 2000 and they certainly knew of it before that: https://www.ectnews.com/story/4194.html https://www.ectnews.com/story/4194.html