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I am sure tons of people here know Google history better than I. What was the year they fully turned on the advertising spigot? I feel like in the first few ye
by asveikau 6y ago
I am sure tons of people here know Google history better than I. What was the year they fully turned on the advertising spigot?
I feel like in the first few years it was not yet an advertising giant. Wikipedia says they had small text ads in 2000, but seems to imply that the advertising didn't get really huge for them until after IPO. Correct me if I am wrong, I was not following super closely in those years. But that would provide a few years of "not being evil".
- dredmorbius 6y agoAquisition of Doubleclick, in my book, 2007, though Google ads preexisted that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoubleClick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoubleClick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#Advertising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#Advertising
- asveikau 6y agoAh yes. And I remember when doubleclick arrived on the scene, it was a popular opinion to say they were evil, or sneaky, big brother like. Google bought them and somehow the reputation lifted.