Google bought it in October 2006 [0] after it had ad concepts in August 2006 [1]. 0: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15196982 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna151

Google bought it in October 2006 [0] after it had ad concepts in August 2006 [1]. 0: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15196982 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15196982 1: https://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/youtube5year/home/history-of-monetization-at-youtube https://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/youtube5year/ho...