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When was Google not an ads company?
by paulddraper 3y ago
When was Google not an ads company?
- spiffytech 3y agoGoogle was founded in 1998, though it was preceded by the research project in 1996. AdWords debuted in 2000, then AdSense in 2003. My memory as a user is Google didn't "feel" like an ad-driven company until years later, in the wake of the 2008 DoubleClick acquisition.
- paulddraper 3y agotl;dr Google has been driven by ads since essentially its founding.