Silicon Underground (Dave F)<p>When did Google go from being a search engine company to primarily an advertising company? April 13, 2007's acquisition of Doubleclick was a really big step in that direction. Does it seem like it's been 18 years? <a href="https://dfarq.homeip.net/googles-acquisition-of-doubleclick/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dfarq.homeip.net/googles-acqui</span><span class="invisible">sition-of-doubleclick/</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BusinessEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessEvolution</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>