AdMob

AdMob
Company typeSubsidiary of Google
IndustryMobile advertising
FoundedApril 10, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-04-10)
FounderOmar Hamoui
HeadquartersMountain View, California, U.S.
ParentGoogle
Websiteadmob.google.com

AdMob is a mobile advertising subsidiary of Google, originally founded by the Syrian entrepreneur Omar Hamoui.[1] The name AdMob is a portmanteau for "advertising on mobile". It was incorporated on April 10, 2006[2][3] while Hamoui was in business school at Wharton School.[4] The company is based in Mountain View, California. In November 2009, it was acquired by Google[5] for $750 million.[6] The acquisition was completed on May 27, 2010.[7][8] Apple Inc. had also expressed interest in purchasing the company the same year, but they were out-bid by Google.[9] Prior to being acquired by Google, AdMob acquired the company AdWhirl, formerly Adrollo, which is a platform for developing advertisements in iPhone applications. AdMob offers advertising options for many mobile platforms, including Android, iOS, webOS, Flash Lite, Windows Phone and all standard mobile web browsers.[10]

On May 16, 2013, Google announced a rebuild of the AdMob [11] platform at their 2013 I/O using technology from their other platforms like AdSense with the goal of helping app developers to build their business.[12]

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