public industry affiliate marketing founded chicago illinois 1998 as dynamic trade headquarters mountain view california products affiliate network website google.com ads affiliatenetwork the google affiliate network was the affiliate marketing company specifically affiliate network formerly known as doubleclick performics which was bought by google in 2007 . 1 on april 16 2013 google announced the closure of the google affiliate network . 2 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit doubleclick announced the acquisition of doubleclick including performics by google for 3.1 billion in april 2007 . the acquisition was finalized in march 2008 after the approval of the department of justice antitrust authorities in the united states and the brussels based european commission the antitrust authority of the european union . 3 4 the search engine marketing and optimization part of performics was acquired by publicis in 2008 after the purchase of doubleclick by google nasdaq goog had been finalized . 5 the affiliate network part of doubleclick performics remained with google and was re branded google affiliate network . on april 17 2013 google announced plans to retire the google affiliate network on july 31 2013 . see also edit affiliate marketing affiliate programs directories affiliate network references edit drive conversions with performance based advertising google affiliate network google ads . google.com . retrieved on 2013 09 19 . google affiliate network an update on google affiliate network . googleaffiliatenetwork blog.blogspot.com . retrieved on 2013 09 19 . paul r. la monica april 13 2007 google to buy doubleclick for 3.1 billion cnn money retrieved january 15 2009 lane r ellis march 11 2008 google gets e.u. go ahead for doubleclick merger search engine world retrieved january 15 2009 google completes sale of performics sept 10 2008 1 nytimes.com retrieved november 11 2008 external links edit google affiliate network website google adplanner beta complimentary tool google homepage corporate website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title google affiliate network & oldid 647093575 categories internet advertising services and affiliate networksaffiliate marketingcompanies based in mountain view californiacompanies established in 1998 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 12 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view