reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message advertising.com formerly called trade key 1998 2000 type subsidiary founded baltimore maryland united states 1998 founders scott ferber john ferber headquarters 1020 hull street baltimore maryland united states owner verizon communications parent aol 2004 present website www.advertising.com advertising.com is an online advertising company based in the united states . established in 1998 as trade key with the name teknosurf.com by scott and john ferber it was renamed advertising.com in january 2000 . 1 it was acquired by aol on june 24 2004 for 435 million . 2 the company came together in october 2008 with other technology companies tacoda aol buy.at and quigo under the banner of platform a. in may 2015 verizon acquired aol and merged the website on verizon s advertising platform . 3 when tim armstrong joined aol as ceo he killed the platform a brand and re branded the advertising portion of aol s business as aol advertising . advertising.com fits under this umbrella . the advertising.com business is still largely based out of baltimore located in the highlandtown neighborhood at 3700 o donnell st. references edit about us history . advertising.com . archived from the original on 2008 08 22 . retrieved 2008 09 02 . aol buying advertising.com . the washington post . 2004 06 24 . retrieved 2008 04 15 . advertising.com helped make aol an attractive buy for verizon video baltimore business journal . baltimore business journal . retrieved 2015 10 23 . external links edit official website v t e aol digital media aol.com autoblog cambio engadget go90 makers moviefone on style me pretty techcrunch the huffington post advertising advertising platforms advertising.com be on convertro millennial media one by aol verizon digital media services communication alto mail mail reader search dmoz mapquest search software pc aim desktop shield browser mobile alpha pip sage vivv kanvas discontinued or sold explorer fanhouse gamedaily hometown joystiq openride patch media propeller seed spinner corporate verizon communications acquisitions criticism history this technology article about a corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title advertising.com & oldid 742637168 categories advertising agencies of the united statesaoltechnological company stubshidden categories wikipedia articles needing style editing from january 2013all articles needing style editingall stub articles 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 4 october 2016 at 21 48 . 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