Acquisition History / Google / spider.io
Google Acquires spider.io
Announced February 21, 2014
What happened
spider.io was a anti-click fraud business based in United Kingdom; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as DoubleClick , AdSense.
- Acquirer
- Target
- spider.io
- Announced
- February 21, 2014
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- Anti-click fraud
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire spider.io?
Google acquired spider.io on February 21, 2014. This was Google's 144th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for spider.io?
The price Google paid for spider.io was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does spider.io do?
spider.io was a anti-click fraud business based in United Kingdom; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as DoubleClick , AdSense.
What other Anti-click fraud companies has Google acquired?
spider.io is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Anti-click fraud so far.
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