Wildfire by Google was a social marketing application that enabled businesses to create, optimize and measure their presence on social networks. Launched July 31, 2012; shut down March 14, 2014 — it lived 1 year. One of 12 Google products killed in 2014. Wildfire Interactive Inc, or Wildfire, was a startup software company based in Redwood City that developed a social marketing application that enabled businesses to create, optimize and measure their presence on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube. It was founded in 2008 by Victoria Ransom and Alain Chuard. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).