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| '''Google''' is a multi-national company providing search, advertising, cloud computing services and many other business solutions. The company's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html Google Mission]</ref> The company ranked 4th on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2011.<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2011/snapshots/4.html Fortune]</ref> | | '''Google''' is a multi-national company providing search, advertising, cloud computing services and many other business solutions. The company's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html Google Mission]</ref> The company ranked 4th on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2011.<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2011/snapshots/4.html Fortune]</ref> |
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| ==Company Background== | | ==Company Background== |
− | In 1996, [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]], both Stanford University graduate students, partnered in building '''BackRub''' a search engine that determined the importance of individual web pages. This search engine operated for more than a year at Stanford servers until it took too much bandwith to suit the university.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html History]</ref> | + | In 1996, [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]], both Stanford University graduate students, partnered in building BackRub, a search engine that determined the importance of individual web pages. This search engine operated for more than a year at Stanford servers until it took too much bandwith to suit the university.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html History]</ref> |
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| + | In 1997, Page and Brin decided to change the name of the BackRub search engine, the two brainstormed and came up with Google -- a term derived from the mathematical term googol, which means the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros.<ref>[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Googol.html Mathworld]</ref> The name reflects the founders objective, which is to organize an infinite amount of information on the web. |
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− | In 1997, Page and Brin decided to change the name of the BackRub search engine, the two brainstormed and came up with '''Google'''- a term derived from the mathematical term '''googol,''' which means the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros.<ref>[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Googol.html Mathworld]</ref> The name reflects the founders objective, which is to organize an infinite amount of information on the web.
| + | On September 4, 1998, Google was incorporated in California. The company started its business operations in a garage at Menlo Park. Craig Silverstein, was the first employee hired by Page and Brin, a fellow computer science graduate from Stanford. PC Magazine recognized Google as one of the Top 100 Web Sites for 1998.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html History]</ref> |
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− | On September 4, 1998, Google was incorporated in California. The company started its business operations in a garage at Menlo Park. Craig Silverstein, was the first employee hired by Page and Brin, a fellow computer science graduate from Stanford. PC Magazine recognized Google as one of the Top 100 Web Sites for 1998.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html History]</ref> | |
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| ==First Investors== | | ==First Investors== |
− | [[Andy Bechtolsheim]], co-founder of [[Sun Microsystems]], was Google's first investor in 1998, followed by [[Ram Shriram]], former President of Junglee and current Managing Director at [[Sherpalo Ventures]]. On June 7, 1999, Google received a major equity funding of $25 million from '''Sequoia Capital''' and '''Kleiner Perkins'''; John Doerr and Michael Moritz joined the company's board of directors.<ref> | + | [[Andy Bechtolsheim]], co-founder of [[Sun Microsystems]], was Google's first investor in 1998, followed by [[Ram Shriram]], former President of Junglee and current Managing Director at [[Sherpalo Ventures]]. On June 7, 1999, Google received a major equity funding of $25 million from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins; John Doerr and Michael Moritz joined the company's board of directors.<ref> |
| [http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20000309205910/http://google.com/pressrel/pressrelease1.html Press Release]</ref> | | [http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20000309205910/http://google.com/pressrel/pressrelease1.html Press Release]</ref> |
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| In 2001, Google was available in 26 languages. Eric Schmidt was appointed Chairman and Wayne Rosing was hired as VP for Engineering.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2000 Timeline Year 2001]</ref> The following year, Schmidt was elected CEO while Page assumed the position of president for products and Brin became president for technology.<ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/ceo.html Press Release]</ref> | | In 2001, Google was available in 26 languages. Eric Schmidt was appointed Chairman and Wayne Rosing was hired as VP for Engineering.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2000 Timeline Year 2001]</ref> The following year, Schmidt was elected CEO while Page assumed the position of president for products and Brin became president for technology.<ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/ceo.html Press Release]</ref> |
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− | The company also launched the '''Google Search Appliance''', a new device that allowed corporations to use its search technology to scan their own networks;<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Google-aims-search-device-at-companies/2100-1023_3-833905.html CNET]</ref> '''Adwords Select''', an enhanced version of Adwords was released, a self-service advertising system with the Cost-Per Click (CPC)feature, <ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/select.html Press Release]</ref> the First '''Google API''' which enables developers to query more than 2 billion web documents and programs in their favorite environments, and the '''Google Labs'''.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-919173.html Google ushers Web surfers into its labs]</ref> The Google News and Froogle were also launched. Since then Google has released numerous products and services for Internet users and businesses worldwide. | + | The company also launched the Google Search Appliance, a new device that allowed corporations to use its search technology to scan their own networks;<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Google-aims-search-device-at-companies/2100-1023_3-833905.html CNET]</ref> Adwords Select, an enhanced version of Adwords was released, a self-service advertising system with the Cost-Per Click (CPC)feature, <ref>[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/select.html Press Release]</ref> the First Google API which enables developers to query more than 2 billion web documents and programs in their favorite environments, and the Google Labs.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-919173.html Google ushers Web surfers into its labs]</ref> The Google News and Froogle were also launched. Since then Google has released numerous products and services for Internet users and businesses worldwide. |
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| ===Initial Public Offering=== | | ===Initial Public Offering=== |
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| ===Google China Local Domain=== | | ===Google China Local Domain=== |
− | '''Google.cn''', a local domain version of Google in China was launched in 2006 with some government restrictions. There, Google.com is down 10% most of the time, and Google news is never available. The Chinese government has been blocking and re-directing users searches to other websites.<ref>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/104813/china_hijacks_googles_domain_name.html pcworld.com]</ref>
| + | Google.cn, a local domain version of Google in China was launched in 2006 with some government restrictions. There, Google.com is down 10% most of the time, and Google news is never available. The Chinese government has been blocking and re-directing users searches to other websites.<ref>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/104813/china_hijacks_googles_domain_name.html pcworld.com]</ref> |
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| ==Partnerships== | | ==Partnerships== |
− | Google and [[AOL]] have been search partners since 2002. The partnership of the two companies has been reportedly extended until 2015; and their new advertising, content and search agreements have been expanded to include mobile searches and the placement of AOL's content on YouTube.</ref>[http://paidcontent.org/article/419-aol-google-extend-search-deal-to-2015-add-mobile-youtube/ AOL & Google Partnership]</ref> | + | Google and [[AOL]] have been search partners since 2002. The partnership of the two companies has been reportedly extended until 2015; and their new advertising, content and search agreements have been expanded to include mobile searches and the placement of AOL's content on YouTube.<ref>[http://paidcontent.org/article/419-aol-google-extend-search-deal-to-2015-add-mobile-youtube/ AOL & Google Partnership]</ref> |
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− | In 2007, Google and '''China Mobile''' inked a partnership to provide mobile and internet search services in China<ref>[http://www.promotionworld.com/news/press/070104Google.html Promotionworld.com]</ref> as well as with [[Sales Force]] combining the company's on-demand CRM applications with the Google AdWords to provide a more successful integrated sales and marketing for businesses.<ref>[http://www.salesforce.com/campaigns/google/interviews/ Salesforce.com]</ref> They have also joined with [[IBM]] on an Academic Cluster Computing Initiative to inspire future computer scientists to think big and help them to learn to work on a global Internet scale, and on contemporary computing challenges.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2007-joint-supercomputing-project-with-ibm Super Computing Project]</ref> | + | In 2007, Google and China Mobile inked a partnership to provide mobile and internet search services in China<ref>[http://www.promotionworld.com/news/press/070104Google.html Promotionworld.com]</ref> as well as with [[Sales Force]] combining the company's on-demand CRM applications with the Google AdWords to provide a more successful integrated sales and marketing for businesses.<ref>[http://www.salesforce.com/campaigns/google/interviews/ Salesforce.com]</ref> They have also joined with [[IBM]] on an Academic Cluster Computing Initiative to inspire future computer scientists to think big and help them to learn to work on a global Internet scale, and on contemporary computing challenges.<ref>[http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/#2007-joint-supercomputing-project-with-ibm Super Computing Project]</ref> |
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| ==Community Services== | | ==Community Services== |
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| On August 16, 2006, Google launched the free city wide WiFi in Mountainview, as its way to give back to the community.<ref>[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/free-citywide-wifi-in-mountain-view.html Google Blog]</ref> | | On August 16, 2006, Google launched the free city wide WiFi in Mountainview, as its way to give back to the community.<ref>[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/free-citywide-wifi-in-mountain-view.html Google Blog]</ref> |
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− | In 2008, Google.org announced its five key initiatives, Google Flu Trends, Google Powermeter, RE<C, Google Earth Engine and Google Crisis Response as part of the company's objective to help combat the many challenges in the world using the company's strength in information and technology.<ref>[http://www.google.org/about.html Google.org]</ref> | + | In 2008, Google.org announced its five key initiatives, Google Flu Trends, Google Powermeter, RE<C, Google Earth Engine and Google Crisis Response as part of the company's objective to help combat the many challenges in the world using the company's strength in information and technology.<ref>[http://www.google.org/about.html Google.org]</ref> |
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| ==Acquisitions== | | ==Acquisitions== |
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