History of google

1. HistoryofGoogle

2. In the beginning…
•January 1996, Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
–Research project while at Stanford University
•Used technology PageRank to create a more efficient search engine.
–They believed that a system could analyze the relationship between a website
and a searched item.
•The first product was called BackRub, and appeared on the Stanford
University website.

3. Growth
•In 1998 Google started to gain popularity.
–The first funding of Google was $100,000 from Andy
Bectolsheim.
•Google became a public company in 2004 selling shares
of $85 per share.

4. Growth
•In 1999 Google had 1 office located in
California.
–By 2003 they expanded to having 3 offices
•Began to make income from pay-per-click
advertisements.

5. Acquisitions and Partnerships
•In 2001 Google began acquiring many
small businesses.
•A few of the top acquired companies by
Google are Keyhole inc. (Google Earth),
YouTube, and Grand Central (Google
Voice).
•They also partnered with NASA Ames
Research Center, AOL, Microsoft, and
Myspace.