GOOGLE INFO– HISTORY

• Originally a research project named "BackRub" by Larry Page in 1996.

• Began at Stanford University, on the Stanford servers.

• Page was soon joined by Sergey Brin, and the two came up with the name "Google"

• The company was officially incorporated in September, 1998.

• Google Inc. moved to 1600 Ampitheatre Parkway in Mountainview, CA in 2003.

– This complex is now known as the "Googleplex."

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– OVERVIEW • Google's unofficial motto is "Don't Be Evil." • However, their goal is to organize all of the world's

information and make it acessible to users. • As a business, Google makes money by providing the

opportunity of delivering measurable, cost-effective online advertising that is relevant to the information displayed on any given page.

• Google always distinguishes ads from the search results or other content on a page.

• Placements in the search result rankings are never sold, but are determined by PageRank technology.

FOUNDERS::

Larry Page and Sergey Brin