Post 6: Google (EOTO)

EOTO: Google

Google was founded in 1995, after PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin met while studying Computer Science at Stanford University. As students, the two of them felt inspired to build a search engine to navigate the complex World Wide Web in order of its' relevancy. They wanted the engine to show results not only relevant to a search, but also relevant to what other people have claimed to be relevant and valuable. The website was originally called "BackRub," due to its ability to analyze backlinks. It was later renamed "Google" as a misspelling of the large number googol; 1 followed by 100 zeros, referencing the search engine's immense collection of data. 

The domain google.com was registered on September 15, 1997. In 1998, Google began to gain popularity and the computer company Sun Microsystems helped Larry and Sergey incorporate Google, therefore, creating Google Inc. Together, they raised around $1 million dollars and launched their headquarters in Menlo Park, California. In mid 1999, Google began processing 500,000 searches a day and in 2000, it became the main search engine. By the end of 2011, the search engine began to receive nearly three billion searches a day. In 2012, Google became one of the largest American companies not listed in the Dow Jones stock market index. 

This, of course, changed in 2015 after Alphabet Inc acquired Google and became its' parent company. Under Alphabet Inc., Google rebranded from Google Inc. to Google LLC. In 2016, Alphabet Inc. earned most of their revenue from Google advertising, making Google their largest subsidiary. 

Now, Google is the most used search engine with over 70% of all online searches being conducted by Google. Additionally, Google owns over 50 products and services including YouTube, Gmail (Google Mail), Blogger, Google Docs, Google Slides, Android, Waze, Google Chrome, Google Drive, etc. 

Google's services and products, as listed
on their site

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"The Invention and History of Google | Silicone Valley: The Untold Story." YouTube, uploaded by Discovery UK, 10 June 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Nyi4Xb9PY