Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It began as a research project called BackRub at Stanford University. The company's name is derived from the mathematical term "googol", which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google now employs over 32,000 people worldwide and has become the dominant search engine, handling around 3 billion searches per day. Its main services include Search, Maps, Gmail, and YouTube.
4. In September of 1998, Google Inc. opened its
door in Menlo Park, CA.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/history.html#1995
14 years (on September 7, 2012)
The google.com domain was registered on
September 15, 1997 but Google wasn't
incorporated until Sept. 4, 1998.
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5. “GOOGOL” which is the mathematical term for
1 followed by 100 zeros and “…reflects the
company's mission to organize the immense,
seemingly infinite amount of information
available on the web.”
The company formed was called GOOGOL
(derived from Googlplex). However the first
contract cheque that the founders received
was for GOOGLE. Hence the company came to
be known as GOOGLE.
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6. Google founders
Larry Page Sergey Brin
Number of employees:
Worldwide, Google employed 32,467 full-time employees as of now
Google:
• The interface is clear and simple.
• Pages load instantly.
• Placement in search results is never sold to anyone.
• Advertising on the site must offer relevant content and not be a distraction.
• No pop-up ads allowed.
Source: http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/tenthings.html
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7. Infrastructure of Google Server:
• Google uses their propriety backend which is called as BigTable.
They released the details of BigTable in their white paper.
• Some part of Google is Developed in Python and
some is developed in Java.
Source: http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/tenthings.html
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10. Size and scope: Now indexing over 40 billion
web pages (conservative estimate).
Relevance of Results: PageRank
Diversity of Search: Image, News, Book
Search, Scholar, Blog Search, Finance,
Froogle, Video . . . and much, much more.
Other Tools: Google Maps, Picasa, Blogger,
Gmail, Calendar, Docs & Spreadsheets . . .
http://www.worldwidewebsize.com/
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11. We may love Google, but only few users know
how to use full search capabilities.
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12. How does Google interpret basic search?
◦ Google places “AND” operator between all search
terms entered in basic search box.
◦ Automatically searches for some plural/singular
and grammatical variants.
You enter: news reader
Google searches: news AND reader OR readers
Does not search as exact phrase unless quotes
present!
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26. Google News: news.google.com
Google Images: images.google.com
Google Blog Search: blogsearch.google.com
Google Finance: finance.google.com
Google Scholar: scholar.google.com
Google Book Search: books.google.com
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27. Tracking an event in the news?
Create your own Google News alert – it’s free!
Can choose to monitor latest developments
on web pages, blogs, Google news, Google
discussion group pages, or all of these
sources.
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31. Searches full text of indexed books.
If work is in public domain, full contents
usually available.
If not, users can view bibliographic info
(author, title, publisher) and perhaps some
experts.
Library partners: UC, Princeton, Stanford,
Univ. of Michigan, Univ. of Texas, Oxford,
UVA, Univ. of Wisconsin, ……
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40. Google Plus
Google Mail
Google Docs
Google Talk
Google Calendar
Google Reader
Google Gear
Google App Engine
Google Sites
Google Trends
Google Earth
41. PageRank explained by Google:
Google interprets a link on page A going to
page B as a vote -- by page A, for page B.
Google looks at more than the sheer volume
of votes, or links a page receives; it also
analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes
cast by pages that are themselves "important"
weigh more heavily.
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42. Just follow this URL and check out video
http://www.youtube.com/nirajbariya
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43. The different variations of the logo on the
Google home page that the company uses for
different seasons or special days such as
birthdays of famous people. Google Doodles
are very clever, and people look forward to
them
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