GOOGLE:
Today, with the onging devlopment in the field of internet and technology ,everything seems very convienient. Be it any source of information or any kind of job application, from shopping to sending emails,from education to entertainment, everything can be done in just few minutes with the help of technologies.With this cuurent development , many new search engines have come up.
But still the most well-known and trusted search engine is GOOGLE.
Here's some interesting Facts about Google.
1. Google is an American Multinational Technology Company that specializes in Internet -related services and products.
2. It is Considered one of the Big Four Technology Companies, along with Amazon, Apple and Facbook.
3. Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD student at Stanford University in Stanford, California.
4. Page and Brin originally nicknamed their new search engine " BackRub".
5. Eventually, they changed the name to GOOGLE, the name of the search engine originated from a misspelling of the word " GOOGOL"
5. Eventually, they changed the name to GOOGLE, the name of the search engine originated from a misspelling of the word " GOOGOL"
6. They incorporated Google as a privately held company on September 4 ,1998.
7. Together they own about 14% of its shares and control 56% of the stockholders voting power through supervoting stock
8. An initial public offering ( IPO ) took place on August 19, 2004 and Google moved to its headquarter in Mountain view, California ,nicknamed the Googleplex.
9. In August 2015 , Google announced plans to reorganize its various interest as a Conglomerate called Alphabet Inc.
10. Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google replacing Larry Page who become the CEO of Alphabet.
11. Google's original homepage had a simple design because the company founders had little experience in HTML, the Markup language used for designing web pages.
12. Early in 1999, Brin and page decided to sell Google to Excite in $1 million.
13. Vinod Khosla, one of Excite's venture capitalists, talked the duo down to $ 750,000 , but Bell rejected it.
14. The domain name for Google was registered on September 15 ,1997 and the company was incorporated on September 4 , 1998.
15. It was based in the garage of a friend Susan wojcicki, a fellow student at Stanford , was hired as its first employee.
16. Google generate most of its revenue from advertising .This include three principal methods namely , AdMob , AdSense ( such as AdSense for content, AdSense for search ,etc.) and Double click Ad Exchange.
17. According to Interbrand's annual Best Global brands report , Google has been the second most valuable brand in the world ( behind Apple Inc) in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016 with a valuation of $133 billion .
18. Google codebase which spans every single service it develops, consists of over 2 billion lines of code.
19. In November 2018, Google announced its plan to expand its New York city office to a capacity of 12,000 employees.
20. Google has a total of four offices in India, including its country headquarters in Hyderabad and over 1 lakh square feet office space leased in the first International Finance centre in the Bandra Kurla complex.
21. Google offer services designed for work and productivity ( Google Docs ,Google slides ) , email ( Gmail / inbox ), scheduling and time management( (Google calendar), cloud storage ( Google drive ), social networking ( Google + ) , Instant messaging and video chat ( Google Allo, Duo,Hangouts)
22. It also provide services on language translation ( Google translate), mapping - navigation ( Google Maps ,Waze, Google Earth , Street view ) , video sharing ( You Tube ) , note -taking (Google Keep ) and photo organising and editing (Google photos) .
23. The company leads to the development of the Android mobile operating system, the Google Chrome web browser and Chrome OS.
24. Alexa Internet monitors commercial web traffic and lists Google.com as the most visited website in he world.
25. Google's mission statement is " to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful", and it's unofficial slogan was " Don't be evil ".
So, the above facts justifies that Google is really a very helpful and convenient search engine for those who want access to a huge sea of information.
8. An initial public offering ( IPO ) took place on August 19, 2004 and Google moved to its headquarter in Mountain view, California ,nicknamed the Googleplex.
9. In August 2015 , Google announced plans to reorganize its various interest as a Conglomerate called Alphabet Inc.
10. Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google replacing Larry Page who become the CEO of Alphabet.
11. Google's original homepage had a simple design because the company founders had little experience in HTML, the Markup language used for designing web pages.
12. Early in 1999, Brin and page decided to sell Google to Excite in $1 million.
13. Vinod Khosla, one of Excite's venture capitalists, talked the duo down to $ 750,000 , but Bell rejected it.
14. The domain name for Google was registered on September 15 ,1997 and the company was incorporated on September 4 , 1998.
15. It was based in the garage of a friend Susan wojcicki, a fellow student at Stanford , was hired as its first employee.
16. Google generate most of its revenue from advertising .This include three principal methods namely , AdMob , AdSense ( such as AdSense for content, AdSense for search ,etc.) and Double click Ad Exchange.
17. According to Interbrand's annual Best Global brands report , Google has been the second most valuable brand in the world ( behind Apple Inc) in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016 with a valuation of $133 billion .
18. Google codebase which spans every single service it develops, consists of over 2 billion lines of code.
19. In November 2018, Google announced its plan to expand its New York city office to a capacity of 12,000 employees.
20. Google has a total of four offices in India, including its country headquarters in Hyderabad and over 1 lakh square feet office space leased in the first International Finance centre in the Bandra Kurla complex.
21. Google offer services designed for work and productivity ( Google Docs ,Google slides ) , email ( Gmail / inbox ), scheduling and time management( (Google calendar), cloud storage ( Google drive ), social networking ( Google + ) , Instant messaging and video chat ( Google Allo, Duo,Hangouts)
22. It also provide services on language translation ( Google translate), mapping - navigation ( Google Maps ,Waze, Google Earth , Street view ) , video sharing ( You Tube ) , note -taking (Google Keep ) and photo organising and editing (Google photos) .
23. The company leads to the development of the Android mobile operating system, the Google Chrome web browser and Chrome OS.
24. Alexa Internet monitors commercial web traffic and lists Google.com as the most visited website in he world.
25. Google's mission statement is " to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful", and it's unofficial slogan was " Don't be evil ".
So, the above facts justifies that Google is really a very helpful and convenient search engine for those who want access to a huge sea of information.
