Evolution of Google

The Beginning of Google

Period: 1996 to 1997

Google started out as a research project by two college students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford College, in California. The two students theorized about a better way to access the internet and all of its websites shown. They started the process of the project by writing algorithms and sharing the details of their new "profound" search engine.

A Name Saves The Company

Oct 15, 1997

Larry Page and Sergey Brin decide to name their new company Backrub. When Brin searches up Googol, a mathematical quantity focusing on a number 1 with 100 zeros behind, he makes a spelling mistake and instead proceeds to search up "Google". They decide that that is their new name for their company.

Yahoo teams up with Google

2000

In June, 2000, it was announce that Google would become the default search engine provider for Yahoo.

Google offers shares for funds

Aug 19, 2004

Google, having needed some funds for some of its new creations, decided to sell off shares of the company for $85 each. Google also received some money from many angel investors including Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder.

Google acquires Youtube too!

2006

Google buys and joins up with Youtube for $1.65 billion

Google's deal with Youtube: Check!

Nov 13, 2006

Google and Youtube finalize their deal together

Google gets DoubleClick as well

Apr 13, 2007

Google reached an agreement to acquire Double Click for $3.1 billion, transferring to Google's valuable relationships that DoubleClick had with Web publishers and advertising agencies

Google reaches a new level!

Period: 2011 to 2011

At this point in Google's history, many started to see Google as a company valuable to the efforts of others. Google started to handle approximately 3 billion searches every day. To handle the work more efficiently, Google built 11 data centers around the world with several thousand servers in each.

Google makes its largest ever deal with Motorola Mobility

Aug 15, 2011

Google made its largest-ever deal to date when it announced that it would acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. This purchase was made in part to help Google gain Motorola's considerable patent portfolio on mobile phones and wireless technologies, to help protect Google in its ongoing patent disputes with other companies, mainly Apple and Microsoft and to allow it to continue to freely offer Android

Google makes one of its largest sales in its revenue

2012

Google reached$ 50 billion, in annual revenue.

Google was named the second most valuable brand in the world!

Period: 2013 to 2016

Google's CEO changes

Aug 10, 2015

Sundar Pichai replaces Larry Page as the CEO of Google

Google adds more offices to handle the workload

Oct 16, 2016

Google starts operating 70 offices in more than 40 countries

Google announces the company's newest product, Nest Hub Max

Sep 9, 2019