History of Google

By Rhall999

  • First Apperance

    Google.com registered as a domain

  • First Friends Newsletter

    First Friends NewsletterLarry launches a monthly “Google Friends Newsletter” on eGroups to inform fans about company news (it’s still published, on Google Group

  • Google Gets Its Frst Investor

    Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim writes a check for $100,000 to an entity that doesn’t exist yet – a company called Google Inc.

  • Google Hires First Employee

    Larry and Sergey hire Craig Silverstein as their first employee; he’s a fellow computer science grad student at Stanford.

  • Google Gets Bigger

    Google drops the exclamation mark from our name and add a link for searches limited to U.S. government documents.

  • New Languages (10 Total)

    The first 10 language versions of Google.com are released: French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish

  • Google Wins First Webbie Award

    Google wins their first Webby Awards: Technical Achievement (voted by judges) and Peoples’ Voice (voted by users)

  • Google Becomes Biggest Search Engine

    Google becomes the world’s largest search engine; they announce the first billion-URL index

  • Adwords are introduced

    Google AdWords launches with 350 customers. The self-service ad program promises online activation with a credit card, keyword targeting and performance feedback.

  • Google Toolbar is Released

    Google Toolbar is released – a browser plug-in that makes it possible to search without visiting the Google homepage.

  • Google Images is lauched

    Image Search launches, offering access to 250 million images.

  • Google Opens International Office

    Google opens thier first international office, in Tokyo.

  • Google News is Launched

    Extra! Extra! Google News launches with 4000 news sources.

  • Adsense is Launched

    Google announces a new content-targeted advertising service, enabling publishers large and small to access Google’s vast network of advertisers. (Weeks later, on April 23, we acquired Applied Semantics, whose technology bolsters the service named AdSense.)

  • Google Earth

    Google Earth: a satellite imagery-based mapping service combining 3D buildings and terrain with mapping capabilities and Google search.

  • Google Analytics Releases

    Release of Google Analytics, formerly known as Urchin, for measuring the impact of websites and marketing campaigns

  • Google Trends Released

    Google Trends, a way to visualize the popularity of searches over time.

  • Google Docs & Spread Sheets

    Release web-based applications Docs & Spreadsheets: Word processor Docs is a reworking of Writely (acquired in March).

  • Street View

    Street View debuts in Google Maps in five U.S. cities: New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami, and Denver.

  • Google Finance

    Real-time stock quotes go live on Google Finance for the first time.

  • Google Translate

    Google Translate is released

  • Voice

    Google Voice is released.

  • Google Chrome

    Google Chrome is released.

  • Google Dashboard

    The Google Dashboard provides you with greater transparency and control over the data associated with your Google Account.

  • Google TV

    Google announces Google TV, which is built on Android and Chrome and gives you an easy and fast way to navigate to television channels, websites, apps, shows and movies.

  • Google Reveals New Car Tech

    Google announces they have developed technology for cars that can drive themselves; Google thinks self-driving cars can help prevent traffic accidents, free up people’s time and reduce carbon emissions. Their automated cars have since logged more than 500,000 miles on the road.

  • The Google Art Project Is Revealed

    The Google Art Project lets you virtually tour some of of the world’s best museums and explore high resolution images of tens of thousands of works of art from 40 countries.

  • Google Wallet

    Google Wallet makes it convenient to shop in-store, online or on the go, and helps merchants simplify the checkout experience.

  • New Andriod OS

    Android 4.0, a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich, is designed to work on both phones and tablets, and to make the power of Android enticing and intuitive

  • Google Maps Improves

    Google Maps now helps you to figure out where you are and get directions when you're inside a building like an airport or mall.

  • New Office In Paris

    Google opens a new office in Paris, a symbol of our commitment to one of Europe’s fastest-growing Internet economies. The new office is also home to the Google Cultural Institute.

  • Google Drive Launch

    Google Drive launches, enabling you to create, share, collaborate and keep your files—including videos, photos, Google Docs and PDFs—all in one place.

  • Hangout Become Avaiable

    Hangouts On Air become available worldwide. Many public figures and organizations have hosted Hangouts to connect directly with the public, including U.S. President Barack Obama, NASA, David Beckham, Taylor Swift and U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon.

  • Google Crisis Response

    Google Crisis Response launches Public Alerts—warnings for natural disasters and emergency situations—the same day we publish resources to respond to Superstorm Sandy.

  • Google Fiber

    Google begins installing Google Fiber—ultra-high speed Internet access that is up to 100 times faster than today’s average broadband—for thier first customers in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City Missouri

  • Chromecast Available

    Chromecast is a small and affordable device that makes it easy to use your phone, tablet or laptop to bring your favorite online entertainment to your TV screen.

  • Street Veiw Through Time

    Street View in Google Maps now lets you explore historical imagery dating back to 2007

  • Improvements on Calender

    Gmail and Calendar now recognize addresses that contain accented or non-Latin characters.

  • The Future

    The future could hold anything for this fast growing company