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Google LLC is an American multinational corporation from the United States. It is known for creating and running one of the largest search engines on the ... Google FromSimpleEnglishWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch ThisarticleisabouttheInternetcompany.Forthenumber,seeGoogol.Forthesearchengine,seeGoogleSearch. GoogleLLC(google.com)Google'slogosince2015[update]Google'sheadquarters,theGoogleplexFormerlyBackrub(1995-1997)GoogleInc.(1997–2017)TypeSubsidiaryIndustryInternetCloudcomputingComputersoftwareComputerhardwareArtificialintelligenceAdvertisingFounded1995(firstprototype)1997(secondprototype)September 4,1998;23yearsago (1998-09-04)(finallaunch) [a]inMenloPark,California,U.S.FoundersLarryPageSergeyBrinHeadquarters1600AmphitheatreParkway,MountainView,California,U.S.AreaservedWorldwideKeypeopleSundarPichai(CEO)RuthPorat(CFO)ProductsListofGoogleproductsNumberofemployees114,096 (Q32019[update])ParentIndependent(1997-2015)AlphabetInc.(2015–present)SubsidiariesListofsubsidiariesWebsitegoogle.comFootnotes /references[5][6][7][8] [9]GoogleLLCisanAmericanmultinationalcorporationfromtheUnitedStates.ItisknownforcreatingandrunningoneofthelargestsearchenginesontheWorldWideWeb(WWW).Everydaymorethanabillionpeopleuseit.Google'sheadquarters(knownasthe"Googleplex")isinMountainView,California,partofSiliconValley.ThemottoofGoogleis"Dotherightthing". Since2September2015,GooglehasbeenownedbyaholdingcompanycalledAlphabetInc..ThatcompanyhastakenoversomeofGoogle'sotherprojects,suchasitsdriverlesscars.ItisapubliccompanythattradesontheNASDAQunderthetickersymbolsGOOGandGOOGL. Google'ssearchenginecanfindpictures,videos,news,Usenetnewsgroups,andthingstobuyonline.ByJune2004,Googlehad4.28billionwebpagesonitsdatabase,880millionpicturesand845millionUsenetmessages—sixbillionthings.[10]Google'sAmericanwebsitehasanAlexarankof1,meaningitisthemostwidelyvisitedwebsiteintheworld.Itissowidelyknownthatpeoplesometimesusetheword"google"asaverbthatmeans"tosearchforsomethingonGoogle".Becausemorethanhalfofpeopleonthewebuseit,"google"hasalsobeenusedtomean"tosearchtheweb". Contents 1History 2Advertising 3Branding 4Products 5References 6Otherwebsites History[change|changesource] LarryPageandSergeyBrin,twostudentsatStanfordUniversity,USA,startedBackRubinearly1996.Theymadeitintoacompany,GoogleInc.,onSeptember7,1998atafriend'sgarageinMenloPark,California.InFebruary1999,thecompanymovedto165UniversityAve.,PaloAlto,California,andthenmovedtoanotherplacecalledtheGoogleplex.[9][11] InSeptember2001,Google'sratingsystem(PageRank,forsayingwhichinformationismorehelpful)gotaU.S.Patent.ThepatentwastoStanfordUniversity,withLawrence(Larry)Pageastheinventor(thepersonwhofirsthadtheidea). GooglemakesapercentageofitsmoneythroughAmericaOnlineandInterActiveCorp.IthasaspecialgroupknownasthePartnerSolutionsOrganization(PSO)whichhelpsmakecontracts,helpstomakeaccountsbetterandgivesengineeringhelp. Advertising[change|changesource] Googlemakesmoneybyadvertising.Peopleorcompanieswhowantpeopletobuytheirproduct,service,orideasgiveGooglemoney,andGoogleshowsanadvertisementtopeopleGooglethinkswillclickontheadvertisement.Googleonlygetsmoneywhenpeopleclickonthelink,soittriestoknowasmuchaboutpeopleaspossibletoonlyshowtheadvertisementtothe"rightpeople".ItdoesthiswithGoogleAnalytics,whichsendsdatabacktoGooglewheneversomeonevisitsawebsite.Fromthisandotherdata,Googlemakesaprofileaboutthepersonandthenusesthisprofiletofigureoutwhichadvertisementstoshow. Branding[change|changesource] Thename"Google"isamisspellingofthewordgoogol.[12][13]MiltonSirotta,nephewofU.S.mathematicianEdwardKasner,madethiswordin1937,forthenumber1followedbyonehundredzeroes(10100).GoogleusesthiswordbecausethecompanywantstomakelotsofstuffontheWebeasytofindanduse.AndyBechtolsheimthoughtofthename. ThenameforGoogle'smainoffice,the"Googleplex,"isaplayonadifferent,evenbiggernumber,the"googolplex",whichis1followedbyonegoogolofzeroes1010100 Products[change|changesource] AndroidisanoperatingsystemformobiledevicesandwasoriginallymadebyGoogleaspartoftheOpenHandsetAlliance,whichGoogleleads.ItisthechiefcompetitortoApple'siOSandWindowsPhonebyMicrosoft(nowdiscontinued). GoogleAdsenseisafreeprogramthatenableswebsitepublishersofallsizestodisplayrelevantGoogleadsandearnmoney. GoogleAnalyticsistheenterprise-classwebanalyticssolutionthatgivesonerichinsightsintohiswebsitetrafficandmarketingeffectiveness. GoogleAlertsGoogleAlertsareemailupdatesofthelatestrelevantGoogleresults(web,news,etc.)basedonone'schoiceofqueryortopic. GoogleAllowassoftwarefordiscussingwithotherpeoplelive. GoogleAssistantisavirtualassistantapplicationbuiltintoAndroiddevices. BloggerisafreetoolthatallowsuserstopublishblogsonaGooglewebsite. GoogleBooksletspeoplesearchforbooks. GoogleCalendarisanonlinecalendar. GoogleChromeisawebbrowserthatGooglemade. GoogleClassroomisanonlinesystemforstudents.ItwaspopularduringCOVID-19. GoogleDocsisanonlineGooglefullofdocs. GoogleDriveisanonlinedocumenteditor. GoogleEarthisthe3DversionofGoogleMapswithadigitalglobe. GoogleGroupsisaplaceforuserstodiscusstopics.GoogleboughtDejaNewsin2001andmadeitintoGoogleGroups.[14] GoogleImagesisanimagesearchutility. GoogleMapsisaservicefromGoogletoprovidesatellitepicturesandroadmapsforeverywherearoundtheworld. GoogleNewsisafacilitywhichshowsnewsstoriesfromover4,500newssources.GoogleNewsArchives GooglePayisawaytopayonline.Userscansendmoneyusingtheircreditcardsorbankaccountstootherusers. GooglePhotosisasoftwarefororganizingandeditingphotos. GooglePlay[15]isasectorthathasgames,andotherthings. GoogleProductsisapackofGooglesoftware. GoogleSearchisasearchutility. GoogleShoppingletstheuserfindoutaboutthingsforsaleontheInternet. GoogleTranslateisanonlinetranslationservice.Itcantranslatewebsitesandtextintootherlanguages. GoogleSitesisaserviceformakingwebsites. GoogleVideoisavideosearchutility. Google+wasasocialnetworkingservicethatislikeFacebook.TheservicelaunchedonJune28,2011. Gmailisane-mailservicethatGooglestartedin2004.ItiscalledGoogleMailintheUnitedKingdomandGermany.Usersgetfreespacetostoree-mail. Hangoutsisaninstantmessengerwhereonecantalktofriends.itwillshutdowninlate2021MoreInfoHere SidewalkLabs[16] YouTubeisavideohostingservicewhichwasboughtbyGooglefromPayPalfor1.65billiondollarsandnowrunsasaGoogleservice. References[change|changesource] ↑Fitzpatrick,Alex(September4,2014)."GoogleUsedtoBetheCompanyThatDid'NothingButSearch'".Time. ↑TelegraphReporters(September27,2019)."WhenisGoogle'sbirthday–andwhyarepeopleconfused?".TheTelegraph. ↑Griffin,Andrew(September27,2019)."Googlebirthday:Theonebigproblemwiththecompany'scelebratorydoodle".TheIndependent.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJanuary12,2021.RetrievedJune1,2020. ↑Wray,Richard(September5,2008)."HappybirthdayGoogle".TheGuardian. ↑"Company–Google".January16,2015.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJanuary16,2015.RetrievedSeptember13,2018. ↑Claburn,Thomas(September24,2008)."GoogleFoundedBySergeyBrin,LarryPage...AndHubertChang?!?".InformationWeek.UBMplc.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJune28,2011.RetrievedJanuary22,2017. ↑"Locations —GoogleJobs".ArchivedfromtheoriginalonSeptember30,2013.RetrievedSeptember27,2013. ↑"AlphabetAnnouncesFourthQuarter2018Results"(PDF)(Pressrelease).MountainView,California:AlphabetInc.February4,2019.p. 1.Archived(PDF)fromtheoriginalonFebruary4,2019.RetrievedFebruary4,2019.AlphabetInc.(NASDAQ:GOOG,GOOGL)todayannouncedfinancialresultsforthequarterandfiscalyearendedDecember31,2018. [...]Q12018financialhighlights[:]ThefollowingsummarizesourconsolidatedfinancialresultsforthequartersendedDecember31,2017and2018 [...]: [...]Numberofemployees[asof]ThreeMonthsEndedDecember31,2018[is]98,771[.] ↑9.09.1Brin,Sergey;Page,Lawrence(1998)."Theanatomyofalarge-scalehypertextualWebsearchengine"(PDF).ComputerNetworksandISDNSystems.30(1–7):107–117.CiteSeerX 10.1.1.115.5930.doi:10.1016/S0169-7552(98)00110-X. ↑Press,Associated(2004-02-18)."Googleexpandsitssearchengine".theGuardian.Retrieved2020-07-21. ↑Barroso,L.A.;Dean,J.;Holzle,U.(April29,2003)."Websearchforaplanet:thegoogleclusterarchitecture".IEEEMicro.23(2):22–28.doi:10.1109/mm.2003.1196112.S2CID 15886858.Webelievethatthebestprice/performancetradeoffforourapplicationscomesfromfashioningareliablecomputinginfrastructurefromclustersofunreliablecommodityPCs. ↑Koller,David."Originofthename,"Google."StanfordUniversity.January,2004. ↑"Googlerevolution",HowitWorks,ImaginePublishing,no. 37,pp. 40–43,2012-08-09 ↑"DejaNews-Fanlore". ↑"GooglePlay".Retrieved2018-11-23. ↑Zochodne,Geoff(6June2019)."OrderofCanadaarchitect,SiliconValleyinvestorcallforrethinkofSidewalkLabs'Torontowaterfrontproject".FinancialPost. Notes ↑GooglewasoriginallyincorporatedonSeptember4,1998,however,since2002,thecompanyhascelebrateditsanniversariesonvariousdaysinSeptember,mostfrequentlyonSeptember27.[1][2][3]Theshiftindatesreportedlyhappenedtocelebrateindex-sizemilestonesintandemwiththebirthday.[4] Otherwebsites[change|changesource] FindmoreaboutGoogleatWikipedia'ssisterprojects DefinitionsfromWiktionary MediafromCommons NewsstoriesfromWikinews QuotationsfromWikiquote SourcetextsfromWikisource TextbooksfromWikibooks LearningresourcesfromWikiversity Corporatehomepage Thesearchengine GoogleattheOpenDirectoryProject GoogleatCrunchBase Retrievedfrom"https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Google&oldid=8304611" Categories:Google1998establishmentsintheUnitedStatesCompanieslistedonNASDAQMountainView,CaliforniaSearchenginesHiddencategories:Articlescontainingpotentiallydatedstatementsfrom2015AllarticlescontainingpotentiallydatedstatementsArticlescontainingpotentiallydatedstatementsfromSeptember2020 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces PageTalk English Views ReadChangeChangesourceViewhistory More Search Gettingaround MainpageSimplestartSimpletalkNewchangesShowanypageHelpContactusGivetoWikipediaAboutWikipedia Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export MakeabookDownloadasPDFPageforprinting Inotherprojects WikimediaCommonsMeta-Wiki Inotherlanguages AfrikaansአማርኛÆngliscالعربيةঅসমীয়াAsturianuAzərbaycancaتۆرکجهBasaBaliBamanankanবাংলাBanjarBân-lâm-gúБеларускаяБеларуская(тарашкевіца)भोजपुरीБългарскиBoarischBosanskiBrezhonegCatalàЧӑвашлаCebuanoČeštinaCymraegDanskالدارجةDeutschދިވެހިބަސްDolnoserbskiडोटेलीEestiΕλληνικάEnglishEspañolEsperantoEuskaraفارسیFøroysktFrançaisGaeilgeGalego贛語ગુજરાતી客家語/Hak-kâ-ngî한국어HausaՀայերենहिन्दीHornjoserbsceHrvatskiBahasaHulontaloIdoIgboBahasaIndonesiaInterlinguaᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ/inuktitutIsiZuluÍslenskaItalianoעבריתJawaKabɩyɛಕನ್ನಡქართულიҚазақшаIkirundiKreyòlayisyenKurdîКыргызчаລາວLatinaLatviešuLietuviųLigureMagyarमैथिलीМакедонскиMalagasyമലയാളംमराठीმარგალურიمصرىمازِرونیBahasaMelayuꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟMinangkabauMìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄Монголမြန်မာဘာသာNāhuatlNederlandsनेपाली日本語ߒߞߏNorskbokmålNorsknynorskOccitanଓଡ଼ିଆOromooOʻzbekcha/ўзбекчаਪੰਜਾਬੀپنجابیپښتوភាសាខ្មែរPiemontèisPlattdüütschPolskiPortuguêsQaraqalpaqshaRomânăRunaSimiРусскийСахатылаᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤScotsShqipSicilianuසිංහලسنڌيSlovenčinaSlovenščinaSoomaaligaکوردیСрпски/srpskiSrpskohrvatski/српскохрватскиSundaSuomiSvenskaTagalogதமிழ்TaclḥitТатарча/tatarçaతెలుగుTetunไทยትግርኛТоҷикӣತುಳುTürkçeTürkmençeThuɔŋjäŋУкраїнськаاردوئۇيغۇرچە/UyghurcheVènetoTiếngViệtWalon文言West-VlamsWinaray吴语ייִדישYorùbá粵語ZazakiZeêuwsŽemaitėška中文PangcahTyap Changelinks