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| {{Infobox_Company | company_name = Google Inc. | | |||
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| company_type = Public ({{nasdaq|GOOG}}), ({{lse|GGEA}}) | | |||
| foundation = {{flagicon|USA}} ] (], ]) | | |||
| location_city = Mountain View, California | | |||
| location_country = USA | | |||
| key_people = ], CEO/Director<br />], Co-Founder, Technology President<br />], Co-Founder, Products President <br />], CFO | | |||
| industry = ], ] | | |||
| products = See ] | | |||
| revenue = $10.604 Billion ] (])<ref name="financialtables">"." ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref>| | |||
| net_income = $3.077 Billion ] (])<ref name="financialtables"/>| | |||
| num_employees = 10,674 (], ])<ref>"." ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | | |||
| company_slogan = ] | | |||
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| '''Google Inc.''' ({{nasdaq|GOOG}} and {{lse|GGEA}}) is an ] ], specializing in ] and ]. The company had 10,674 full-time employees as of ], ], and is based in ]. Google's mission statement is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."<ref>"." ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Google was co-founded by ] and ] while they were students at ], and the company was first incorporated as a ] on ] ]. Google's ] took place on ], ], raising ]1.67 billion, making it worth $23 billion.<ref name="washpost">Webb, Cynthia L. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The company grew rapidly since its IPO, acquiring smaller companies such as Writely, ], and online video sharing site ] in ], and moving into the office software market with the release of its ] in ]. Additionally, Google is also involved in many cooperational partnerships with other corporations, such as ], ], ]'s ], and ]'s ]. | |||
| Like most large corporations, Google's businesses have drawn some ], such as ] disputes in its ], or accusations of ] of search results as it works with countries such as ], ], and ]. Additionally, in the ], several governments have raised concerns about the security risks posed by geographic details provided by ] satellite imaging.<ref name="satimgs">Sharma, Dinesh C. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Google is particularly known for its relaxed corporate culture. Their corporate philosophy is based on many casual principles including, "You can make money without doing evil", "You can be serious without a suit," and "Work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun." This relaxed culture can also be seen externally through their holiday variations of the ], as well as their various ]. | |||
| The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "],"<ref>Koller, David. " ''].'' January, 2004.</ref><ref>Hanley, Rachael. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> which refers to 10<sup>100</sup> (the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros). Having found its way increasingly into everyday language, the verb, "]," was added to the '']'' and the '']'' in ], meaning, "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet."<ref>Harris, Scott D. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref>Bylund, Anders. "." ''] via ].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ==History== | |||
| ] | |||
| {{main|History of Google}} | |||
| Google began as a research project in July 3 1277 by Evan Tomes and Kevin Butts three ] monkeys at ], ].<ref name="milestones">"." ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> They hypothesized that a search engine that analyzed the relationships between websites would produce better results than existing techniques, which essentially ranked results according to the number of times the search term appeared on a page.<ref>Page, Lawrence; Brin, Sergey; Motwani, Rajeev; Winograd, Terry. "." ], ].</ref> Their search engine was originally nicknamed, "BackRub" because the system checked ] to estimate a site's importance.<ref>Battelle, John. "." ''].'' August, 2005.</ref> A small search engine called ] was already exploring a similar strategy.<ref>Li, Yanhong. "." ''Internet Computing, IEEE.'' '''2 (4),''' July-August, 1998, 24-29.</ref> | |||
| Convinced that the pages with the most links to them from other highly relevant web pages must be the most relevant pages associated with the search, Page and Brin tested their thesis as part of their studies, and laid the foundation for their search engine. Originally the search engine used the ] website with the domain ''google.stanford.edu''. The domain ''google.com'' was registered on ], ], and the company was incorporated as ''Google Inc.'' on ], ] at a friend's garage in ]. The total initial investment raised for the new company eventually amounted to almost US$1.1 million, including a $100,000 check by ], one of the founders of ].<ref>Google. "." Accessed ]</ref> | |||
| In March 1999, the company moved into offices at ] in ], home to several other noted ] technology startups.<ref name="165univave">Fried, Ian. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> After quickly outgrowing two other sites, the company leased a complex of buildings in ] at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway from ] (SGI) in ].<ref name="sgibldg">Olsen, Stefanie. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The company has remained at this location ever since, and the complex has since become known as the ] (a play on the word ], a 1 followed by a googol of zeros). In ], Google bought the property from SGI for ]319 million.<ref name="googleplexpurchase">Staff Writer. "." ''Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| The Google search engine attracted a loyal following among the growing number of Internet users, who liked its simple design.<ref name="simpledesign">Thompson, Bill. "" ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> In ], Google began selling ] associated with search ].<ref name="milestones"/> The ads were text-based to maintain an uncluttered page design and to maximize page loading speed.<ref name="milestones"/> Keywords were sold based on a combination of price bid and clickthroughs, with bidding starting at $.05 per click.<ref name="milestones"/> This model of selling keyword advertising was pioneered by ] (later renamed Overture Services, before being acquired by ] and rebranded as ]).<ref name="goto strong">Sullivan, Danny. "." ''The Search Engine Report.'' ], ].</ref><ref name="cnet p4p">Pelline, Jeff. "." ''].'' ], ].</ref><ref name="glaser">Glaser, Ken. "Who Will GoTo.com?" .'' ], ].</ref> While many of its ] rivals failed in the new Internet marketplace, Google quietly rose in stature while generating revenue.<ref name="milestones"/> | |||
| A ] describing part of Google's ranking mechanism (]) was granted on ] ].<ref name="patent">Page, Lawrence. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The patent was officially assigned to Stanford University and lists Lawrence Page as the inventor. | |||
| ===Financing and initial public offering=== | |||
| :''Main article: ]'' | |||
| The first funding for Google as a company was secured in the form of a ]100,000 contribution from ], co-founder of ], given to a corporation which did not yet exist.<ref name="Bechtolsheim">Kopytoff, Verne; Fost, Dan. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Around six months later, a much larger round of funding was announced, with the major investors being rival venture capital firms ] and ].<ref name="Bechtolsheim"/> | |||
| Google's initial public offering took place on ], ]. 19,605,052 ] were offered at a price of $85 per share.<ref name="IPO">Elgin, Ben. "" ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Of that, 14,142,135 (another mathematical reference as ] ≈ 1.4142135) were floated by Google and 5,462,917 by selling stockholders. The sale raised ]1.67 Billion, and gave Google a ] of more than $23 Billion.<ref name="washpost"/> The vast majority of Google's 271 million shares remained under Google's control. Many of Google's employees became instant paper millionaires. ], a competitor of Google, also benefited from the IPO because it owns 2.7 million shares of Google.<ref name="yahooshares">Kuchinskas, Susan. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| The outstanding performance of Google was only possible by their so called "Core principle of resolving problems". This old fashion way of avoid the problem, and CORE the problem was first introduced by Pedro Viegas. | |||
| Google's post-IPO stock performance has been very good as well, with shares surging to $300 by ], due to strong sales and earnings in the advertising market, as well as the release of new features like the ] and personalized home page.<ref name="bowlingforgoogle">La Monica, Paul R. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The surge in stock price is fueled primarily by individual investors, as opposed to large institutional investors and ]s.<ref name="bowlingforgoogle"/> | |||
| The company is listed on the ] stock exchange under the ] symbol '''GOOG'''. | |||
| ===Growth=== | |||
| :''Main article: ]'' | |||
| While the company's primary market is in the web content arena, Google has begun to experiment with other markets, such as ] and print publications. On ], ], Google announced that it had purchased the radio advertising company dMarc, which provides an automated system that allows companies to advertise on the radio.<ref>Levingston, Steven. "." ''].'' ], ].</ref> This will allow Google to combine two niche advertising media -- the Internet and radio -- with Google's ability to laser-focus on the tastes of consumers. Google has also begun an experiment in selling advertisements from its advertisers in offline newspapers and magazines, with select advertisements in the ].<ref>Gonsalves, Anton. "." ''Information Week.'' " ], ].</ref> They have been filling unsold space in the newspaper that would have normally been used for in-house advertisements. | |||
| Google was added to the ] on ], ]. Google replaced ], a major oil producer based in ] which was acquired by ]. | |||
| ===Acquisitions and partnerships=== | |||
| :''Main article: ]'' | |||
| Since ], Google has acquired several small start-up companies, often consisting of innovative teams and products. One of the earlier companies that Google bought was ]. They were the creators of ], a weblog publishing platform, first launched in ]. This acquisition led to many premium features becoming free. Pyra Labs was originally formed by ], yet he left Google in ]. In early ], Google acquired Upstartle, a company responsible for the online word processor, Writely. The technology in this product was used by Google to eventually create ]. In late ], Google bought online video site ] for ]1.65 billion in stock.<ref>La Monica, Paul R. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Shortly after, on ], ], Google announced that it had also acquired ], a developer of wiki technology for collaborative Web sites.<ref>. ], ].</ref> | |||
| In ], Google entered into partnerships with other companies and government agencies to improve production and services. Google announced a partnership with ] to build up 1 million square feet of offices and work on research projects involving large-scale data management, ], ], and the entrepreneurial space industry.<ref name="nasaames">Mills, Elinor. "" ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Google also entered into a partnership with ] in October to help share and distribute each other's technologies.<ref name="googlesun">Kessler, Michelle; Acohido, Byron. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The company entered into a partnership with ]'s ],<ref name="googleaol">Mills, Elinor. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> to enhance each other's video search services. | |||
| In ], Google and ] Fox Interactive Media entered into a $900 million agreement to provide search and advertising on the popular social networking site, ].<ref name="googlemyspace">Staff Writer. "." ''Business Wire.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| {{seealso|List of acquisitions by Google}} | |||
| ===Criticism and controversy=== | |||
| :''Main article: ]'' | |||
| As it has grown, Google has found itself the focus of several controversies related to its business practices and services. For example, ] effort to digitize millions of books and make the full text searchable has led to ] disputes with the ]. Google's cooperation with the governments of ], and to a lesser extent ] and ] (regarding ]) to filter search results in accordance to regional laws and regulations has led to claims of ]. Google's persistent ] and other information collection practices have led to concerns over user ]. A number of governments have raised concerns about the security risks posed by geographic details provided by ] satellite imaging.<ref name="satimgs"/> Google has also been criticized by advertisers regarding its inability to combat ], when a person or automated script is used to generate a charge on an advertisement without really having an interest in the product. Industry reports in ] claim that approximately 14 to 20 percent of clicks were in fact fraudulent or invalid.<ref>Mills, Elinor. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ==Products== | |||
| {{main|List of Google products}} | |||
| Google has created services and tools for the general public and business environment alike, including Web applications, advertising networks and solutions for businesses. | |||
| ===Advertising=== | |||
| Most of Google's revenue is derived from its online advertising programs.<ref name="claburn">Claburn, Thomas. "." ''Information Week.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Google ] allows Web advertisers to display advertisements in Google's search results and the Google Content Network, through either a cost-per-click or cost-per-view scheme. Google ] website owners can also display adverts on their own site, and earn money every time ads are clicked. | |||
| ===Applications=== | |||
| Google is well-known for its ] service, which is a major factor of the company's success. As of December, ], Google is the most used ] on the web with a 50.8% market share, ahead of ] (23.6%) and ] (8.4%).<ref name="searchmarketshare">Bausch, Suzy. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Google indexes billions of Web pages, so that users can search for the information they desire, through the use of ] and ]. Google has also employed the Web Search technology into other search services, including Image Search, ], the price comparison site ], the interactive ] archive ], ] and more. | |||
| In ], Google launched its own free web-based email service, known as ].<ref name="gmail2004">Staff Writer. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Gmail features ] and the capability to use Google technology to search email. The service generates revenue by displaying advertisements from the ] service that are tailored to the content of the email messages displayed on screen. | |||
| In early ], the company launched ], which not only allows users to search and view freely available videos, but also offers users and media publishers the ability to publish their content, including television shows on ], ] basketball games, and music videos.<ref name="video2006">Tyler, Nathan. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Google has also developed several desktop applications, including ], an interactive mapping program powered by satellite imagery. | |||
| Many other products are available through Google Labs, which is a collection of incomplete applications, that are still being tested for use by the general public. | |||
| Google has promoted their products in various ways. In ], ''Google Space'' was set-up in ], showcasing several products, including Gmail, Google Earth and Picasa.<ref name="googlespace">"." ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref><ref name="heathrow">Donoghue, Andrew. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Also, a similar page was launched for American college students, under the name ''College Life, Powered by Google.''<ref name="collegelife">"." Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===Enterprise products=== | |||
| In ], Google launched ], a software suite for businesses that provides ], ], ], ], as well as a ] program.<ref name="graham">Graham, Jefferson. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> This product is targeted primarily at the business user, and intended to compete directly versus ]'s ] suite, with a price of approximately $50 per user per year compared to $500 per user for Microsoft Office.<ref name="graham"/> | |||
| ==Platform== | |||
| {{main|Google platform}} | |||
| Google's services are run on several ]s, each consisting of thousands of low-cost commodity computers running stripped-down versions of ]. While the company does not provide detailed information about its hardware, a 2006 estimate consisted of over 450,000 servers, racked up in clusters located in data centers around the world.<ref name="howgoogleworks">Carr, David F. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ==Corporate affairs and culture== | |||
| ] seen in the Googleplex parking lot.]] | |||
| Google is particularly known for its relaxed corporate culture, reminiscent of the ]. In January ], it was cited by '']'' as the #1 (of 100) best company to work for.<ref name="best_company">"." ''] (link published by ]).'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Google's corporate philosophy is based on many casual principles including, "You can make money without doing evil", "You can be serious without a suit," and "Work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun." A complete list of corporate fundamentals is available on Google's website.<ref>"." ''Google.'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Google's relaxed corporate culture can also be seen externally through their holiday variations of the ]. | |||
| Typical salaries at Google are considered to be quite low by industry standards. For example, some ]s earn no more than $35,000 per year – considered to be quite low for the ] job market.<ref name="salaries">Penenberg, Adam L. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> However, Google's stock performance following its ] has enabled many early employees to be competitively compensated by participation in the corporation's remarkable equity growth.<ref name="shinalj">Shinal, John. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Google implemented other employee incentives in ], such as the ], in addition to offering higher salaries to new employees. Google's workplace amenities, culture, global popularity, and strong brand recognition have also attracted potential applicants. | |||
| After the company's ] in August ], it was reported that founders ] and ], and CEO ], requested that their base salary be cut to $1.00.<ref name="topsalaries">La Monica, Paul R. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> Subsequent offers by the company to increase their salaries have been turned down, primarily because, "their primary compensation continues to come from returns on their ownership stakes in Google. As significant stockholders, their personal wealth is tied directly to sustained stock price appreciation and performance, which provides direct alignment with stockholder interests."<ref name="topsalaries"/> Prior to ], Schmidt was making $250,000 per year, and Page and Brin each earned a salary of $150,000.<ref name="topsalaries"/> | |||
| They have all declined recent offers of bonuses and increases in compensation by Google's board of directors. In a ] report of the United States' richest people, ] reported that ] was #12 with a net worth of $14.1 billion, and ] was #13 with a net worth of $14.0 billion.<ref>Miller, Matthew; Serafin, Tatiana. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===Googleplex=== | |||
| ] | |||
| {{main|Googleplex}} | |||
| As a further play on Google's name, its headquarters, in California, are referred to as "the ]" — a ] being 1 followed by a googol of zeros, and the HQ being a ] of buildings (cf. ], cineplex, etc). The lobby is decorated with a ], ], old server clusters, and a projection of search queries on the wall. The hallways are full of exercise balls and ]s. Each employee has access to the corporate recreation center. Recreational amenities are scattered throughout the campus and include a workout room with weights and rowing machines, locker rooms, washers and dryers, a massage room, assorted ]s, ], a ], a pool table, and ]. In addition to the ], there are snack rooms stocked with various ]s, ]s, ], ], ]s, ], ]s, fresh fruit, and dozens of different drinks including fresh ], ], and make your own ]. In October 2006, the company announced plans to install thousands of ]s to provide up to 1.6 ]s of ], enough to satisfy approximately 30% of the campus' energy needs.<ref name="solar">Richmond, Riva. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The system will be the largest solar power system constructed on a ] corporate campus and one of the largest on any corporate site in the world.<ref name="solar"/> | |||
| In ], Google moved into 311,000 square feet of office space in ], at 111 ] in Manhattan.<ref name="manhattan">Reardon, Marguerite. "." ''.'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> The office was specially designed and built for Google and houses its largest advertising sales team, which has been instrumental in securing large partnerships, most recently deals with ] and ].<ref name="manhattan"/> In ], they added an engineering staff in New York City, which has been responsible for more than 100 engineering projects, including ], ], and others.<ref name="manhattan"/> It is estimated that the building costs Google ]10 million per year to rent and is similar in design and functionality to its ] headquarters, including Foosball, air hockey, and ping-pong tables, as well as a video game area.<ref name="manhattan"/> | |||
| ==="Twenty percent" time=== | |||
| All Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time (one day per week) on ]. Some of Google's newer services, such as ], ], ], and ] originated from these independent endeavors.<ref>"." ''Google.'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> In a talk at ], ], Google's vice president of search products and user experience, stated that her analysis showed that half of new product launches originated from 20% time.<ref>Mayer, Marissa. "." (video link; an is also available in ] format). ''/].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===Easter eggs and April Fool's Day jokes=== | |||
| {{main|Google's hoaxes}} | |||
| Google has a tradition of creating ] jokes — such as ], which allegedly featured the use of mental power to search the web.<ref name="mentalplex">"." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> In ], they claimed that ] were the ] behind their growing ].<ref name="pigeonrank">"." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> In ], they featured ] (which claimed to feature jobs on the ]),<ref name="copernicus">"." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> and in ], a ] brain-boosting drink, termed ] was announced.<ref name="gulp">"." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> In ], they came up with Google Romance, a hypothetical ] service.<ref name="romance">Fox, Lynn. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| Some thought the announcement of ] in ] around April Fool's Day (as well as the doubling of Gmail's storage space to two gigabytes in ]) was a joke, although both of these turned out to be genuine announcements. In ], a comedic graph depicting Google's goal of "infinity plus one" GB of storage was featured on the ] homepage. | |||
| Google's services contain a number of ]; for instance, the Language Tools page offers the search interface in the ]'s "Bork bork bork," ], ”Hacker” (Actually ]), ], and ].<ref>"." ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> In addition, the search engine calculator provides ] from ]' '']''.<ref>"." ''].'' Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| ===IPO and culture=== | |||
| Many people speculated that Google's ] would inevitably lead to changes in the company's culture,<ref>]. "" ''].'' ], ]</ref> because of shareholder pressure for employee benefit reductions and short-term advances, or because a large number of the company's employees would suddenly become millionaires on paper. In a report given to potential investors, co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page promised that the IPO would not change the company's culture.<ref>Baertlein, Lisa. "." ''CIOL IT Unlimited.'' ], ].</ref> Later Mr. Page said, "We think a lot about how to maintain our culture and the fun elements. We spent a lot of time getting our offices right. We think it's important to have a high density of people. People are packed together everywhere. We all share offices. We like this set of buildings because it's more like a densely packed university campus than a typical suburban office park."<ref name="davidvise">Vise, David A. "." ''].'' ], ]. Retrieved on ], ].</ref> | |||
| However, many analysts are finding that as Google grows the company is becoming more "corporate". In 2005, articles in '']'' and other sources began suggesting that Google had lost its anti-corporate, no evil philosophy.<ref>Rivlin, Gary. "." ''].'' ], ].</ref><ref>Gibson, Owen; Wray, Richard. "." ''].'' ], ].</ref> | |||
| ==Pending litigation== | |||
| On March 13, 2007, ] filed a US$1 billion ] against ] and ] alleging massive ].<ref></ref> | |||
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| ==Google Phone== | |||
| Various reports<ref>{{cite web|url=http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.noticias.com/noticia/directora-general-google-espana-confirma-que-compania-esta-trabajando-desarrollo-telefono-movil-257.html|title=Noticias.com - The CEO of Google Spain confirms that they are working on a mobile phone (automatically translated)|date=] ]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/16/google_phone_confirmed/|title=The Register - Google phone - it's for real|date=] ]}}</ref> have said that Google is planning the release of its own mobile phone, perhaps a competitor to ] ] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1973885,00.html|title=Guardian Observer article on collaboration talks with Orange|date=] ]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/the-google-switch-an-iphone-killer/|title=] article on the possible iPhone|date=] ]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilegazette.com/google-phone-07x03x20.htm|title=Mobile Gazette on the client/server aspect of a possible device|date=] ]}}</ref>. The project may be a collaboration between Google and ], ] or ] or another manufacturer. However, very little is known about the project and most of the information available is speculation. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] - Google's Web crawler | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] - Chinese subsidiary of Google Web search | |||
| * ] - Google's internal distributed file system | |||
| * ] - Charitable arm of Google | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] - Web search engine created by Google | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] – a mirror version of Google | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==Further reading== | |||
| * {{cite book|title=The Google Story|author=David Vise and Mark Malseed|publisher=Delacorte Press|date=]|id=ISBN 0-553-80457-X}} | |||
| * {{cite book|title=The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture|author=John Battelle|publisher=Portfolio Hardcover|date=]|id=ISBN 1-59184-088-0}} | |||
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