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Google. History of a great success. Origins. Science project by Sergei Brin and Larry Page, 1996, Stanford University, California Googol: 10 100 BackRub and PageRank. PageRank. Growth. August 1998: 100 000$ for a company that does not exist April 29, 2004: IPO for $2,718,281,828 (e)
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Google History of a great success
Origins • Science project by Sergei Brin and Larry Page, 1996, Stanford University, California • Googol: 10100 • BackRub and PageRank
Growth • August 1998: 100 000$ for a company that does not exist • April 29, 2004: IPO for $2,718,281,828 (e) • Oxford English Dictionary, 2006: google, v.
Google Today • Over 1,000,000 servers around the world • 1 billion requests per day • 24 PB (24,000 TB; 24,000,000 GB) processed data per day • 2006: $10.6 billion revenue • 2010: $29.3 billion ~*~
Don’t be evil! Official Google corporate policy