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Google: From Backrub to Search Giant

Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998 after their search engine project was rejected by other companies. Google quickly gained popularity for its simple and effective page ranking system. It now dominates the search engine market and earns revenue through advertising. Despite early doubts, Google's founders grew the small startup into a global tech giant valued at over $500 billion through innovation, new products, and a focus on providing helpful search results to users.

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Google: From Backrub to Search Giant

Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998 after their search engine project was rejected by other companies. Google quickly gained popularity for its simple and effective page ranking system. It now dominates the search engine market and earns revenue through advertising. Despite early doubts, Google's founders grew the small startup into a global tech giant valued at over $500 billion through innovation, new products, and a focus on providing helpful search results to users.

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“GOOGLE”

A SEARCH ENGINE

Presented By:- Ronak Shah


Why Google?

 It plays a vital role in our life.

 It gives us information about the required


subject.

 It has a system of page ranking.


History

 It started in the year 1995 with an idea of


Google the research project.
 The project became Google. COM in Feb
1999.
 The Founder’s :-
Sergey Brin (August 21, 1973)
Larry Page (March 26, 1973)
The Founders

 Sergey Brin (right)


 Larry Page (left)
Missed the Opportunity!

 The founders approached Yahoo!, Alta Vista


and many other search engine and
technology companies to sell their project.
 The offer price was $1million.
 The offer was refused.
 Within a year the founders had the net worth
of $10bn each.
People behind their success.
 David Cheriton
(professor at stanford
university)

 Andy Bechtolsheim (VP


of Cisco System & co-
founder of SUN
Microsystem)
How it Started

 The Basic idea was of Larry.

 With a Positive attitude that ‘yes we can do


it.’

 “You should try to do things that most people


would not” (Larry).
The Start.
 Larry and Sergey
leased space in a
Menlo Park garage for
their first office.

 An early Google
computer, partially
constructed from
imitation LEGO blocks.
The Name ?

 Initially the name was “Back Rub” which


means the ability to analyze "back links“.

 The name ‘Google’ was derived from the


word ‘g-o-o-g-o-l’ which is a mathematical
term and it means ‘1’ followed by ‘100’zeros.
Changes in the name
How does Google makes money?

 It gets paid on every CLICK.


 The payers are the advertisers on the site.
 At present there are minimum 10,000 users
per hour only in New York.
 Another source of income is AOL
Competitors.

 Microsoft
 Yahoo!
 Alta vista
 Info seek
 Excite
Google goes public.
 Larry Page presides
over the opening of the
NASDAQ stock
exchange on August
19, 2004, as Google
goes public.
Google’s Market

 IPO on Aug 19, 2004 at $85 per share


(NASDAQ stock exchange).
 The total earnings were $2bn.
 Within a year the rate per share was $300
per share.
 This time the total earnings were $80bn.
Status at NASDAQ.
 The current rate of
Google is $599 per
share.
 Technical Analyst Stifel
Nicolaus has estimated
the rate from $610 to
$675.
 The rates of Yahoo!
had seen a decline of
20%.
Chairman and CEO.

 Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google


How did Google Survived ?

 Page Ranking.
 Having something new.
Something new.

 The very first Google Doodle: Burning Man Festival


1998
 Google uses specially drawn logos known as the
Google Doodles.
Contd…
 Web browser from Google named
Mozilla Firefox.
 The latest one is ‘Google Chrome’.
 It is been launched on 2nd Sep ’08.
 Within 4 days it bags a share of 1% of the
market.
 Previous launches :-
gmail
orkut
Market Share (web browser).

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
Internet
Firefox Safari Opera Netscape
Explorer
Market share in % 72.15 19.75 6.37 0.74 0.72
Conclusion.

 Nothing is ‘IMPOSSIBLE’.

 Every one has idea’s.

 Ideas without action are worthless.

 If we take an initiative every one would join


us.
Thank You.
Questions?

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