Google

Google General Facts:

• Google Inc. is an American public corporation.
• It was founded by Larry Page & Sergey Brin, whilst they were still students at Stanford University.
• The company was first incorporated (as a privately held company) on September 4, 1998.
• The name "Google" comes from a misspelling of the word "googol".
• The Googleplex, Google headquarters, is located in Mountain View, California.
• The company has approximately 20,000 employees.

Company Plaudits:

• Most powerful brand in the world.
• "Don't be evil" is the company's unofficial slogan.
• Important tenets of Google include - Environmentalism, philanthropy & positive employee relations.
• Reported by Fortune Magazine as the #1 "Best Place to Work" on numerous occasions.
• Alexa ranking - Google is the most visited website on the Internet.
• Mission Statement - "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful".

Google's Online Content:

• E-mail - Gmail
• Internet search
• Office productivity
• Online mapping - Google Maps, Geoogle Earth
• Social networking - Blogger
• Video sharing services - Google Video, YouTube

Computing Issues:

• Google has also developed an open source web browser & mobile operating system.

Business Model:

• Earns revenue from advertising related to its online content.
• Google also sells advertising-free versions of the same online technologies.

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