GOOGLE.COM (a little about google)
GOOGLE.COM (a little about
google)
It has become a
common trend in the world of today that the common things are not known. Many
houses today are built on air and so many are lacking strong foundation.
The history of
the beloved Google is not known by many today due to the fact that not so much
value is attached to it.
Google was
founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It was incorporated in September
4, 1998. However, the story of the development of Google started in 1995 at
Stanford University. Larry page was a student of the institution and a Ph.D
holder. He was born in East Lansing, Michigan on March 26, 1973. Google was a
research project of his. It all started as an idea in search of a desertion
theme. With the encouragement he received from his supervisor Terry Winograd,
he propelled and never let the idea to die.This project of his was nicknamed
Backrub.
Sergay Brin (born
in Moscow, in the iron-curtai –era USSR, on August 21, 1973) was a partner who
he worked with on the Stanford Digital Library Project (SDLP). It was in this
project that they discovered the importance of a search engine. It equally led
them to the development of Page Rank algorithm. They linked up a lot of pages
and it was ranked according to how many times the search term appeared on a
page.
The new search
engine was using Stanford’s website domain. Google.stanfrod.edu.
the domain name Google.com was registered on September 4, 1998. The name Google
was a play on the mathematical expression for the number 1 followed by 100
zeros and aptly reflected Larry and Sergey’s mission to organise the world’s
information and make it very accessible.
They first had
their office in Sergey’s dorm room. They later hired the garage of Susan
Wojcicki and Dennis Troper at 232 Santa Margarita Ave California for $1700 a
month. They were able to raise $100,000 through the help of Bechtolsheim Andy.
It was through him that Google inc. was born. In March 1999, they moved into
offices at 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto Mountain View California which is
their head quarters
Google has its
motto as don’t be evil. It has really gone far since their birth and has
no competitors aside Facebook and Apple Company. Today it produces software,
mobile phones and tablet computers. Some of its products and services include:
Gmail,
Google+,
Google Buzz
Google friend
connect
Google doc
Google chrome
Android
Motorola
(purchased in 2011)
Google voice
YouTube
Google earth
Google news
Google ad sense
Google image
search
Blog and the
rest of them
Google has really
gone far in such a way that the 21st century could come to a halt
without it. Come to think of it. Google has become a necessity for every
internet user and student. The name alone has become synonymous with searching
(google it or ask google). Books today have become more of decoration in the student’s
library as Google is gradually taking over the whole show.
Some of the
importance of Google will be seen below
1.
Google
has made information cheap and knowledge easy to get. It has brought
information to our door steps and at our convenience we can access it. Any
information not on Google can as well be said not to exist
2.
It has
become our means of survival. It today holds our vital information. It has
become our library, telephone, music store, radio and the rest of them
3.
It has
helped us in saving time and is more efficient than in the older times when you
have to travel a long distance to source information and still spend time in
writing them down. It has helped to organise our lives appropriately
4.
Funny as
it may sound, Google has become our external brain from where we can derive our
thought processes and information
5.
It has
really helped in the area of resolving conflict due to varied information among
individuals and debaters. The answer is always Google
6.
It has
really increased the reading habit in some people and learning habit. We could
now read anything at any time we desire; just stay connected. You do not need
to visit the library since thousands of information are available for you in
whatever you are looking for
7.
It has
equally exposed us to learn not just what we can reach; we can also learn other
people’s culture, lifestyle and place. We can also know about what is happening
there as if we are there. We can prepare and know about where ever we want to
visit without actually seeing it
8.
We can
equally have a say in the whole wide world. With the blog and social network we
can write and express ourselves and other people will read and to know what we
think.
9.
Google
has made people rich and has saved a lot of people with the help of Google
earth
10.
Entertainment
is not left out in what Google offers its users
Google has continued
to move from strength to strength since then; their improvement is continuous
and not deterred. Their statistics can be seen below
Global revenue
in 2016 89.5bn
USD
Full-time
alphabet employees as of 2016 72,053
U.S. visitors to
Google.com as to September 2017 33.6%
Advertising
revenue of Google in 2016 79.4bn
USD
Digital ad
revenue as percentage of total global revenue 32.8%
Top Youtuber
based on annual earnings as of June 2016: PewDiePie $15m
Google has done
much good and has written its name in the sand of time that any human being
living in the world of the 21st century can hardly do without Google.
It has made the world a global village. This is a hard truth that many might
want to run away from but here is the advice. For a better you, you must have to embrace Google, make it a companion
and a friend and you will have no regrets. However, Google can still lead
you to doom
References
1.
https://www.statista.com/topics/1001/Google/ (site for statistics)
2.
http://designpotato.com/15-reasons-why-Google-has-become-the-most-important-part-of-our-lives/ for the importance of Google
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