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Google is a worldwide search, advertising, and service-based corporation. Google has distinguished itself from other companies by avoiding the "corporate" feel that tech startups tend to fall into after experiencing massive growth.

Mantra

"Don't be evil"

History

Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The two Standford grads founded the company on September 4th, 1998 in Menlo park, California and have since moved their headquarters to 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, California.

Their intention was to create a product to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". Since then the company has rapidly expanded and produced a suite of products far beyond the traditional search engine. The company now sports

Revenue

Advertising

Adwords

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Google Products

Web

  • Google Chrome
  • Web Search

Mobile

Media

  • Google Books
  • Google Music
  • Images
  • News
  • Picasa
  • Picnik
  • Videos
  • YouTube

Geo

Home & Office

  • Calendar
  • Docs
  • Gmail
  • Google Health
  • Google Wallet
  • Sites
  • Talk
  • Translate
  • Voice

Social

  • Blogger
  • Google+
  • Groups
  • Knol
  • Orkut
  • Reader

Innovation

  • Fusion Tables
  • Code

See Also

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