Google Overview
Google is a public and profitable company focused on search services. Named for the mathematical term "googol" Google operates web sites at many international domains, with the most trafficked being www.google.com. Google is widely recognized as the "world's best search engine" because it is fast, accurate and easy to use. The company also serves corporate clients, including advertisers, content...More»
Google is a public and profitable company focused on search services. Named for the mathematical term "googol" Google operates web sites at many international domains, with the most trafficked being www.google.com. Google is widely recognized as the "world's best search engine" because it is fast, accurate and easy to use. The company also serves corporate clients, including advertisers, content publishers and site managers with cost-effective advertising and a wide range of revenue generating search services. Google's breakthrough technology and continued innovation serve the company's mission of "organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful."
Google is the world's largest search engine and through its partnerships with America Online, Netscape and others, responds to more search queries than any other service online.«Less
Key People
Management
- Larry Page, CEO, Co-Founder
- Sergey Brin, Co-Founder & President, Technology
- Eric Schmidt, CEO and Chairman of the Board
- Lorraine Twohill, VP Marketing
- Brent Callinicos, Treasurer
- Mark Fuchs, VP Finance & Chief Accountant
- Julio Pekarovic, VP Sales Finance
- Francoise Brougher, VP Business Operations
- Urs Holze, SVP Operations
- David Lawee, VP Corporate Development
- Andy Berndt, Managing Director
- Vinton Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist
- Stuart Feldman, VP Engineering
- Craig Silverstein, Director of Technology
- Norio Murakami, VP GM
- Miriam Rivera, General Counsel
- Dennis Woodside, VP Business Operations
- Penry Price, VP Advertising Sales
- Tracy Wilk, VP Product Marketing
- Vic Gundotra, VP Engineering
- Nelson Mattos, VP Engineering
- Daniel Alegre, VP Business Development
- Shona Brown, VP Business Operations
- Tim Armstrong, VP Advertising Sales
- Wayne Rosing, VP Engineering
- Andrea Zurek, Agency Training Program Manager
- Jeff Huber, VP Engineering
- Alan Eustace, VP Engineering
- Marissa Mayer, Search Products & User Experience
- W. Coughran, VP Engineering
- Salar Kamangar, VP Program Management
- Kent Walker, General Counsel
- Megan Smith, VP New Business Development
- Johnny Chou, President of Sales
- Jonathan Rosenberg, VP of Product Management
- Thomas Niermann, Head of Technology Program Management
- Dave Girouard, VP & GM Enterprise
- David Radcliffe, VP Real Estate
- David Eun, VP Content Partnerships
- Francois Delepine, VP Finance
- Susan Wojcicki, VP Product Management
- Lazlo Bock, VP Human Resources
- Douglas Merrill, VP Engineering
- Kai-Fu Lee, Vice President
- Sanjay Ghemawat, Fellow
- Alfred Spector, VP Research & Special Initiatives
- Rajas Moonka, Sr. Product Manager
- Jeff Dean, Fellow
- Benjamin Sloss Treynor, VP Engineering
- Nikesh Arora, President of Operations
- Mario Queiroz, VP Product Management
- Amit Singhal, Fellow
- George Reyes, CFO
- Omid Kordestani, SVP Sales & Business Development
- Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Regional President
- Marlin Gilbert, Manager of Advertising Sales
- Cindy McCaffrey, VP Marketing
- Joan Braddi, VP Sales
- Jim Wanderer, technical staff
- David Drummond, VP Corporate Development
- Udi Manber, VP Engineering
- Bradley Horowitz, VP Product Management
- Shiva Shivakumar, VP Distinguished Entrepreneur
Board of Directors
- Larry Page
- Sergey Brin
- Eric Schmidt
- Shirley Tilghman
- Al Gore
- Paul Otellini
- L. Doerr
- Arthur Levinson
- Ann Mather
Advisors
Funding
| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
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| 1998 | Seed | 0.1M | Unknown | |
| 1999 | Series A | Unknown | Unknown |
Products
| Name: | AdWords |
| Product URL: | http://adwords.google.com/ |
| Date Launched: | 08/2000 |
| Description: | AdWords is Google's flagship advertising product and main source of revenue. It offers pay-per-click (PPC) advertising and site-targeted advertising and has grown to include mobile, TV, and Radio (in recent years). Double Click will eventually also be a part of this product offering. |
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| Name: | Listen |
| Product URL: | http://listen.googlelabs.com/ |
| Date Launched: | 08/2009 |
| Description: | Listen from Google Labs brings podcasts and web audio to your Android-powered device. It lets you search, subscribe, download and stream. By subscribing to programs and search terms it will create a personalized audio-magazine loaded with fresh shows and news stories whenever you listen. In this release Listen is indexing thousands of popular English-only audio sources. |
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| Name: | Android 1.6 |
| Product URL: | http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-1.6.html |
| Date Launched: | 09/2009 |
| Description: | The Android 1.6 system delivered in the SDK (as library and system image) is the development counterpart to the Android 1.6 production system image, which is deployable to Android-powered handsets starting October 2009. The system is fully compliant and includes no external libraries. The Android 1.6 system delivers an updated version of the framework API. As with previous versions, the Android 1.6 API is assigned an integer identifier — 4 — that is stored in the system itself. This identifier, called the "API Level", allows the system to correctly determine whether an application is compatible with the system, prior to installing the application. |
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| Name: | Google PowerMeter |
| Product URL: | http://www.google.org/powermeter/ |
| Description: | Google PowerMeter is a free electricity usage monitoring tool that provides you with information on how much energy your home is consuming. Google PowerMeter receives information from utility smart meters and in-home energy management devices and visualizes this information for you on iGoogle (your personalized Google homepage). And, Google PowerMeter is free. |
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| Name: | Google Building Maker |
| Product URL: | http://sketchup.google.com/3dwh/buildingmaker.html |
| Date Launched: | 10/2009 |
| Description: | Building Maker is a 3D modeling tool for adding buildings to Google Earth. It's fun to use, and an easy way to get on the 3D map. Here's how it works: * Select a city from around the world. * Make a building with photos we provide. * Save your building and it will be reviewed. * See your 3D building in Google Earth! |
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| Name: | Google Voice |
| Product URL: | https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?passive=true&service=grandcentral<mpl=bluebar&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fvoice%2Faccount%2Fsignin%2F%3Fprev%3D%252F&gsessionid=--ilcm1YzfFW9JaUP2iyjg |
| Date Launched: | 03/2009 |
| Description: | Use Google Voice with your existing number and get: * Google voicemail: voicemail like email * Voicemail transcription: read what your voicemail says * Custom greetings: vary voicemail greetings by caller * International calling: low cost calls to the world * Notifications: read voicemail messages via email or SMS * Share voicemails: forward, embed, or download voicemails Add a Google number to get these additional features: * One number: a single phone number that rings all your phones * Free SMS: send, receive & store text messages online * Block calls: send unwanted callers straight to voicemail * Record calls: record phone calls and store them online * Conference calls: join several people into a single call * Screen callers: hear who is calling before you pick up |
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| Name: | Friend Connect |
| Product URL: | http://www.google.com/friendconnect/ |
| Description: | # Grow your community Make registration simple, so more users join and explore your site. # Encourage activity Choose from a range of gadgets to get users commenting, rating, sharing, etc. # Just copy and paste Copy and paste snippets of code to get started. Or use our API for deeper integrations. |
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| Name: | Google Chrome |
| Product URL: | http://www.google.com/chrome/ |
| Description: | Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. Fast start-up Google Chrome launches in a snap. Fast loading Google Chrome loads web pages quickly. Fast search Search the web right from the address bar. |
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| Name: | Google Buzz |
| Product URL: | http://www.google.com/buzz |
| Description: | Go beyond status message Share updates, photos, videos, and more. Start conversations about the things you find interesting. |
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| Name: | Google Apps Marketplace |
| Product URL: | http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/home |
| Description: | The Google Apps Marketplace offers products and services designed for Google users, including installable apps that integrate directly with Google Apps. Installable apps are easy to use because they include single sign-on, Google's universal navigation, and some even include features that integrate with your domain's data. |
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| Name: | Ad Innovations |
| Product URL: | http://www.google.com/ads/innovations/ |
| Description: | Google Ad Innovations is a place for you to explore new marketing technologies. Watch demos, try the latest tools and share your thoughts to shape the future of advertising. |
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| Name: | Follow Finder |
| Product URL: | http://www.followfinder.googlelabs.com/ |
| Description: | Follow Finder analyzes public social graph information (following and follower lists) on Twitter to find people you might want to follow. |
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| Name: | Google Places |
| Product URL: | http://www.google.com/local/add/analyticsSplashPage?service=lbc&utm_source=/places&utm_medium=van&utm_campaign=en&gl=US&hl=en-US |
| Description: | Help customers find you on Google, it's free. |
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| Name: | Google Latitude |
| Product URL: | http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html |
| Description: | See where your friends are right now |
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| Name: | Google Commerce Search |
| Product URL: | http://www.google.com/commercesearch/ |
| Description: | Google Commerce Search 2.0 is a powerful search solution designed specifically with online retailers in mind. |
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| Name: | Open Spot |
| Product URL: | http://openspot.googlelabs.com/ |
| Description: | Open Spot works by letting people who are leaving parking spots share their spots with people who are searching for parking. Start helping others find parking, and together we'll all save time, save gas, and reduce pollution. Like to keep score? The more open spots you mark, the more parking 'karma points' you'll get. |
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| Name: | App Inventor for Android |
| Product URL: | http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/ |
| Date Launched: | 07/2010 |
| Description: | You can build just about any app you can imagine with App Inventor. Often people begin by building games like WhackAMole or games that let you draw funny pictures on your friend's faces. You can even make use of the phone's sensors to move a ball through a maze based on tilting the phone. But app building is not limited to simple games. You can also build apps that inform and educate. You can create a quiz app to help you and your classmates study for a test. With Android's text-to-speech capabilities, you can even have the phone ask the questions aloud. To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app's behavior. |
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Bulls vs. Bears (8)
| Bullish Opinions (7) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
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Chris.Junkman@gmail.com |
chris.junkman 03/10/2011 |
100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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What do you desire in life and what are willing to give? Power Of Google! |
chris.junkman 03/10/2011 |
100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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Googles large percentage of search and advertising revenue will make it tough for others |
sherif 08/27/2008 |
75% 4 votes 3 25% 1 |
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Google is providing new, higher standards for the web experience |
ablanky 08/10/2008 |
50% 4 votes 2 50% 2 |
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has a natural monopoly in a growing industry |
tecarmona 07/31/2008 |
75% 4 votes 3 25% 1 |
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I've heard they've started making some advertising revenue |
green33 06/04/2008 |
100% 5 votes 5 0% 0 |
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Google have an application that has penetrated the heart of the internet |
rodpayne20 05/30/2008 |
100% 6 votes 6 0% 0 |
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Many smart people are leaving as company has turned more corporate |
kenny 06/18/2008 |
83% 6 votes 5 17% 1 |
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