Larry and Sergey were graduate students majoring in computer science at Stanford University, and they started to develop a search engine called BackRub.
1997
Larry and Sage decided to rename the search engine BackRub. After brainstorming, they chose Google, which comes from the mathematical term "googol", meaning the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. This term is used to indicate their goal: to integrate endless network information.
1998 was established as a private joint-stock company to design and manage Internet search engines.
In September of 20001year, PageRank, Google's web rating mechanism, obtained a US patent. The patent was officially awarded to Stanford University, and Lawrence Page was listed as the inventor in the document.
On July 19, 2005, Google announced that it would set up a research and development center in China.
65438+On February 20th, 2005, Google announced that it would spend $ 10 billion to acquire a 5% stake in AOL, an Internet service provider.
In June 2006, Google acquired YouTube, an audio-visual content sharing website, for $654.38+65 million, which was the largest acquisition in Google's history.
10 On June 29th, Google bought the domain name "g .cn" from China 265 Network Company for about US$ 20 million, making it the shortest domain name registration in history.
On June 5, 2007, 165438+Google announced that the open source mobile phone operating system based on Linux platform was named android.
On September 7, 2008, Google Maps satellite was launched.
20 1 1 On May 30th, 2008, Google announced the closure of several APIs, including translation, saying that they were unprofitable and abused.
On 20th1Feb14th, Google's acquisition of Motorola was approved by the European Union and the United States.
2012 On May 2 1 day, Google's acquisition of Motorola was approved by the China Municipal Government, and the acquisition of Motorola Mobility was completed with 125 billion US dollars.