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On August 1996 the first version of Google is released on the Stanford Web.
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In 1997 Google.com was registered as a domain name.
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PC magazine recognized Google as the search engine of choice and one of the Top 100 Web Sites for 1998
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In 2000 Google searches were made by 18 million people per day
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Google began selling Ad Words, its keyword related contextual advertising. In its early years Google did not allow advertising in their search engine results. The search engine became profitable with the introduction of unobtrusive text advertisements placed at the side of search results.
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Google News service is launched.
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IGoogle became a public company on August 19, 2004, trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange as GOOG. 2004 Google formed the not-for-profit philanthropic Google.org
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Google raised $4.2 billion through its second stock offering.Google Maps, Google Earth, and iGoogle were released
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Google purchased YouTube
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In 2008 Google launched Chrome, its first Web browser
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T-Mobile released the G1, the first Android-based phone.
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Google Wave was introduced
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Google released an Android phone under its own company name called the Nexus One
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March - the new Google +1 is launched
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The dominant market position of Google's services has led to criticism of the company over issues including privacy, copyright, and censorship
