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First Apperance
Google.com registered as a domain -
First Friends Newsletter
First Friends NewsletterLarry launches a monthly “Google Friends Newsletter” on eGroups to inform fans about company news (it’s still published, on Google Group -
Google Gets Its Frst Investor
Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim writes a check for $100,000 to an entity that doesn’t exist yet – a company called Google Inc. -
Google Hires First Employee
Larry and Sergey hire Craig Silverstein as their first employee; he’s a fellow computer science grad student at Stanford. -
Google Gets Bigger
Google drops the exclamation mark from our name and add a link for searches limited to U.S. government documents. -
New Languages (10 Total)
The first 10 language versions of Google.com are released: French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish -
Google Wins First Webbie Award
Google wins their first Webby Awards: Technical Achievement (voted by judges) and Peoples’ Voice (voted by users) -
Google Becomes Biggest Search Engine
Google becomes the world’s largest search engine; they announce the first billion-URL index -
Adwords are introduced
Google AdWords launches with 350 customers. The self-service ad program promises online activation with a credit card, keyword targeting and performance feedback. -
Google Toolbar is Released
Google Toolbar is released – a browser plug-in that makes it possible to search without visiting the Google homepage. -
Google Images is lauched
Image Search launches, offering access to 250 million images. -
Google Opens International Office
Google opens thier first international office, in Tokyo. -
Google News is Launched
Extra! Extra! Google News launches with 4000 news sources. -
Adsense is Launched
Google announces a new content-targeted advertising service, enabling publishers large and small to access Google’s vast network of advertisers. (Weeks later, on April 23, we acquired Applied Semantics, whose technology bolsters the service named AdSense.) -
Google Earth
Google Earth: a satellite imagery-based mapping service combining 3D buildings and terrain with mapping capabilities and Google search. -
Google Analytics Releases
Release of Google Analytics, formerly known as Urchin, for measuring the impact of websites and marketing campaigns -
Google Trends Released
Google Trends, a way to visualize the popularity of searches over time. -
Google Docs & Spread Sheets
Release web-based applications Docs & Spreadsheets: Word processor Docs is a reworking of Writely (acquired in March). -
Street View
Street View debuts in Google Maps in five U.S. cities: New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami, and Denver. -
Google Finance
Real-time stock quotes go live on Google Finance for the first time. -
Google Translate
Google Translate is released -
Voice
Google Voice is released. -
Google Chrome
Google Chrome is released. -
Google Dashboard
The Google Dashboard provides you with greater transparency and control over the data associated with your Google Account. -
Google TV
Google announces Google TV, which is built on Android and Chrome and gives you an easy and fast way to navigate to television channels, websites, apps, shows and movies. -
Google Reveals New Car Tech
Google announces they have developed technology for cars that can drive themselves; Google thinks self-driving cars can help prevent traffic accidents, free up people’s time and reduce carbon emissions. Their automated cars have since logged more than 500,000 miles on the road. -
The Google Art Project Is Revealed
The Google Art Project lets you virtually tour some of of the world’s best museums and explore high resolution images of tens of thousands of works of art from 40 countries. -
Google Wallet
Google Wallet makes it convenient to shop in-store, online or on the go, and helps merchants simplify the checkout experience. -
New Andriod OS
Android 4.0, a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich, is designed to work on both phones and tablets, and to make the power of Android enticing and intuitive -
Google Maps Improves
Google Maps now helps you to figure out where you are and get directions when you're inside a building like an airport or mall. -
New Office In Paris
Google opens a new office in Paris, a symbol of our commitment to one of Europe’s fastest-growing Internet economies. The new office is also home to the Google Cultural Institute. -
Google Drive Launch
Google Drive launches, enabling you to create, share, collaborate and keep your files—including videos, photos, Google Docs and PDFs—all in one place. -
Hangout Become Avaiable
Hangouts On Air become available worldwide. Many public figures and organizations have hosted Hangouts to connect directly with the public, including U.S. President Barack Obama, NASA, David Beckham, Taylor Swift and U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon. -
Google Crisis Response
Google Crisis Response launches Public Alerts—warnings for natural disasters and emergency situations—the same day we publish resources to respond to Superstorm Sandy. -
Google Fiber
Google begins installing Google Fiber—ultra-high speed Internet access that is up to 100 times faster than today’s average broadband—for thier first customers in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City Missouri -
Chromecast Available
Chromecast is a small and affordable device that makes it easy to use your phone, tablet or laptop to bring your favorite online entertainment to your TV screen. -
Street Veiw Through Time
Street View in Google Maps now lets you explore historical imagery dating back to 2007 -
Improvements on Calender
Gmail and Calendar now recognize addresses that contain accented or non-Latin characters. -
The Future
The future could hold anything for this fast growing company