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The History of Google

By anguskennedy97

  • The domain name Google.com is registered.

  • Google files for incorporation in California

  • Google sets up a workplace in a Californian garage

  • Google moves to Palo Alto

  • Google's first press release announces $25 million round

  • Google moves to a Mountain View office

  • 10 move languages of Google.com are released

  • Further increases in languages. 15 now available

  • Google AdWords is launched

  • Google Images is launched

  • Google opens its first international office in Japan

  • Google Labs is released

  • A Sydney office is opened

  • Google acquires Pyra Labs

  • Goodgle Adsense is announced, a content-targeting advertising service

  • The main office is moved to "GooglePlex" in Mountain View

  • Gmail is launched

  • Google acquires Picasa

  • Google goes public with 19,605,052 shares of Class A common stocks with an opening price of $85 a share

  • Hong Kong office is opened

  • European Headquarters in Dublin is opened

  • Google.org is established

  • Google Mobile Web Search is released

  • Google Earth is released

  • Google Analytics is released

  • Offices are oprned in Mexico

  • Google Transit is launched in Portland, Oregon.

  • Google Finance is launched

  • Google Calander is released

  • Google Translate is launched

  • Google Checkout is announced

  • The Oxford English Dictionary ads "Google" as a verb

  • Google acquires YouTube

  • then-Senator Barack Obama and Senetor John McCain visit the Googleplex during their presedential campaigns

  • Adsense for Mobile is introduced

  • Android is announced

  • Google acquires DoubleClick. (another digital marketing company)

  • Google host's it's first Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco

  • Google provides Street View for the entire 2008 Tour de France route

  • Google releases their first iPhone app

  • Google launches Google.com/elections

  • T-Mobile announces the G1, which is the first phone to be built on the Android OS.

  • Google Chrome is released

  • Voice Search on Android is released

  • Google Voice is released

  • A beta test of internet-based advertising on partner sites, including YouTube is launched

    From the website,
    "We launch a beta test of interest-based advertising on partner sites and on YouTube. This kind of tailored advertising lets us show ads more closely related to users' interests, and it gives advertisers an efficient way to reach those most likely to be interested in their products or services. "

  • Google announces the development of Google Chrome OS

  • DoubleClick Ad Exchange is released

  • Google Maps Navigation is released as a "turn-by-turn" GPS navigation system"

  • Mac and Linux versions of Google Chrome are released.

  • The Nexus One (mobile phone, and first in the "Nexus" line of mobile devices) is released.

  • Google TV is released.

  • Google acquires AdMob

  • Google, the first company ever to do so, launches a website publishing the number of requests that they receive from governments for information on users, and content removal requests.

    Google Transparency Report

  • Google announces self-driving cars

  • YouTube introduces TrueView (the advertisements before a video that you can skip after five seconds)

  • Google Wallet makes advances for shopping in stores

  • Google Offers is released as a beta in Portland, Oregon.

  • Google announces their first Chromebooks

  • Google acquires AdWords Express

  • Google acquires Zagat

  • Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is released

  • Google opens a new office in Paris

  • Chrome launches on Android

  • Android Market is replaced with Google Play

  • Project Glass is announced

  • Google Drive is launched

  • Hangouts on Air becomes available worldwide

  • Google acquires Motorolla Mobility

  • Google's Transparency Report is expanded to include a section on copyright.

  • Google announces DoubleClick Digital Marketing

  • Google Now is announced

  • The Olympics is livestreamed on YouTube

  • Google Crisis Response launches Public Alerts

  • Google Fiber begins installation

  • Google introduces enhanced campaigness, (an update to AdWords)

  • Google Now is released for iPhone and iPad

  • Google Play Music All Access is released (a music subscription service)

  • Chromecast is released

  • Google acquires Nest

  • Chromebox for meetings is released

  • Google's self-driving cars no longer require human intervention