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The Creators of Google
Sergey Brin and Larry Page started Google. Sergey Brin and Larry Page first created Google in Susan Wojcicki's garage that they had rented out. They were bot Stanford students at the time. When Google was first created in a garage the original name was BackRub until they were on the search for a more marketable name and someone had suggested "googol". Later, the name stuck as Google.
The Creation of Google
Like many big businesses Google started out in a garage. In fact it was Susan Wojcicki's it was first started. Google was started on September 4, 1998. in 1999, Google moved to downtown Palo Alto. Later, in 2004 , Google found it's permanent home at Googleplex in Mountain View, Santa Clara County in California.
Why Was Google Created?
Google was originally created as an easy to use and efficient search engine. Now Google has other purposes besides being a search engine. Google also builds products that make the web better and easier to use. Google also helps businesses with finding customers and helping them find easy to use tools to set up and create their business. Google also offers many products online such as the web, business, social, home and office, and much more.
Google in the Beginning
In the beginning Google was a small company that started in a garage and it's original name was BackRub. Soon they went with the name Google.
Google's Second Step
Google started raising money so they could officially start up their company. Google soon gained competitors. In 1999 they started to have over 500,000 searches per day.
What Google is Like Today
Now, Google is not only one of the biggest search engines and getting used thousands of times per day, they are creating products that make it easier to search the web like chrome.
Google mainly focuses on their search engine and supporting their businesses but they do sell a few products. The biggest product sold is probably chrome products. Some products Google sells are chrome products, Google glasses, Google driverless cars, and tools that help with businesses getting started or finding customers.
How Google Has Improved
Google has improved in many ways since they fist started. They are now open to the public and are easier to use and they have more information. They have major effects on the society. It makes life much easier for some. It is simple to just go to Google and search for what you need. It is one of the biggest search engines, easy to use, and gives you more options for websites. Life would probably be different without Google. They changed the way people look at the internet.
Doodle 4 Google
Every year Google holds a contest for kids to enter in where they can enter in their own drawing for the Google home screen. The contest begins in the begging of every school year and then later has a due date. Here are some examples of the 2014 winners.
Back to Mother Nature
This piece was the national winner out of all the contestants. The winners name is Audrey Zhang. She went to Island Trees Memorial Middle School in New York.
Nature's Cure
This piece was the winner of grades 6-7. Emi R. Olin went to Alexander High School in Ohio.
Brighter World Through Binoculars
This student was the winner from the grades 8-9. Renaise kim went to school at Lake Washington High School in Washington.