short google history

**MTeo** · 06-10-2008, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by TimuM

Pretty quick improvement for a company... should we say quickest one in the world? I am wondering where they will be in next 5-10 years.,..

I hope they will not be in a position I am tinking...becoming a monopoly, and the biggest layer in some industries, and killing other businesses...

**philippine_real_estate** · 06-17-2008, 08:24 PM

If I'm not mistaken, Yahoo was the no. 1 Search Engine and Directory that time, but Google got so popular and now its the no. 1 SE today. I think it'll stay on top for a long time coz its improving as time comes.

**Copybuild** · 07-10-2008, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by Shimmer

Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG and LSE: GGEA) is an American public corporation and search engine, first incorporated as a privately held company on 7 September 1998. The company had 9,378 full-time employees as of September 30, 2006 and is based in Mountain View, California. Eric Schmidt, former chief executive officer of Novell, is Google's CEO, after co-founder Larry Page stepped down.

The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol," which refers to 10100 (a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros). Google has had a major impact on online culture.

The verb "google" was added to both the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary, meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet.

Who knows? Before, there is no Google, Yahoo is the #1 SE, Right?. But when Big G comes into the scene, Y was replaced by G. No one can tell what's gonna happen, change is the only permanent thing in the world.

**wchua24** · 07-11-2008, 05:34 AM

yeah who knows...maybe yahoo got a plan...i heard yahoo is merging with other companies to...so i think google should still work hard before yahoo overtakes them...

**majidpucit123** · 09-10-2008, 12:45 AM

Google has celebrated its birthday on 8th Sep.
Congratulation to all having such a nice search engine

**mikewilliams** · 12-16-2008, 08:14 AM

They are the standard in the industry, and getting better all the time. Competition is healthy, so hopefully MSN or Yahoo or someone else can give it to them in the future, but for now they are doing a good job providing good search results to users.