How “Google” Became “Google” : A Brief History

How “Google” Became “Google” : A Brief History





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Irfan Ahmad
Irfan is editor of Digital Information World. Love to explore the internet, social media, marketing, business and infographics.



In a world where information is expected and demanded to be delivered at light speed Google is omnipresent in our lives. Not just; it is recognized as the most lucrative and powerful word organization, which can literally determined the destiny of a company by giving them ranking for their targeted queries. A high rank on Google search results can literally mean millions to a company.

Here’s an infographic from fullestop that presents a timeline of Google’s Journey, Google history from 1997 to 2014, including an overview of some of its key acquisitions.

Some key takeaways:

On Sept 15th, 1997: Google.com is registered as a domain.

2000: Google Adwords launched with 350 customers.

April 2004: Gmail launched.

Sept 2008: The browser Google Chrome becomes available for download.

2011: Google+ social network launched.

May 2012: The knowledge Graph in Search is launched making it easier to discover information about things such as landmarks, celebrities, cities, sport teams, movies, works of art and more.

May 2012: Google Plus hangouts became available worldwide.

July 2014: Over 1.2 billion people have visited Google’s sites since its foundation.

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