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A brief history of Google
Scroll or click through the history of Google.
1995-2019
1995
1995
Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University.
1996
1996
They built a search engine called BackRub, that stood out because of it's use of links to rank websites.
1998
1998
BackRub was renamed to Google (a play on the mathematical term "googol", a 1 followed by 100 zeros).
1999
1999
Google relocated to Mountain View, and they redesigned their logo.
2000
2000
Google introduced AdWords, a self-service tool for creating online ad campaigns.
2003
2003
AdSense launched as a tool for making revenue of ads on your websites.
2004
2004
Gmail was launched on April Fool's Day.
2005
2005
Google acquired the digital mapping company Keyhole, and soon after launched Google Maps & Google Earth.
2006
2006
YouTube was acquired by Google.
2007
2007
The mobile phone operating system "Android" was announced. Streetview launched in the U.S.
2008
2008
The Google Chrome web browser was launched.
2009
2009
Google Announces Chrome OS.
2011
2011
Google introduced the world to Google+.
2015
2015
Google reorganized and the holding company Alphabet Inc. was born.
2016
2016
The AI powered Google Assistant was launched, and Google Announces their new Smartphone: the Google Pixel.
2017
2017
Google restructured to a limited liability company (LLC).
2019
2019
Google shuts down Google+
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