The word Google appears due to typos in the domain registration that was originally the word Googol coined by Milton Sirotta, a US Mathematics expert in mentioning the number 1 with 100 digits 0 (zero) behind it or it could be with the term 10 rank 100 which is intended to show that in Google has a lot of information that is almost "innumerable".
Google was also born from a unique story of an accidental meeting between two people who were interested in the IT world. the two people are Larry Page Alumnus Univ. Michigan is 24 years old and Sergey Brain is 23 years old. they were still Masters students at Stanford University. The two met on a trip to enjoy a weekend vacation, at which time Sergey Brain accompanied Larry on a tour. On the way, the two of them discussed with each other the issue of how to recover data from massive data sets.
In January 1996, Larry and Sergey began collaborating in the creation of a search engine called the BackRub Project because it has a system that checks backlinks to estimate the significance of a site. At that time a small Search Engine named Rankdex was also conducting a similar investigation.
However, due to a setback, they both intended to sell the backrub project, but were refused. Because it cannot be sold, they want a new name for their machine. Initially they wanted the name Googol for its new search engine. A year later their unique approach to network analysis raised the reputation of BackRub / Googol. When they will buy a domain, it turns out there was an error in typing and turned into Google. Finally their search engine was used by Stanford University on google.stanford.edu.
Larry and Sergey continued to perfect Google technology throughout early 1998. Both also began to look for investors to develop Google's technological sophistication. Tit for tat. They got an injection of funds from campus friend Andy Bechtolsheim, who is the founder of Sun Microsystems. Their meeting took place early in the morning on the porch of the Stanford faculty student dormitory, in Palo Alto. Larry and Sergey gave a short demo because Andy did not have enough time.
Through the demo, Andy agreed to provide financial assistance in the form of a check worth 100 thousand US dollars. Unfortunately, the check was written in the name of the Google company. Yet at that time a company called Google had not yet been founded by Sergey and Larry. Andy's investment is a dilemma. Larry and Sergey would not be able to present checks as long as there is no legal institution called the Google company. Therefore, the two founders of Google are back to work hard in finding investments.
They looked for donors from family, friends, and colleagues until finally collected funds of about 1 million dollars (On September 4, 1998, Google which at that time was still based in the garage owned by a friend Larry Page and Sergey Grin had reached an investment of up to $ 1.1 million). And finally, the Google company was founded on Sept. 7, 1998 and was officially opened in Menlo Park, California.
Google's mission is, "to gather world information and make it universally accessible and useful." Google's philosophy includes slogans such as "Don`t be evil", and "Work should be challenging and challenges should be fun", illustrating the relaxed corporate culture.
Google only moved offices in March 1999 to Palo Alto. Since that time Google has continued to grow and continue to get a lot of visits to its search engine because of its simple design and good search results.
In 2000 Google finally began to open channels of advertising based on keywords, namely Google Adwords. On September 4, 2001 Google also patented a system of ranking search results that is currently popularly called PageRank. Google's success continues to skyrocket with more and more innovations and services that benefit internet users. It had made many other internet giants like Yahoo, even Microsoft became worried.
Even today Google continues to innovate by launching various new products such as Google Flip and is always updating and developing old products such as Picasa and Google Chrome. Even Google is also diligent in perfecting and completing various features of its products such as Google Translate, whose widgets can now be installed on all pages of the site.
Google is currently the number one company ranked in the top 100 most popular companies in America, with a number of employees around 10 thousand people.
Yahoo! is a popular web portal operated by a company called Yahoo! Inc ...
Yahoo! initially just a kind of bookmark, the idea began in April 1994, when two Stanford University alumni were on vacation when their professor went out of town because of a large leave.
Engineering students David Filo and Jerry Yang have little work to do besides surfing the internet. They don't take long to compile a large list of bookmarks, grouped by subject.
Then they think, why not put it on the web? They then work to create a database program to handle it, which can provide results online.
In March 1995, Yahoo entered into a business partnership with the owners of the Silicon Valley Venture capital. Then, they formed a partnership with Sequa Capital, a company that has a reputation in the field of investment including Apple Computers, Atari, Oracle, and Cisco Systems.
They agreed to fund Yahoo with an initial investment of close to $ 2 million. Because the realization of their new company had rapid potential growth, Jerry Yang and David began building a management team. They recruited a Motorola veteran and Stanford Engineering alumni named Tim Koogle as chief executive officer and Jeffry Mallet, Founder of Novell's Consumer Division of Consumer as chief operating officer.
They managed to save the second round of funding in 1995 from Reuters Ltd. investors. and Softbank.
Yahoo! very successfully launched publicly in April 1996 with a total of 49 employees.
Currently, Yahoo! Inc. has become a leader in global communication via the internet, commercial, and media companies that have become a network service brand of more than 232 million individuals every month in cyberspace. As the first online navigation that guides the web, www.yahoo.com is the leader in the context of traffic, advertising, household needs, and business user reach.
Yahoo! is the first global internet brand to reach the biggest audience in cyberspace. The company also builds an online business with a service company that designs productivity and the web for its clients.
Designing services are included in the collaboration. Yahoo !, a customization solution for the company; audio and video streaming; shop hosting and management; and website services and equipment.
A network of global web companies is included in 25 world properties.
With headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, Yahoo! also has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States.
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