Larry Page
Larry Page
Larry Page
Larry Page
By: Corbin Yap 2010
Who is Larry Page? What is Google? Google over 10 years Larry Pages Career Other facts about Larry: Video Conclusion: Bibliography :
What is
Google is an American Corporation, designed to earn profit from advertising its internet services, such as Internet Search, e-mail, online mapping, even video sharing. Google classified information on the web first by finding it, then performing the PageRank algorithm. This relied on a new technology which examined relevance of backlinks the connected a Web page to another. This system was far superior to other search engines. There was actually a search engine created before Google, by Page and Brin, technically found in 1996, actually being named BackRub, meaning to operate on the servers of Page and Brins university, Stanford University. However when the search engine took up too much bandwidth for the university, they created a new one in 1998, naming it Google inspired from the number googol, equal to a 1 followed by 100 zeroes, claiming this term reflects their mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the internet. In 1998, co-founder of Sun, Andy Bechtolsheim, wrote a check for $100,000 to Google, a company that didnt exist yet.
10 Years of
Over 10 years Google has grown from a basic company to the most important website on the internet! Here is a summary of the highlights over the years.
1998: cofounder of Sun, Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check for $100,000 to Google, first Google workspace set up in 232 Santa Margarita, California, Google files for incorporation on September 4th. 1999: Google moves to new location: 2400 Bayshore in California, Googles first press release announces a $25 million round from Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital. 2000: Google releases 15 new languages for the search engine, French, German, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, Google wins their first Webby Awards, awarded for Technical Achievement and Peoples c hoice. 2001: Google expands to 26 languages, Eric Schmidt is named chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Google, index size expands to 3 billion web documents, Google Images launches, offering access to over 250 million images, International office opens in Tokyo. 2002: Google News is Established, with 4000 sources for news, Google Product Search is established, first Australian office opened in Sydney, major partnership forged with AOL, Google announced to be the most useful word of the year. 2003: Google Print established, later named Google Book Search. 2004: Google search index hits 8 billion items, moves to new building Googleplex at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, now with over 800 employees, Google local is established, later joined up with Google Maps. 2005: 1.1 billion images indexed in Image Search, Google Maps goes live, Google Earth and Google Talk is established, Gmail established for mobile phones. 2006: Chat released in Gmail using tools from Google Talk, Google news for mobile phones, Google Trends and Google Calendar launched,, First Doodle for Google contest began. 2007: Google Maps released in Australia, Google Gear launched, Google maps recieves prime placement on the iPhone. 2008: New version of Google Earth launches, incorporating 12 more languages and Street View, Google Earth introduced for iPhone and iPod touch.
Video
Here is a video of Larry Page and Sergey Brin unveiling the G1, an android powered phone, which became available October 2008. The video will start automatically.
Conclusion
To conclude, Larry Pages work, alongside with his associates, has contributed a great deal of convenience for the modern world. If it were not for projects such as Google, Gmail, Youtube or Google Earth, the world of the internet would be far less advanced. For all this, Larry Page deserves much appreciation and recognition.
Bibliography
http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
Video obtained from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UNJCyWvrQ