What is the full form of GOOGLE?
GOOGLE: Global Organization of Oriented Group Language of Earth
There is a lot of confusion about whether Google has a full form or is just a word created by the founder of Google. Officially Google has not a full form. The term "googol" serves as the inspiration for its creation, referring to an astronomical quantity. A googol is a mathematical term referring to a number with a 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
Google Inc is a US-based multinational corporation. Currently, it is the most popular search engine specializing in Internet-related services and products. The core functions of Google include the development and implementation of cloud computing, online advertising technology, and various software programs.
It is widely recognized as the leading search engine globally. Among its many offerings are popular tools such as Adwords, Google Docs, Adsense, Youtube, and Gmail.
History of Google
- Google was started as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1996, both were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. They created a new technology PageRank to determine a website's relevance.
- On September 14, 1997, the domain google.com was officially registered. A year later, in September 1998, the Google Corporation was founded. By the year 2000, Google started selling advertising and creating their advertising platforms, Google AdWords and AdSense. These ads functioned using a pay-per-click method, meaning you would receive payment for your advertisement when a viewer clicked on the link associated with it.
- The term PageRank was patented in September 2001. In the same year, a change in leadership occurred at Google as Larry Page stepped down from his role as CEO, and Eric Schmidt took over as the new head of the company.
- In the year of 2004, Google introduced its email service, Gmail, which is accessible through the internet and offered at no cost
- In 2005, Google launched two groundbreaking applications - Google Earth and Google Maps.
- In the year 2006, Google introduced a revolutionary search tool called Google Video. This tool empowered users to search for videos on the internet with ease.
- In the year 2007, Google launched Android, a freely accessible operating system for mobile devices.
- Google announced the launch of its Chrome browser on September 2nd, 2008.
