Google History Timeline

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Google Timeline

• 1995: Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford University
• 1996: Page and Brin begin working on a collaborative research project, originally nicknamed BackRub, that worked by analyzing website's backlinks
• 1998: Page and Brin buy themselves a terabyte of disks and begin building Google's first data center in Larry's dorm room
• 1998: In September, Google Inc. officially opens in Menlo Park, California with an initial investment of about $1 Million
• 1999: Google secures a second round of funding (estimated at $25 Million) from venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
• 1999: On September 21, 1999, as a fully functioning and successful business, Google removes the Beta label
• 2000: Introduces the Google Toolbar, allowing people to search without visiting the Google Homepage
• 2001: Google's searchable index grows to 3 Billion web documents
• 2002: Receives the Search Engine Watch Award for Outstanding Search Service
• 2003: Google AdSense is launched and becomes a significant revenue stream.
• 2004: Announces the introduction of a web-based email service called Gmail
• 2004: August, 19th, Google makes its initial public offering at $85 per share.
• 2005: Launches Google Maps and Google Earth
• 2006: Begins Google.org, the philanthropic wing of the company
• 2006: Buys video sharing website YouTube for an estimated $1.65 Billion
• 2007: Google purchases DoubleClick in an effort to improve its advertising business.

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