![]() Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, FWB: GGQ1) is a multinational public cloud computingand Internet search technologies corporation. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through itsAdWords program. The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, often dubbed the "Google Guys", while the two were attending Stanford University as Ph.D. candidates. It was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998, with itsinitial public offering to follow on August 19, 2004. The company's stated mission from the outset was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful", and the company's unofficial slogan – coined by Google engineer Paul Buchheit – is Don't be evil. In 2006, the company moved to their current headquarters in Mountain View, California. AdvertisingNinety-nine percent of Google's revenue is derived from its advertising programs. For the 2006 fiscal year, the company reported $10.492 billion in total advertising revenues and only $112 million in licensing and other revenues. Google has implemented various innovations in the online advertising market that helped propel them to one of the biggest advertisers in the market. Using technology from the company DoubleClick, Google can determine user interests and target advertisements appropriately so they are relevant to the context they are in and the user that is viewing them. Google Analytics allows website owners to track where and how people use their website, allowing for in-depth research into getting users to go where you want them to go. Google's search engine The Google web search engine is the company's most popular service. According to market research published by comScore in November 2009, Google is the dominant search engine in the United States market, with a market share of 65.6%. Google indexes billions of Web pages, so that users can search for the information they desire, through the use of keywords and operators. This basic search engine has spread to specific services as well, including an image search engine, the Google News search site, Google Maps, and more. In early 2006, the company launched Google Video, which allowed users to upload, search, and watch videos from the Internet. In 2009, however, uploads to Google Video were discontinued. The company even developed Google Desktop, a desktop search application used to search for files local to one's computer. AdSense Is a joint program of advertising through the Internet media held by Google. Through AdSense advertising program, owners website or blog who have signed up and approved its membership be allowed to install the unit advertisement the shape and material have been determined by Google in their web pages. The owner of the website or blog will get a profit sharing revenue from Google for each ad clicked by visitors to the site, known as system pay per click (Ppc) or pay per click. | ||
