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The Beijing standard time on September 6 Fortune the article pointed out that the google has established since 1998 had already passed through for ten years, in searches the giant to hold the grand tenth anniversary celebrate, we have picked up in the google growth course magnificent instantaneous.

　　1st, in 1998, from garage start

　　
 

　　William Mercer McLeod

　　After the google unites founder lary Petch (LarryPage) and Xie Ergai Breene (SergeyBrin) receives Sun Corporation to unite founder Andy the Boqie request thanks (AndyBechtolsheim) 100,000 US dollars checks, in September 7 jointly organized the google. Beginning the company organizes, graduated has made 6 month shoulder to shoulder in Standford University’s Petch and Breene in a California Monroe park suburb garage labor.

　　Amusing thing: The google first data central establishment rents in the company between a 7*8 square foot room.

　　Staff population: Insufficient 10 people.

　　2nd, in 1999: The wind throws the feeling to be very lucky

　　
 

　　This time, the Internet searched the market was still AltaVista, Excite, Lycos and Yahoo! and so on world. The google obtained 25,000,000 US dollars investments in first run financing, the market value has amounted to 100,000,000 US dollars. The google office has also moved to nearby in a PaloAlto town center office from the garage.

　　Amusing thing: At first, the google Logo trademark had an exclamation mark finally.

　　Staff population: Insufficient 50 people.

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　　3rd, in 2000: AdWords appearance

　　
 

　　The google has established 1,000,000,000 homepage indices, becomes the global biggest search engine. The same year June, Yahoo! and the google has signed a 4 year search outsourcing agreement. Looking from afterward situation, this act is disadvantageous to Yahoo!’s development, because it only then started until 2002 to invest on a large scale develops own search technique. The google has promoted AdWords in that one year in October, starts to sell the search result the writing advertisement.

　　Amusing thing: The google is at first through is the Palm handset provides the search engine to enter moves the market.

　　Staff population: Insufficient 150 people.

　　4th, in 2001: The adult directs

　　
 

　　Eric Schmidt replaces the google in this year in August to unite founder lary Petch to take the post of the chief executive officer. Before joining the google, Schmidt once had held the post of 4 year chief executive officer in software manufacturer Novell, before also has held the post of the chief technical official in Sun. The google turns losses into profit for the first time in this year.

　　Amusing thing: “What the google promoted you in this year to search was …..?”Spell check service.

　　Yearly income: 86,400,000 US dollars.

　　Profit: 6,990,000 US dollars.

　　Staff population: About 250 people.

　　5th, in 2002: The US online launches the cooperation “king of with the search”

　　
 

　　While network economy thriving, the google is equally rapid with other large quantities of Internet company grows. The US online has finished it in this year with the Overture cooperation, transfers uses the google the search technique. American online time Warner’s chief operating officer BobPittman indicated: “the google is king of the online search.”AdWords also obtained the promotion in this year, the sponsor has been possible to bid in the update AdWords platform competes buys the key words, decided that in which searched on the result homepage to demonstrate their advertisement.

　　Amusing thing: Yahoo! has removed in this year the google search’s Logo trademark from its main page.

　　Yearly income: 439,000,000 US dollars.

　　Profit: 99,000,000 US dollars.

　　Staff population: About 500 people.

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　　6th, in 2003: Starts to develop AdSense

　　
 

　　The profit which earns using AdWords, the google has promoted AdSense in this year in June, provides the advertisement for the third party website. The google staff was specially AdSense holds the celebration, in the market started to spread the google to plan that the IPO going on the market the hearsay, the analysts estimated google market value was 25,000,000,000 US dollars.

　　Amusing thing: Microsoft once earnestly had considered bids the purchase google.

　　Yearly income: 1,470,000,000 US dollars.

　　Profit: 106,000,000 US dollars.

　　Yearly income rate of increment: 234%.

　　Staff population: About 1300 people.

　　7th, in 2004: IPO going on the market

　　
 

　　The google realizes going on the market in this year’s on August 19, issue price each 85 US dollars. By the end of the year time, the google stock price already rose to each 195 US dollars. The google has promoted the Gmail email service in this year. Social group website Orkut, contrast shopping website Froogle also in this year appearing on the market, but the market response is average.

　　Amusing thing: Company chief executive officer Schmidt stipulated that the conference starts the time all decides in the integral point latter 7 minutes, because such staffs only will then run are holding a meeting, will not be late.

　　Yearly income: 3,190,000,000 US dollars.

　　Profit: 399,000,000 US dollars.

　　Yearly income rate of increment: 118%.

　　Staff population: 3021 people.

　　8th, in 2005: More and more formidable

　　
 

　　Which grows strong while the google, its competitor Microsoft and Yahoo! also in growth. The google promotes the personalized homepage in this year, directly launches the competition with Yahoo! and MSN. The google and Microsoft have also launched a contest in the court, because before it wants to hire Microsoft, Gao Guanli to regain. Both sides achieved the reconciliation finally, Li have regained have kept the google, was responsible for the google China’s service.

　　Amusing thing: The google has 1/4 staff’s outside US local works.

　　Yearly income: 6,140,000,000 US dollars.

　　Profit: 1,470,000,000 US dollars.

　　Yearly income rate of increment: 92.5%.

　　Staff population: 5680 people.

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　　9th, in 2006: Enters the video frequency service market

　　
 

　　In order to expand its search advertisement platform, the google in this year has carried on its history the scale biggest purchase transaction, the purchase price is 1,650,000,000 US dollars. YouTube is by StevenChen and ChadHurley 18 months ago establishes the video frequency shares the website. In addition, the google MySpace which served under somebody’s banner with the news group has also signed one for the time 3 years, the value 900,000,000 US dollar writing advertisement cooperative agreement.

　　Amusing thing: Google has been received as the verb in the Oxford English and the webster’s dictionary.

　　Yearly income: 10,600,000,000 US dollars.

　　Profit: 3,080,000,000 US dollars.

　　Yearly income rate of increment: 72.8%.

　　Staff population: 10674 people.

　　10th, in 2007: The stock price sets a record

　　
 

　　The google the magazine evaluates in this year by Fortune most suits the work the enterprise. The google stock value sets the record of 741 US dollar historical highest records in this year in November. However, senior managed GokulRajaram large quantities of Gao Guan including the AdSense service to leave the company high, after Rajaram resigned, organized own company, moreover some people changed job Facebook.

　　Amusing thing: The google changes its privacy notice, it the user search data will be collected 18 months later removes the data the origin.

　　Yearly income: 16,600,000,000 US dollars.

　　Profit: 4,200,000,000 US dollars.

　　Yearly income rate of increment: 56.5%.

　　Staff population: 16805 people.

　　11th, in 2008: Launches frontage competition with Microsoft

　　
 

　　The google and Microsoft have launched the contest in many fronts. It completed 3,100,000,000 US dollars at the beginning of the year to purchase DoubleClick the transaction, also has signed the search cooperative agreement with Yahoo!. But DoubleClick and Yahoo! are also the objects which Microsoft chief executive officer Bauer meditates strives. To September’s, 2008 time, the google stock already fell 40% from its historical peak, has promoted own Chrome browser newly, carries on the competition directly with Microsoft IE. The google also planned that promotes its Android migration operating system, with apple iPhone and Microsoft MobileOS competition.

　　Amusing thing: in 2008, the google international earning will surpass the domestic earning for the first time.

　　Yearly income: (the first half of the year) 10,600,000,000 US dollars.

　　Profit: (the first half of the year) 2,560,000,000 US dollars.

　　Yearly income rate of increment: (according to the first half of the year data estimate) 39%.

　　Staff population: 19604 people (up to June 30).