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Google had a humble beginning in early 1996 when two PhD students from Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin began a research project trying to prove if looking at the ties that sites had to each other would produce a better search engine. Within the next decade,Google's hypothesis would be proven, developing a key tool called PageRank, and their company would take off arguably faster than any company has in the past century.

Within that decade, Google has taken over the vast majority of searches done by Internet users worldwide, released an IPO in 2004 which was offered at $85/share, a mark that has not been seen since that first day, and created numerous products that have helped bring in millions of dollars, including AdSense and Orkut. They also began a selection of offerings to the IT world which have been well received.

Google also has a humorous side to it, producing April Fool's Day hoaxes that border on the line of ridiculous, but still seem like a possibility to those who know what Google can do. Past jokes included Google's MentalPlex, PigeonRank, and Google Romance.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “google”

• in Technology
  Google Calendar Has New Labs Features
  Three new features for Google Calendar currently in Labs
  by AvaByGrace / on Mar 10, 2010
• in Blogging
  Google Maps Adds Directions for Bike Routes
  Google has announced the addition of more than 12,000 miles of trails to their mapping data.
  by bryanmckay / on Mar 10, 2010
• in IT
  Google Apps Marketplace Launches
  The latest app marketplace to go live extends Google Apps.
  by boneinthefan / on Mar 10, 2010

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