Google

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google in 1999 while at Stanford University as graduate students. By the age of 31, they were billionaires. Google never needed to advertise because from the beginning, users spread the news about how fast and efficient the search service was, and the best part, it’s free! Google's motto “Don't be evil” is their belief that one must do good in the world and has launched google into an ambitious philanthropic organization over the past few years. 

Google started as a graduate school project and the goal was to perfect how people search for information on the world wide web. The monumental problem they were trying to solve in the world wide web environment was “how can you find the best data for your purposes from an enormous amount of available data?” The end goal was to make the world's information available online through search. Larry and Sergey both had incredible talents that allowed them to become a team and create google. Larry’s dorm room became their first data center and Sergey created an office in his dorm room. They found investors and capital venture firms to support the business as it was beginning. Google not only has changed the world of search but also the world of advertising and communication. People now depend on Google for so many things including shopping, news, research, and quick answers. Google is also the leading search engine because of its ability to provide the most relevant and up-to-date information. Google uses a complex algorithm that puts the most up-to-date information at the top when someone searches for something

It is no secret that Google has changed our world, especially because the number of Google searches per day has grown from 9,800 in 1998 to over 4.7 trillion today. One way it is affecting us is that as humans being that we are relying on Google to store long-term knowledge instead of using our own brains. I use Google every single day, usually multiple times a day to find out information from basic facts to information for schoolwork and so much more. I find that I commit a lot less to memory because I know that if I need the answer to something I can just look it up on google and find an answer within seconds. This seems positive but I feel myself and many others would be much more intelligent if we stored our knowledge in our brain instead of using Google for even the most basic questions. Google has changed the way I shop as well. Instead of going to specific websites you can go on Google and type in blue jeans and find an array of different websites and companies selling blue jeans. Google has transformed the way we communicate. For example, Gmail was invented around a decade ago by google and has changed ways of email and communication forever. Features like voicemail transcription, call recording, call routing, and conferencing are all new and important tools for individuals and businesses that have completely changed communication. A new feature called Google plus hangouts allows up to 10 people in a call where participants can chat, text, share documents, and screen share. Google Hangout has 540 million active users and includes free video conferencing that connects users anywhere in the world for free. Google has practically taken over online communication and is still finding new ways to improve technology. Google has also changed the social media game. Google Analytics now tracks who visits your website across different social media platforms, some including Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. Google has pretty much changed every aspect of our world and goes even further beyond what anyone can imagine. For even more information watch The History of Google.

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