Beginnings
Google has its origins in "BackRub", a research project that was begun in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD … See more

The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol", which refers to the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros. Page and Brin write in their first paper on PageRank: "We chose our systems name, Google, because it is a common spelling of … See more

• Timeline of Google Search
• Criticism of Google
• Google logo
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• Google Corporate History (official)
• David Hart: On the Origins of Google National Science Foundation, August 17, 2004 See more

The first funding for Google as a company was secured in August 1998 in the form of a US$100,000 contribution from Andy Bechtolsheim, … See more

Google has worked with several corporations, in order to improve production and services. On September 28, 2005, Google announced a long-term research partnership with NASA which would involve Google building a 1,000,000-square … See more

• Auletta, Ken (2009). Googled: The End of the World as We Know It. New York: Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1-59420-235-3. OCLC 318411527.
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