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History of Google

Google was officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which has become the most used web-based search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, students at Stanford University in California, developed a search algorithm first (1996) known as "BackRub", with the help of Scott Hassan and Alan Steremberg. The search engine…

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BackRub

Beta

Advertising business

Web Products

Alphabet

Financing and initial public offering

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History of Google

Nodes226
Edges225
Triples5
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00885
Components1

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Ubisoftinstance ofon getting major publishers0.80text
Take-Two to bring some of their biggest games to Stadiainstance ofon getting major publishers0.80text
Facebook to pay for news articles being shown on their platforms.In September 2024instance ofthat would require Google and other online platforms0.80text
Googleinstance ofthat would require Google and other online platforms0.80text
its parent company Alphabet Inc. were fined 2.42 billion euros by the European Commission for an antitrust case surrounding Google's shopping serviceinstance ofthat would require Google and other online platforms0.80text

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