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Introduction
So do you say “Google it” when you have to say “search it” – most of us do, the word has become synonym to a search engine. One of the largest companies in the world, Google has a mission “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Founded in 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the company turned out to be one of the “Fastest Growing Company in the History of the World”. The research paper below will discuss products, services, financials, and other details about the company.
All About the company
- Basic Details: Headquartered in California, Google is listed under NASDAQ with “GOOG” as its ticker symbol. The company went with an IPO on August 19, 2004.
- Products and Services: Google besides being the leading search engine provider has many products and services most popular ones being Google apps, Google maps, Google glasses, Picasa, Blogger, Google toolbar, and Gmail. Starting with English today Google is used by people across the world in different languages.
- Financial Information: According to the FY 13 report the company earned revenues of $55.6 Billion. The revenues were 21 percent increase over FY12. The total contribution of Google websites to the revenue was 67 percent, Google network member website was 24 percent and the rest 9 percent came from other sources. 55 percent of Google’s revenues come from outside US.
- Headcount: With total employee strength of 43,862 as of December 2013, Google is one of the best places to work according to many sources. Google has 70 offices across 40 countries in the world.
Why was Google So successful
Google was right with its timing and its delivery model. At a time when internet became the buzzword, Google offered its services via cloud. Google today uses one of the best analytics software to help users with their search in case they are not sure. Google follows a list of ten things – the top one being “Focus on the user and all else will follow”.
Conclusion
One of the most ethical places to work, with strong values and value proposition for its customers, and the advantage of being first in the market – Google has all the ingredients to be one of the most powerful company of today’s times.
Sources
http://www.google.co.in/about/
http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/36340.pdf
http://investor.google.com/earnings.html
http://fortune.com/best-companies/google-1/
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