their product.
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languages. Following an IPO in 2004, the company’s market capitalization rose
steadily; it stood at more than $243 65 billion by 2012, when Google controlled
66.7 percent of the U.S. search market (compared to Yahoo!’s 12.1 percent and
Microsoft’s 16.3 percent).
Google, however, is much more than a mere search engine. Services include
searches for news, shopping, local businesses, interactive maps, and discussion
groups, as well as blogs, web-based e-mail and voice mail, and a digital photo-
management system. You can access the results of any Google search from the
Google website, from your own user’s toolbar, from your Windows taskbar, and
from wireless devices such as smartphones and tablets. Amazingly, Google
estimates that 15 percent of searches conducted each day are new—never
having been searched before.
How did two young computer scientists build this astoundingly successful
company, and where will they take it in the future? Brin and Page remain in
the forefront of Google’s search for technological innovations. They believe in
the power of mathematics and have developed unique algorithms for just
about every form of activity in the firm. One of the most successful is an
algorithm for auctioning advertising placements that ensures the highest
possible prices. Brin and Page have also been remarkably successful in
attracting talented and creative employees and providing them with a work
environment and culture that foster the kind of productivity and innovation for
which they were hired.
Finally, although the founders avoid formal strategic planning, they’ve
managed to diversify extensively through acquisitions and key alliances.
Typically, Google absorbs an acquired firm and then improves on its technology,
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Sergey Brin and Larry Page, founders of Google, spend much of their time planning and
developing new strategies. When they bought YouTube, they made the announcement in a
YouTube video.
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