Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It now has over 70 offices in more than 40 countries, employing over 53,000 people. Google doodles were started in 1998 and feature different artistic designs for holidays and events. Google is constantly innovating and expanding its products and services but also faces some criticism around privacy and antitrust issues. It remains one of the most widely used companies in the world.

2. History
Information
Products
Offices
Logo & Doodles
Future
Life without Google
Interesting facts
Questions

3. Google History:
1995 Sergey and Larry met
BackRub
Google (from word ”googol”)

4. Google Inc.
Founded 1998
Founders Larry
Page and Sergey
Brin
Headquarters
1600 Amphitheatre
Parkway
Mountain View CA
94043 U.S.
70 offices in
more than 40
counties
Employees
53,861

7. Google offices
70 OFFICES IN MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES THERE ARE NOT 2 SIMILAR OFFICES
food
different
design
games
music room
gym
massage
doctor office
laundry
free car

8. Google

9. Google logo & Doodles
FIRST DOODLE 30-08-1998LOGO HISTORY
The Google logo in 1997, used until May 30,
1999
1
2
3
The Google logo used from May 31, 1999
until May 5, 2010
The Google logo since May 6, 2010
Burning man: 30-08-1998
COMPETITION
proposals@google.com
DOODLE TEAM
UNOFFICIAL DOODLES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROeA
mCqBgO4
http://www.google.com/about/jobs/lifeat
google/doodle-team.html
SOME TESTS

10. Google doodle
Marimekko Finland´s Independence day
Anniversary of the Spanish National
Library
“La tomatina” Spain

11. Google´s future
Google Glass
Google Babble
Nexus 5

12. Google criticism
• manipulation of search
results
• collect data and that way
violate people’s privacy
• censorship of search results
and content
• energy consumption of its
servers is too high
• antitrust, monopoly and
restraint of trade

13. Could we life without Google?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7WtYpGigG0

14. Google most searched words
= How to get a fever

15. Interesting facts about Google
New employees are
called "Nooglers,"
and are given a
propeller beanie cap
to wear on their first
Friday
Google’s eastern eggs and tricks
http://searchengineland.com/the-big-list-of-google-
easter-eggs-153768
Google’s first Twitter message:
"I'm 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110
01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011
01111001 00001010."
The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used.

16. THANK you for your attention
By Sallamaari Tervakangas & Jessica Fernández
Teacher: Pia Ericsson

17. Questions
1. How many Google products do you use in a day? How
about in a week?
2. What is your favourite Google product?
3. What is most useless Google product?
4. Do you think that we could live without Google?
5. What is the most common word to search from
Google.com?
6. Have you ever tried Google tricks?
7. How many Google products can you recognise from the
picture on slide 5?
8. What Google means for you in one word?
9. Could you work at Google?
10. What was the most interesting thing in our presentation?