MSN ranked third with 9.4% search engine usage, and AOL ranked fourth with 3.7% search service. Followed by Terra Lycos, Altavista and Askjeeves, the market share is 2.3%, 1.9% and 1.6% respectively.
msn is similar to China Tencent
google profile
Google, whose Chinese name is Google. Google is the largest and most influential search engine on the Internet, which was founded by Larry Page and sergey brin. Now, they are the product president and technology president of Google respectively. The company's strategic plan is to use Google to organize information around the world and make it accessible and useful. Google handles more than 2 million queries through different services every day. Its corporate headquarters "Googleplex" is located in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, USA.
in addition to searching web pages, Google also provides services for searching images, newsgroups, news web pages and movies. In June 25, Google has stored more than 8 billion web pages, 13 million pictures and more than 1 million newsgroup messages-a total of about 1.4 billion projects. It also caches the contents of most web pages in the index.
because of Google's reputation, the verb "Google" means "look for something on Google". It also means "searching the internet" in a broad sense. Google officials do not encourage this habit of abusing their company name, because it may lead to Google becoming a common brand name.
History
In 1996, the research project of p>Google Search was started by Larry Page and sergey brin. They are doctoral students at Stanford University. Their development theory says that the relationship between search engine and website is based on mathematical analysis, which makes better results than basic technology. The plan is named "BackRub" because the system checks the links of foreign websites to estimate the importance of the website. They believe that others are highly relevant to this page, and the most links to this page must be one of the most relevant. Larry Page and sergey brin decided to test their arguments and arrange funds for the search engine. It's called Google! The website of is stored in google.com domain. On September 7th, 1998, they formally founded a company with the same name-Google Inc. in their friend's garage in Menlo Park, California. Sergey brin didn't know how to write HTML code to design web pages, so at first Google's page was only the most basic interface.
in 2, Google introduced advertisements and sold some keywords, which made the advertisements more relevant to users. In addition, the text advertisements were arranged in sequence, which reduced the loading time and kept the pages tidy. In September 21, Stanford University and inventor Lawrence Page obtained the Google ranking algorithm PageRank? Patent. In the early peak of 24, Google was in charge of more than 8% of the search queries of all search engines such as Yahoo, AOL and CNN. And Yahoo! Gave up the support of Google's search technology, and Google didn't offer to share its web search.
Google search has humorous features, such as the cartoon modification of Google logo at important moments (called Google Doodles), the choice of fictional and humorous language to display Google, such as Klingon (Klingon language in Star Trek) and Leet, and the creation of some jokes about the company on April Fool's Day (such as the establishment of a Google base on the moon).
Because Google's services such as Orkut, Gmail and Froogle will give search results based on users' previous actions, some people think that Google will aim to provide personalized search. In fact, there is already an experimental personalized search in Google Labs.
Google name
etymology
The name Google is a mathematical term, that is, 1 to the 1th power, which means 1 followed by 1 zeros. This term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and appeared in the book Mathematics and the Imagination written by Kasner and James Newman. Google uses this term to reflect the company's mission: to organize the endless information on the network.
registered trademark and domain name
"To google "is a verb, which means to use Google to search for something. This is because of the popularity of Google (in January 25, it owned 52% of the market for all search engines, but it was actually higher than 8%). Some people interpret this term broadly as "searching on the Internet". Because doing so may dilute the meaning of Google as a registered trademark, Google does not encourage this usage.
In order to avoid domain kidnapping and some intentional spoofs, Google has purchased copyright transfer to protect some domain names with similar pronunciations, such as gogle.com and googel.com.
Chinese name
Google's global Chinese name is "Google", which was released by Google CEO eric schmidt in Beijing, China on April 12th, 26. The meaning of "Google" is interpreted as taking you as a song (here "Gu" is a simplified word for "Gu"), "Song of sowing and expectation" and also a song of harvest and joy.
On the other hand, Google was registered as "GOOGLE INTERNATIONAL LLC" in Taiwan Province on February 15th.
Before Google officially released the Chinese names, there were some common folk names other than the original ones, such as "ancient dog", "solitary dog" and "dog".
In addition, Google's Beijing branch used "Goo Guo" as the Chinese translation of contract signing and online recruitment.
at about 1 am on April 17th, Beijing time (UTC+8), the word "google" officially appeared on Google Simplified Chinese website. Shortly after the Chinese name was released, many users criticized it. Subsequently, some Chinese users launched an online signature campaign against "Google".
in December p>24, Google extended the function of Google Print. Its books include some famous universities and some public libraries, including University of Michigan, Widener Library of Harvard University, Green Library of Stanford University, Oxford University Library of Oxford University and new york Public Library. According to the publishing status of these university libraries and books, Google plans to launch about 15 million books in the public domain within ten years.
Picasa
Picasa is a photo editing and management software, "software that can help you find, modify and * * * enjoy all the pictures on your computer immediately". You can easily upload photos to Picase albums on the network.
Google Maps provides various map services, including local detailed satellite photos. On June 2, 25, the coverage of Google Maps expanded from the original United States, Britain and Canada to the whole world.
note: the software is still in Beta, which means that the software itself may have defects and improvements that need to be further repaired.
Google Earth
The electronic map service jointly launched by Google and Keyhole allows users to view satellite maps of the world by downloading a client.
note: the software is still in Beta, which means that the software itself may have defects and improvements that need to be further repaired.
Google SketchUp
On March 14th, 26, Google announced the acquisition of 3D drawing software SketchUp and its development company @Last Software. SketchUp is a set of 3D drawing software known for its simplicity and ease of use. Google acquired SketchUp to enhance the functions of Google Earth, so that users can use SketchUp to build 3D models and put them into Google Earth, making the maps presented by Google Earth more stereoscopic and closer to the real world. Users can also find and share various 3D models built by SketchUp through a website called Google 3D Warehouse.
Google Moon
On July 2th, 25, Google released an online service called Google Moon to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon on July 2th, 1969. This service is based on the previously released Google Maps, and the satellite data comes from NASA. Users can use Google Moon to watch the uneven surface of the moon. When the map is maximized, the surface of the moon will turn into a piece of cheese, just as people used to think that the moon was full of cheese.
Google local
On September 5th, 25, Google launched a local search service in China, and even the address was localized. Google local search: finding local companies and services. The English version is GOOGLE Local. So far, Google Local has started to run in the United States, Britain, Japan and Canada. China is the fifth country for Google to start this service, and the Chinese version is Google Local. It is a domestic company that provides maps for China version of google's local search: mapabc
Gmail
Google's mission is to integrate global information so that everyone can access and benefit from it. As part of this mission, they are testing the Gmail email service. Gmail is a free Webmail service based on search, and its storage space is more than 27 megabytes, and it is growing all the time. Gmail is based on the powerful Google search engine, which can quickly find any information that the account owner has sent or received. This means that you don't have to file this information in order to find it again.
When Gmail displays an e-mail, all the replies to this e-mail will be automatically displayed at the same time, so users can view the information with the context of the conversation as a reference. There will be no pop-up ads or targeted banner ads in Gmail, but related text ads and links to related web pages will be placed next to email messages. Gmail service is constantly innovating. In February 26, Gmail began to integrate with Google Talk, a chat software. Users can log in to Gmail on the WEB, and use Quick Contacts to chat with friends in Google Talk directly, without installing any special auxiliary software. Chat records (including those of Google Talk software) can be automatically saved in Gmail mailbox according to users' needs.
Google Video
On January 25th, 25, Google launched the Google Video service, which can search all kinds of video files on the network or recent TV programs through Google website. Google Video provides relevant video content downloading or playing links according to keywords, and provides a preview of video content. At present, the service is still in Beta testing stage. In terms of TV program search, at present, only TV programs broadcast in the United States can be searched. Google also launched a special video file uploading software, which allows users to upload local video files to Google Video.
YouTube
YouTube was established in February, 25, providing video clips * * * to enjoy the service. The website slogan is "Broadcast Yourself", which is a podcast in web2.. Its website quickly became popular in a short time and became the 1th website in Alexa's global ranking. Moreover, its access rate accounts for more than 6% of the market in similar sites, surpassing Microsoft's MSN Video3% and Google Video1%. It has been uploaded by Hong Kong netizens with original and famous spoof short films such as Uncle Bus, and YouTube generally prohibits users from uploading short films with copyright and pornographic content.
in October p>26, Google announced the acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion, which was the most expensive acquisition by Google so far. However, some analysts said that Google had to face the disputes related to intellectual property protection in the future.
Google Personalized Homepage
On May 19th, 25, Google launched the Google personalized homepage (customized homepage) service on the webpage of Google Lab. The service is now open to all Google accounts, and users can organize their concerned network content on one page as the home page of their browser. Any website that provides real-time RSS updates can be added to this home page. For example, Gmail mailbox status, website news, stock market, and even XML-based web applets (such as small games and graphical clocks) and so on. Users can also customize the layout of these contents. The public has different opinions on this service, and some people think it is a step for Google to approach the traditional portal.
Google Base
On November 17th, 25, Google opened the previously rumored Google base service, and users can log in with Google account and share any information with others.
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