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Search engines allow us to find almost anything on the internet. But it wasn't always this easy. Find out more about the creation of Google, how it's expanded, and what's next for the innovative company.

Looks at the history of Google, an Internet search engine that reinvented how people work and live online.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin started out as two Stanford college students with a wild idea: They were going to organize the world's information. From that one deceptively simple goal, they created one of the most influential and innovative companies in the world. The word "google" has even entered our vocabulary as a verb. Now, find out the true history of Google---from its humble beginnings as a thesis project made out of "borrowed" hardware and discount toys through its revolution of the world's relationship with technology to a brief glimpse of where they might take us next.

Profiles Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who revolutionized Internet searching when they developed Google.

Chronicles the life and career of Larry Page, a computer and engineering genius, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

Provides background on the founders of Google, describing how and why they developed the website, how it works, and what is planned for the future.

If you want to find something on the World Wide Web, you "Google" it. With its one million servers located around the world, the company handles over a billion search requests daily. But when the Internet first came online, people struggled to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information. Some kind of search engine was needed. Enter two computer science graduate students from Stanford, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and the $229 billion behemoth we now know as Google was born. They are highly respected, established figures in the tech industry, but Page and Brin, unlike industry icons such as Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, have spent as little time as possible in front of the media. As a result, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin give time to speak, people listen. Carefully.

Tells the story behind the creation of Google, the Internet search engine developed by Stanford University Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin in the late 1990s.

Details the history of Google Inc., and discusses the philosophies and values of founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and describes their chosen lifestyles, the corporate culture they created, partnerships with various organizations, and more.

Describes the history of Google; discusses the lives of its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin; and examines how it has influenced the world.