6. 2003 – The year of AdSense
In March 2003, Google launched its AdSense program. It was originally named as Content Targeting Advertising.
Interesting Fact: Google’s team of designers and illustrators has produced more than 2000 doodles for Google’s homepage since its first launch in August 1998.
5. 2002 – Introduction of AdWords
With the introduction of AdWords, Google struck gold. It uses partly cookies and partly keywords characteristics to place advertising copy on pages depending on the relevance.
In September 2002, Google launched ‘Google News’ Krishna Bharat was the one who developed the idea of Google news. Currently, it is available in more than 35 languages across the globe.
Interesting Fact: On Oct. 15, 2002, the term “to Google” was used on the popular TV show, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
4. 2001 – Google welcomed its first Chairman – Eric Schmidt
2001 was the year when Eric Schmidt joined Google as its first chairman and later became its chief executive officer. Moreover, Larry Page became president of products and Sergey Brin became president of technology.
Interesting Fact: Google launches Google Image Search with over 250 million images in its search database.
3. 2000 – Adding New Languages
Google added ten new languages: French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Danish.
Interesting Fact: Google searches were made by 18 million people per day.
2. 1999 – Moved Towards the Home of Startups (Silicon Valley)
The year 1999 holds a special place in the hearts of Page and Brin, in March, the company shifted to Palo Alto, California. Another major change came in the month of September when Google officially removed the beta from the title.
Interesting Fact: Google searches were made by 18 million people per day.
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