Google Timeline
- Summer 1995 - When Larry met Sergey
- January 1996 - New search tool named BackRub
- February 1996 - BackRub search index grows
- 15 September 1997 - Google.com registered as a domain
- 28 April 1998 - First Google Friends Newsletter
- August 1998 - Andy Bechtolsheim is first Google investor
- 4 August 1998 - Danny Sullivan's early review
- September 1998 - Google rents a Silicon Valley garage
- 4 September 1998 - Google incorporates
- 20 September 1998 - Early technical specs detailed
- 21 September 1998 - Employee #1: Craig Silverstein
- 11 November 1998 - Original homepage prototype
- December 1998 - Google named Top Search Engine
- February 1999 - Google opens Palo Alto office
- February 1999 - Fish food
- 21 March 1999 - We hit the slopes
- 1 April 1999 - Google's First Dog
- 3 May 1999 - Employee #11: Omid Kordestani
- June 1999 - Googler, n.
- 7 June 1999 - Google funded by major venture capital firms
- 26 August 1999 - Google moves to new Mountain View offices
- November 1999 - Charlie Ayers hired as first Google chef
- November 1999 - Seafood Friday, n.
- 6 November 1999 - Homepage: "Uncle Sam" added
- 1998-1999 - First positive reviews
- December 1999 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- 1 April 2000 - First April Fool's joke
- 9 May 2000 - Google in 10 languages
- 12 May 2000 - Google wins first Webby Awards
- 26 June 2000 - Yahoo! signs up for Google search
- 26 June 2000 - Search index: 1 billion pages
- 11 July 2000 - Homepage: 1 billion items
- 12 September 2000 - Google in Chinese, Japanese, Korean
- 23 October 2000 - Google AdWords
- 11 December 2000 - Google Toolbar
- December 2000 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- 17 January 2001 - Wayne Rosing hired as Engineering VP
- 12 February 2001 - Deja Usenet acquired
- March 2001 - FIGS+CJK, n.
- 14 March 2001 - Meng's Gallery begins
- 26 March 2001 - Eric Schmidt named chairman
- 27 March 2001 - Google in 26 languages
- 31 March 2001 - Homepage: Logo centered
- April 2001 - Bork, bork, bork!
- 28 July 2001 - Google Image Search
- 1 August 2001 - First international office: Tokyo
- 6 August 2001 - Eric Schmidt named CEO
- September 2001 - i18n, abbr.
- 1 October 2001 - First search partnership in Latin America
- 11 December 2001 - Search index: 3 billion
- 20 December 2001 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- December 2001 - Zeitgeist, n.
- 4 February 2002 - tlhIngan majQa'!
- 11 February 2002 - Google Search Appliance
- 20 February 2002 - AdWords now cost-per-click
- 1 April 2002 - Birdbrains
- 11 April 2002 - First Google APIs
- 1 May 2002 - Partnership with AOL
- 21 May 2002 - Google Labs
- 13 August 2002 - First Google Dance
- August 2002 - Google Dance, n.
- 23 September 2002 - Google News
- September 2002 - 20% time, n.
- 1 October 2002 - Homepage: Tab for Google News
- 28 October 2002 - Australia office opens
- 12 December 2002 - Froogle
- 31 December 2002 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- 13 January 2003 - Linguists recognize the word "google"
- 17 February 2003 - Blogger.com acquired
- 4 March 2003 - Google AdSense
- 1 April 2003 - Google Grants
- 1 October 2003 - Programmers attend first Code Jam
- 17 December 2003 - Google Print
- 31 December 2003 - Googler headcount: 1,628
- 31 December 2003 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- 22 January 2004 - orkut released
- 13 February 2004 - Larry named NAE Fellow
- 17 February 2004 - Search index: 6 billion
- March 2004 - Move to new headquarters campus
- 1 March 2004 - Enterprise unit forms
- March 2004 - Microkitchen, n.
- 17 March 2004 - Google Local
- 25 March 2004 - Homepage: Change from tabs to links
- 1 April 2004 - Fly me to the moon
- 1 April 2004 - Gmail
- April 2004 - Caribou, n.
- 19 April 2004 - Official Google Blog
- 19 April 2004 - Google commuter shuttles
- 29 April 2004 - Filed for IPO
- 26 May 2004 - Scholarships for women engineers
- May 2004 - Googlers buy 10,000 lava lamps
- 18 August 2004 - Google IPO on NASDAQ
- September 2004 - 100+ Google domains
- September 2004 - First office in Greater China
- 6 October 2004 - European headquarters open in Dublin
- 7 October 2004 - SMS for mobile
- 8 October 2004 - Sergey & Larry named Marconi Fellows
- 13 October 2004 - Engineering offices open in India
- 14 October 2004 - Google Desktop Search
- 18 October 2004 - Google Scholar
- 27 October 2004 - Keyhole acquired
- November 2004 - Search index: 8 billion
- December 2004 - Tokyo R&D center
- 14 December 2004 - Google Book Search adds libraries
- 31 December 2004 - Googler headcount: 3,021
- 31 December 2004 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- 7 February 2005 - Google Image Search: 1.1 billion images
- 8 February 2005 - Google Maps
- 17 March 2005 - code.google.com
- 26 March 2005 - First Google Code Jam India
- 28 March 2005 - Urchin acquired
- April 2005 - Maps in the U.K.
- 1 April 2005 - Grasping for straws
- 3 April 2005 - More Maps features
- 12 April 2005 - Google Local for mobile
- 20 April 2005 - My Search History
- 25 April 2005 - AdWords Site Targeting
- 27 April 2005 - I, Googlebot
- 6 May 2005 - Blogger Mobile
- 10 May 2005 - Google Scholar for libraries
- 19 May 2005 - iGoogle
- 1 June 2005 - Summer of Code
- 16 June 2005 - Mobile Web Search
- 28 June 2005 - Google Earth
- 28 June 2005 - Personalized Search
- 29 June 2005 - Maps API
- 22 August 2005 - Machine translation
- 24 August 2005 - Google Talk
- 2 September 2005 - Seeing Katrina on Earth
- 8 September 2005 - Welcome, Vint Cerf
- 13 September 2005 - Kai-Fu Lee hired
- 15 September 2005 - Google Blog Search
- 27 September 2005 - Homepage: Google turns 7
- 7 October 2005 - Google Reader
- 17 October 2005 - Baby Google
- 26 October 2005 - Authors@Google
- 14 November 2005 - Google Analytics
- 17 November 2005 - First Latin America offices
- 7 December 2005 - Google Transit
- 15 December 2005 - Gmail for mobile
- 27 December 2005 - I'm feeling silly
- 31 December 2005 - Googler headcount: 5,680
- 31 December 2005 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- January 2006 - Code Jam in China
- 17 January 2006 - dMarc acquired
- 27 January 2006 - Google in China
- 30 January 2006 - Picasa in 25 more languages
- 7 February 2006 - Chat with your email
- 10 February 2006 - Eric Schmidt named NAE Fellow
- 22 February 2006 - Google.org hires Larry Brilliant
- 28 February 2006 - Google News for mobile
- 9 March 2006 - Writely acquired
- 21 March 2006 - Google Finance
- 1 April 2006 - Searching for love?
- 13 April 2006 - Google Calendar
- 26 April 2006 - Maps in Europe
- 4 May 2006 - Testing on the Toilet
- 10 May 2006 - Google Trends
- 13 June 2006 - Picasa Web Albums
- 15 June 2006 - "Google" in the OED
- 29 June 2006 - Google Checkout
- 29 June 2006 - Mobile tools in 8 more languages
- 31 June 2006 - Gmail in 40 languages
- 5 July 2006 - Google Code Jam Europe
- August 2006 - Mountain View gets WiFi
- 9 August 2006 - 100 UC libraries join Google Books
- 11 August 2006 - It's IT
- 17 August 2006 - Live long and Google
- 28 August 2006 - Google Apps for Your Domain
- 30 August 2006 - Free book downloads in Book Search
- 5 September 2006 - Google News Archives
- 13 September 2006 - Google Earth Featured Content
- 26 September 2006 - First Spanish library joins Google Books
- October 2006 - Moma, n.
- October 2006 - Kittens on our intranet
- 4 October 2006 - Literacy Project
- 9 October 2006 - YouTube acquired
- 11 October 2006 - Google Docs and Spreadsheets
- 23 October 2006 - Google Custom Search
- 31 October 2006 - JotSpot acquired
- 6 November 2006 - Doodle 4 Google - United Kingdom
- 14 December 2006 - Patent Search
- 15 December 2006 - I'm feeling sleepy
- 31 December 2006 - Googler headcount: 10,674
- 31 December 2006 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- 4 January 2007 - China Mobile partnership
- 5 February 2007 - Google Maps Australia
- 7 February 2007 - Google Docs in 11 more languages
- 14 February 2007 - Gmail open to everyone
- 22 February 2007 - Google Apps Premier Edition
- 23 February 2007 - US Presidential candidate visits begin
- 28 February 2007 - Google Maps traffic information
- 1 March 2007 - Google Code Jam Latin America
- 19 March 2007 - Google Apps in Africa
- 22 March 2007 - gBikes everywhere
- 1 April 2007 - Seriously, there is a snake
- 1 April 2007 - Our T-Rex under siege
- 12 April 2007 - Blogger in 8 more languages
- 27 April 2007 - The @Google Channel
- May 2007 - Gardening at Google
- May 2007 - First Michigan office
- 16 May 2007 - Universal Search
- 22 May 2007 - Google Hot Trends
- 29 May 2007 - Street View for Maps
- 30 May 2007 - Google Gears
- June 2007 - Maps on the iPhone
- June 2007 - YouTube in 9 more domains
- June 2007 - Solar panels on campus: 9,212
- June 2007 - Featured Content in Earth
- 5 June 2007 - Partnership with Salesforce.com
- 16 June 2007 - Google stand on Net Neutrality
- 18 June 2007 - New energy initiatives
- 26 June 2007 - Google Earth for nonprofits
- 9 July 2007 - Postini acquired
- 23 July 2007 - YouTube & politics
- 31 July 2007 - Google Finance Canada
- 31 July 2007 - Google Apps in 28 languages
- August 2007 - Gmail around the world
- 8 August 2007 - Google Privacy Channel
- 15 August 2007 - Google Tech Talks
- August 2007 - Tech Talk, n.
- 22 August 2007 - Google Earth (and Sky)
- September 2007 - Google Docs explained
- 6 September 2007 - AdSense for Mobile
- 13 September 2007 - Lunar X PRIZE
- 17 September 2007 - Presentations in Google Docs
- 18 September 2007 - Google Reader in 10 more languages
- 8 October 2007 - Joint supercomputing project with IBM
- 12 October 2007 - Homepage: Google in Arabic
- 24 October 2007 - Google Earth wildfire updates
- 31 October 2007 - Scary fun
- 1 November 2007 - OpenSocial
- 5 November 2007 - Android mobile platform
- 27 November 2007 - Renewable Energy Less Than Coal (RE<C)
- December 2007 - Googlers love chocolate
- December 2007 - Google Toolbar explained
- 23 December 2007 - The Queen on YouTube
- 31 December 2007 - Googler headcount: 16,805
- 31 December 2007 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- 17 January 2008 - Google.org's new goals
- 24 January 2008 - Google bids on spectrum
- February 2008 - Making a New Year doodle
- February 2008 - Gmail explained
- 26 February 2008 - Right-to-left language searching
- 28 February 2008 - Google Sites
- March 2008 - Misc, n.
- 11 March 2008 - DoubleClick acquired
- 25 March 2008 - OpenSocial Foundation
- April 2008 - Larry and Sergey announce Virgle
- 1 April 2008 - April Fool's goes global
- 16 April 2008 - Google Earth updates
- 16 April 2008 - Website Optimizer
- 23 April 2008 - Google design principles
- 24 April 2008 - Google Finance China
- 30 April 2008 - Artists on iGoogle
- May 2008 - Google Earth and disaster relief
- May 2008 - Animating our doodles
- 5 May 2008 - Google supports Unicode
- 12 May 2008 - Friend Connect
- 13 May 2008 - Adopting Internet Protocol v6
- 15 May 2008 - Google Translate in 10 more languages
- 19 May 2008 - Google Health
- 20 May 2008 - Blog series explores search quality
- 21 May 2008 - Doodle 4 Google - US
- 22 May 2008 - We heart Indy and Spidey
- 2 June 2008 - Google Finance real-time stock quotes
- 3 June 2008 - Google Site Search
- 6/5/2008 - Gmail Labs
- 6 June 2008 - Google Maps for mobile with transit
- 17 June 2008 - Code Jam - US
- 4 July 2008 - Street View for Tour de France
- 10 July 2008 - iPhone gets Google search
- 14 July 2008 - Rock, roll, and data
- 18 July 2008 - A 40-language initiative
- 25 July 2008 - Google index: 1 trillion
- 4 August 2008 - Street View in Asia, Australia
- 25 August 2008 - Google Suggest
- 25 August 2008 - Election tools for citizens
- September 2008 - Google turns 10
- 1 September 2008 - Google Chrome browser
- 2 September 2008 - Google active at U.S. political conventions
- 3 September 2008 - New Picasa release
- 8 September 2008 - News Archive Search additions
- 23 September 2008 - First Android-powered phone
- 23 September 2008 - Google Transit in New York
- 1 October 2008 - Clean Energy 2030
- 27 October 2008 - Google Earth for iPhone
- 27 October 2008 - Zipping around campus
- 4 November 2008 - Opening up "white spaces"
- 11 November 2008 - Tracking flu trends
- 18 November 2008 - LIFE Photo Archive on Image Search
- 20 November 2008 - SearchWiki
- 1 December 2008 - YouTube Symphony Orchestra
- 4 December 2008 - Friend Connect now open
- 9 December 2008 - Biggest Street View imagery launch yet
- 9 December 2008 - Magazines in Book Search
- 31 December 2008 - Year-end look at Google search trends
- 5 January 2009 - Picasa for Mac
- 23 January 2009 - The Pope on YouTube
- 28 January 2009 - Measurement Lab
- 2 February 2009 - Ocean in Google Earth
- 4 February 2009 - Google Latitude
- 25 February 2009 - Google on Twitter
- 26 February 2009 - Translate in 41 Languages