Google Advertising News: Google Turns Ten & Continues Expansion

Published 14 months ago

Happy Birthday Google. Ten years after 2 Stanford Grad students launched Google from a friend's garage, Google now employs 20,000 people worldwide, operates out of the 1.5 million square foot "Googleplex," overseas hundreds of... more

Happy Birthday Google. Ten years after 2 Stanford Grad students launched Google from a friend's garage, Google now employs 20,000 people worldwide, operates out of the 1.5 million square foot "Googleplex," overseas hundreds of thousands of computers in massive data centers, receives over 1 million applications for employment per year and enjoys a market value of $150 billion. Wow, how are they going to top that over the next 10 years? Well, they certainly intend to try, as they are continually expanding into new markets, but they are greeted by increasing opposition as various groups grow concerned over Google's growing power. Earlier this week, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) voiced their opposition to the pending Google-Yahoo! partnership. The ANA expressed concern over the proposed agreement and the PPC search-marketing share it would provide Google. This powerful organization represents over 400 companies and 9,000 brands. less

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