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Google Search

Communication Services

Google Search is a web search engine launched in September 1998 by Google's founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, built originally around the PageRank algorithm for ranking pages by the links pointing to them. It became by far the most used search engine in the world, and the advertising revenue it generates through Google Ads has long been the core of parent company Alphabet's business, funding the company's wider expansion into email, maps, mobile operating systems and cloud computing.

Facts
Classification
Sector (GICS)
Communication Services 1
Offering Kind
Service 1
Launch Year
1997 1
Maker
Google 1
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Google Search is operated by Google.

Sources
1. Wikipedia, Google Search
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence, Wikipedia 'Google Search' article
    Google Search is a search engine operated by Google.
  • Infobox 'Launched' field, second entry (final launch), Wikipedia 'Google Search' article
    1997
  • Introduction, GICS sector classification
    Google Search is a search engine operated by Google.
  • Introduction, offering kind classification
    Google Search is a search engine operated by Google.
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