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| Thread ID: 96270 | 2009-01-04 20:18:00 | Google in the last 10 years - An Insight | John D (1571) | PC World Chat |
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| 735060 | 2009-01-04 20:18:00 | Google had applied for incorporation as a business 10 years ago which is according to a time line supplied by Google. The application was accepted on 7th September 08 - which was a Sunday. In that decade, Google has very quickly emerged as the most successful business on the Web, and many expect it to dominate the next era of computing as thoroughly as Microsoft dominated the era of personal computers. Here's a quick snapshot of Google by the numbers along with some comparisons to Microsoft. The sources of the data are the companies annual reports, Yahoo Finance and comScore. Google's age: 10 Microsoft's age: 33 Google's revenue in the last 4 quarters: $19.6 billion Microsoft's revenue in the last 4 quarters: $60.4 billion Microsoft's revenue at age 10: $140 million ($279 million in today’s dollars) Google's revenue per hour in the last 4 quarters: $2.2 million Microsoft's revenue per hour in the last 4 quarters: $6.9 million Google's net income in the last 4 quarters: $4.85 billion Microsoft's net income in the last 4 quarters: $17.6 billion Google employees, as of June 30th: 19,604 Microsoft employees, as of May 31st: 89,809 Google's revenue per employee: $1 million Microsoft's revenue per employee: $672,000 Market value of Google: $142 billion Market value of Microsoft: $241 billion Number of tech companies with a market value larger than Google's: 3 (Microsoft, I.B.M. and Apple, in that order) Worldwide searches on Google in July: 48.7 billion Worldwide searches on Microsoft in July: 2.3 billion Worldwide searches per hour on Google in July: 65 million Worldwide searches per hour on Microsoft in July: 3.1 million Isn't this an eye-opener? |
John D (1571) | ||
| 735061 | 2009-01-04 22:56:00 | Need to buy-up shares in Google I think! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 735062 | 2009-01-05 00:30:00 | Need to buy-up shares in Google I think! You might need to save to buy just one share, Chill.... :) |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 735063 | 2009-01-05 00:48:00 | Need to buy-up shares in Google I think! If only we knew this 10 years ago eh! We could all be millionaires.... :dogeye: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 735064 | 2009-01-05 02:23:00 | I've been informed by his majesty that Google shares were never available to the general public anyway. So much for that! :p | wratterus (105) | ||
| 735065 | 2009-01-08 20:19:00 | Interesting stats - I wonder how long the big G will continue to sit at the top of the pile for search though. | PCMan (14485) | ||
| 735066 | 2009-01-08 23:07:00 | What I would like to know is how many PC's Google and Microsoft both have | Digby (677) | ||
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