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  2. History of Google - Wikipedia

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    Scott Hassan and Alan Steremberg were cited by Page and Brin as being critical to the development of Google. Rajeev Motwani and Terry Winograd later co-authored with Page and Brin the first paper about the project, describing PageRank and the initial prototype of the Google search engine, published in 1998. Héctor García-Molina and Jeff Ullman were also cited as contributors to the project ...

  3. Larry Page - Wikipedia

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    Lawrence Edward Page [2] [3] [4] (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessman and computer scientist best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. [2] [5]Page was chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 when he stepped down in favor of Eric Schmidt, and then again from April 2011 until July 2015 when he became CEO of its newly formed parent organization Alphabet ...

  4. Google - Wikipedia

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    Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California. Together, they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock.

  5. Biz Brief: Google Offers Art to Personalize Home Page Background

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    Google (GOOG) added a splash of color to its plain-Jane white search home page Thursday. It has teamed up with noted artists like Dale Chihuly, photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand and others to ...

  6. Personalize your background image, sounds, and toolbar ...

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    Personalize your background image, sounds, and toolbar appearance in AOL Desktop Gold. Access your settings to see several options that let you make it your own, such as updating the sounds that you hear, adjusting the colors used, and choosing from any of your own images or the vast Flickr library to personalize your background.

  7. Alphabet Inc. - Wikipedia

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    On August 10, 2015, Google announced plans to create a new public holding company, Alphabet Inc. Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page made this announcement in a blog post on Google's official blog. [10] Alphabet was created to restructure Google by moving subsidiaries from Google to Alphabet, thus narrowing Google's scope.

  8. Personal web page - Wikipedia

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    First, people use personal web pages as a portrayal of self, in a sense marketing themselves, since creators have the freedom to portray their own identities. Second, personal web pages are a way to interact with people who have similar interests as the creator, possible employers, or colleagues. Third, personal web pages can gain social ...

  9. Google logo - Wikipedia

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    The Google big logo when a background image/doodle is set on the home page. The first Google Doodle was in honor of the Burning Man Festival of 1998. [17] [18] The doodle was designed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to notify users of their absence in case the servers crashed.