Who owns google?

Python

ive been wondering about this for a while. who actually owns google? is it microsoft?

if not then it must be some other major company.

SEbasic

Google is self owned.

It was started by two guys who went to stanford university as part of their course.

Obviously, things have changed since then. Google Filed for IPO last week - They are going to make it possible to buy shares.

Microsoft own MSN (obviously) who are due to release their own search facility in the next 18 months or so.

Python

ahh rite. so currently msn is using googles results am i right? because im sure on the msn site somewhere ive seen "Powered By Google{@}

SEbasic

I THINK so .

I'll have to check but I'm pretty sure that it's google who supplies the results.

CannonBallGuy

Yahoo uses Googles results too... lol

SEbasic

No it doesn't.

They switched about a month ago

pfgannon

i was talkin to some people about how google actually didnt make much money last year?
If they didnt im sure they will in the coming year(s) because of G-mail and stuff

CannonBallGuy

SEbasic wrote:

No it doesn't.

They switched about a month ago

Okay.. Well they did and my point was that people are (were) using google without knowing it... lol...
And Yahoo is the worlds most popular O.S.E...

SEbasic

Sorry to snap CBG.

I wrote it without thinking.

Is yahoo the most popular? I thought Google was.

pfgannon

yeah i always thought google was... but you never know

rallyfan

i heard yahoo was the most poular cause of geocities and and the messenger and also the games and chat.

it has more features than google but i much rather google.

Python

i prefer google because all it is is a search engine. for example yaho has got loads of news etc on it. if i wanted news id go to a news site and if i want a search engine i use google.

CannonBallGuy

SEbasic wrote:

Sorry to snap CBG.

I wrote it without thinking.

Is yahoo the most popular? I thought Google was.

I didnt think you did snap...

Well I heard manyy people in WMF say so... But that was around the time they said thet Yahoo uses Googl'es results.. lol
So it may not be true now...
And they may have been wrong... But I doubt that...

CannonBallGuy

Python wrote:

i prefer google because all it is is a search engine. for example yaho has got loads of news etc on it. if i wanted news id go to a news site and if i want a search engine i use google.

Same here, but loads of people are the opposite. They like everything in one place so they set Yahoo as their home and never go anywhere else...
lol

SEbasic

Google has news too.

Anyway...

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