Google.Com — The World’s Number One
Internet Search Engine
“A profitable dot.com is a rare thing. For one founded only in late 1998, and - ivorse - a dotcom that includes advertising as one half of its business plan, Google’s progress is a feat. But then it could be argued that Google has been flying in the face of conventional wisdom since its launch.”
- Neil McIntosh, ‘Seeking Search Engine Perfection,’ (The Guardian), January 2002.
“Google had not had a single print or television advertisement so far and most people felt that when it was launched there was not a market for another search engine. But with all other search engines developing into portals, Google stuck to the basics and now it is better than every other search engine.”
- Matthew Ragas, Consultant, ‘The Cult Runs Deep,’ (The Economic Times), March 2003.
THE MOST PREFERRED SEARCH ENGINE’
In early 2003. Googlc.com (Google). the California (US) based company Google Inc.’s search engine, was named the ‘Best Search Engine’ by Pandecta magazine. Google also received the ‘Outstanding Search Service’ award by Search Engine Watch.2 The Search Engine Watch newsletter claimed that Google was the most heavily used search site by Internet browsers. These developments were not a major surprise for Google, which had received many such awards and recognitions since its inception in 1998 (Refer Exhibit I).
Google was preferred by millions of browsers over search engines such as Alta Vista, Infoseek, Netscape and Lycos. Not only did Google rank much higher than other search engines in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, it also scored over others in terms of layout due to its uncluttered look (Refer Exhibit II for a com ...