Google

'This article is about the company. For the web search engine, see Google Search.'

Google Incorporated is an American multinational public corporation that provides Internet-related products and services, including Google Search. Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin on September 4, 1998, Google competes with Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft for the best search engine.

History
In 1995, Larry Page and Sergey Page meet at Stanford University, where Sergey shows Larry around the university. In 1996, they began collaborating on a search engine called "BackRub", which would later come to be known as Google Search. BackRub remains on the university servers until about a year later, where it was taking up too much bandwidth. One year later, after deciding on the new name for BackRub, Larry and Sergey rename the search engine to Google.