What's New at the Googleplex?
(presented to EPICUG, 11/15/2005) [updated in Feb 2007]

IPO!

• Google went public on the NASDAQ in August 2004 with stock price of $85
• A Google share is now worth $392.80 (chart)
• Google's market capitalization is now $109 billion (GM = $13 billion)
• GOOG Recent quarterly report
• Most income comes from advertising
  • AdWords provides contextual (keyword) advertising for advertisers
  • Generates income for publishers via AdSense

New and Updated features and services

• Blog Search
• Maps
• Google Mail
• Google Scholar
• Local search
• Mobile search (phone)
• Personalized Home page
• Desktop Search
• Google Earth
• Google Suggest
• Google Talk
• Google Official Blog(s)
  • AdWords API
  • Blogger Buzz
  • Google Blog
  • Google Code
  • Google Reader Blog
  • Inside AdSense
  • Inside AdWords
  • Inside Google Sitemaps

Still in the Lab...

• Google Reader (aggregate/read RSS feeds)
• Google Video (search/watch video)
• Google Toolbar for Firefox
• Google Web Accelerator
• Google Ride Finder
• Google Base?

A speculative future history involving Google