Google facts and figures

It's funny to see that Google set its IPO goal on April 2004 to the mathematical constant e (in billions), but hit almost PI (also the mathematical constant, in billions) in Revenue in the planned year :)

Lots of interesting facts and tidbits in there.

I'm guessing we all know that Google was misspelling of the number Googol, however, I wonder how many of you know that the Googol was inspired by a cartoon character from the 1930's named Barney Google

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/090636google.j...

So it seems to have come full circle in that regard.

I had no idea that Android was an acquisition.

Interesting to note that 97% of their revenue comes from advertising. That's a weak spot for them, and surely they know it. If some better disruptive technology comes along they could have serious problems.

The rule of thumb I'd heard for when you're no longer a Noogler is when your Noogler balloon stops flying. (You're given a helium-filled mylar balloon with a Google happy face when you start; mine lasted about 5 months). That's almost always after when you've been there longer than 1% of the staff. I joined in January 09 when everyone thought the world was ending and the word on the street was "hiring freeze", so it was only a few percent in my case. But for someone who joined in say, 2005 and whose Noogler balloon lasted a while (I've heard of them flying for up to a year), it might've been up to 50% of the staff.

I wonder would is the percent of revenue from products that originated from the 20% time? e.g. for gmail, its adwords revenue.

Google has certainly set the bar high for the "Next Google"

60,000 Android phones shipped each day? Wow, that's a lot. I wonder how many are sold each day?