How did GOOGLE make money before 2000?

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  1. #1
    Hi all.. Google started selling advertisements on search apparently only since 2000. How did they make money from 1996 to 1999?
     
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  2. fundu

    fundu Well-Known Member

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    They were actually not making money before 2000. Thats what I've seen in a documentary based on google.
     
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    some venture capitalist provided fund for them
    i think sunmicrosystem was the one
     
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  4. Scavenger

    Scavenger Peon

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    Yeah, they got about $1.1 million initial funding.. They hired office at Mountainview.. But 3 yrs with no income? [:eek:] Is that possible?!
     
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  5. Abhik

    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    #5
    Google was just a project started by Larry Page..
     
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    like most business startups - it did not make money
     
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    A Story of Success :)
     
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    once google search popular after google become brand and start getting idea of making money
     
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    #9

    including
    Andy Bechtolstein , Yahoo, Tiger woods, Henry A. Kissinger and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stanford University

    See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3664339.stm
     
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    Nice info, I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing! :)
     
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    izwanmad Banned

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    magda Notable Member

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    Great! Something new which I've discovered today. This topic never crossed my mind before ;)
    Surprisingly Yahoo is among the list of contributors that provided funding in the initial phase.
     
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    Most business didnt make any money when they started. I think Microsoft were making no noney back in the 70s when they started.
     
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    I finished high school in 2000. I don't remember Google having the popularity it does now.
     
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    #16
    They are truly the product of hard and passionate work! :D
     
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    The moral of this story is:

    If you are making no money right now, be happy because you will be rich soon!!!

    /*tom*/
     
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    dugu Active Member

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    But there's a catch, your name must be Google ;)
     
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    #19
    That is the right answer , according to some materials I had read .
     
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    They are not earning money but they have some sponsor.
     
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