When Did Google Stop Being a Search Company?

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When Did Google Stop Being a Search Company?

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Feb 12, 2024

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For a couple of years in Google's early history, it was a real search company. But that would change in 2000 as Google would embrace advertising. Learn how Google would shift to become a dominant force in online ads.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Feb 12, 2024

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When Did Google Stop Being a Search Company?

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