Google still innovating on 10th anniversary

Success was hardly assured for two Stanford University graduate students and their nascent search engine, operated from a couple of cramped dorm rooms and burdened with a goofy name.

But their brainchild, Google http://www.google.com , incorporated 10 years ago today, has blossomed into one of the world’s most valuable businesses – simultaneously striking fear and admiration in competitors while making information infinitely more accessible to hundreds of millions of people. Few companies have left such an indelible mark in such a relatively short period of time.

Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writer

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