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The Resume

    (September 1998- )
    Founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page
    Located in Mountain View, California
    The current #1 search engine
    Originally named Backrub
    Motto is 'Don't be Evil'
    Stock went public (August 19, 2004)

Why Google might be annoying:

    Their headquarters have all the equipment of the free spending failed dot coms: free food, lava lamps and a baby grand piano.
    They offer a lot of beta options that never seem to get integrated into the site.

Why Google might not be annoying:

    They changed the backbone of search engine relevance from the number of times a search word appears on a web page to the popularity of the web page.
    They are the most innovative and popular search engine on the Internet.
    They do unobtrusive product advertisements.
    They decorate their logo for holidays and special events.
    Their search engine has 'cool and hip' features, as opposed to other search engines' corporate looks.
    They incorporate different features and are constantly innovating. Some features are fixing misspellings, caching, translations, image search and news search.
    They offer a web browser toolbar with popup blocking.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 41 Votes: 41.46% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 374 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 130 Votes: 55.38% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 232 Votes: 51.29% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 702 Votes: 63.96% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 393 Votes: 64.89% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 285 Votes: 79.65% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 54 Votes: 57.41% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 120 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 41 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 107 Votes: 66.36% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 79 Votes: 46.84% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 99 Votes: 38.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 70 Votes: 37.14% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 361 Votes: 43.49% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 277 Votes: 42.96% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 528 Votes: 42.23% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1012 Votes: 41.30% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 4099 Votes: 42.38% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2206 Votes: 37.58% Annoying