Google Brings Award-Winning Search Engine to Japanese I-mode Users

First Search Engine to Provide Access to the Entire Internet From Any I-mode Phone

DEMO JAPAN 2001, Tokyo, Japan – February 27, 2001 – Google Inc. today announced the release of new wireless search technology specifically designed for users of NTT DoCoMo i-mode mobile phones. Larry Page, Google’s CEO and co-founder, debuted the new technology today at DEMO Japan 2001, an event hosted by IDG Japan that showcases the newest products and services that address the IT needs of the Japanese marketplace.

Available now at www.google.com/imode, Google’s i-mode search service is the first search engine that enables access to the entire World Wide Web from any i-mode mobile phone. Users can now search and browse more than 1.3 billion Internet web pages. When a wireless user requests a traditional HTML page, Google’s technology automatically quickly translates the requested HTML document into a format optimized for I-mode wireless phones.

"Google’s I-mode search technology is an important step in establishing Google as the leading search engine in Japan," said Larry Page, Google CEO and co-founder. "Japanese users now have anytime, anywhere access to the award-winning Google user experience. With 19 million users and growing, I-mode is well positioned to become a leading standard for accessing the mobile Internet, worldwide."

The award-winning Google search engine serves more than 70 million searches per day, with approximately half of these searches performed on the company’s home page at http://www.google.com. Google offers a wide variety of custom search service products and currently provides its search technology to more than 120 companies in 30 countries. Wireless carriers, software developers, and other OEMs may contact Google to discuss partnership opportunities by sending e-mail to imode@google.com.

About Google Inc.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry’s most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google’s technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; WIRED magazine’s Reader Raves Award; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor’s Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo!, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. More information about Google can be found on the Google site at www.google.com.

Google Contacts:

David Krane
(650) 930-3596
dkrane@google.com

Cindy McCaffrey
(650) 930-3524
cindy@google.com

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Vizzavi Integrates Google Search Technology Across Entire Network of European Portal Sites

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and LONDON, United Kingdom – February 26, 2001 – Google Inc., developer of the award-winning Google search engine, today announced that it will provide its powerful search and wireless technology to Vizzavi’s European multi-access portal. Established in July 2000, Vizzavi today operates portals in the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. Vizzavi is the rapidly growing joint venture between Vodafone Group plc and Vivendi Universal. Effective immediately, Google will be the preferred search engine provider, offering its advanced web search engine as a complement to Vizzavi’s comprehensive range of personalized services and content, accessible to users via desktop PCs and mobile devices.

The co-branded service is currently available to users in the United Kingdom (www.vizzavi.co.uk) and the Netherlands (www.vizzavi.nl), and is soon expected to be rolled out across other European markets. The Vizzavi relationship broadens Google’s reach across major European markets, and establishes the company more prominently as a leading provider of pan-European search services.

"We needed a search technology that not only satisfied our current requirements, but also had the ease of integration, functionality and scalability to support our aggressive business plans to become the leading European multi-access portal," said Evan Newmark, CEO of Vizzavi. "With Google’s unmatched search technologies and extensive wireless functionality, we were able to quickly provide a high-quality, scalable service offering to our growing user base."

"Vizzavi is rapidly becoming one of Europe’s leading Internet businesses for online services and mobile data with a prospective user base of more than 80 million," said Larry Page, CEO and co-founder of Google. "Google’s comprehensive search service is ideally suited to form an integral part of the Vizzavi web and wireless service offering. We anticipate this relationship will help increase our visibility in the European market."

About Vizzavi

Vizzavi is a 50/50 joint venture between Vodafone Group plc, the world’s leading mobile communications company, and Vivendi Universal, Europe’s leading media company. Vizzavi is a multi-access portal designed to provide services to customers in a consistent format, throughout Europe, across different platforms, including mobile handsets, personal computers, television and personal digital assistants. Vizzavi was established in July 2000. For more information on Vizzavi please go to www.vizzavi.net.

About Google Inc.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry’s most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google’s technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; WIRED magazine’s Reader Raves Award; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor’s Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo!, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. More information about Google can be found on the Google site at www.google.com.

Google Contacts:

Sophie Nguyen
(650) 930-3562
sophie@google.com

Cindy McCaffrey
(650) 930-3524
cindy@google.com

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Google Acquires Usenet Discussion Service and Significant Assets from Deja.com

Award-Winning Search Engine Launches Beta Version of Usenet Newsgroup Search

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – February 12, 2001 – Google Inc. today announced that it has acquired Deja.com’s Usenet Discussion Service. This acquisition provides Google with Deja’s entire Usenet archive (dating back to 1995), software, domain names including deja.com and dejanews.com, company trademarks, and other intellectual property. Financial terms of this transaction were not released.

Available now at groups.google.com, this powerful new Usenet search feature enables Google users to access the wealth of information contained in more than six months of Usenet newsgroup postings and message threads. Once the full Deja Usenet archive is added, users will be able to search and browse more than 500 million archived messages with the speed and efficiency of a Google search. In addition to expanding the amount of searchable data, Google will soon provide improved browsing capabilities and newsgroup posting.

"We welcome Deja’s loyal users into the growing community of Google users worldwide," said Larry Page, Google CEO and co-founder. "With more than 500 million individual messages and growing fast, Usenet and its thriving community is one of the most active and valuable information sources on the Internet."

"The acquisition of Deja’s significant assets will enable Google to offer an important new source of information to both Deja and Google users," said Omid Kordestani, Google’s vice president of business development and sales. "We will continue to build and acquire the necessary technologies to provide the best search experience to millions of Google users worldwide."

The award-winning Google search engine serves 70 million searches per day, with approximately half of these searches performed on the company’s homepage at www.google.com. Google offers a wide variety of custom search service products and currently licenses its search technology to more than 120 companies in 30 countries.

About Google Inc.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry’s most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google’s technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; WIRED magazine’s Reader Raves Award; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor’s Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo!, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. More information about Google can be found on the Google site at www.google.com.

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Google Achieves Significant Business, Growth Milestones in 2000

Search Technology Developer Ends Second Full Year of Business With Web’s Largest Index, Major Partnership Deals, Expanded Services

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California--February 1, 2001 – Google Inc., developer of the award-winning Google search engine, ended its second full year of business, having achieved record advances in the size and scope of its index. In 2000, Google signed agreements with leading portals and websites in the United States, Europe and Asia; launched new advertising programs to complement its growing licensing business; and introduced a number of expanded search services and features.

Throughout 2000, users consistently ranked Google first in independent user satisfaction and loyalty surveys, while traffic to the Google destination site www.google.com increased steadily at a 20 percent clip each month. The company added search capabilities in 26 languages and gained momentum with users globally. Google ended the year with listings in Media Metrix’s Top 50 U.S. and Global Web and Digital Media Properties, and Nielsen/Netratings’ Top 25 Web sites At-Home and At-Work studies.

Google also continued to receive industry honors and accolades for technology innovation and excellence, including two Webby Awards, a WIRED Reader Raves Award, a PC Magazine (U.K.) Best Internet Innovation Award and numerous citations from industry publications and organizations.

"2000 was a tremendous year for growth in all areas of our business," said Larry Page, Google CEO and co-founder. "We’re overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response we’ve received from our users and customers around the world, and we’re deeply honored by the industry’s acknowledgment of our achievements."

Web Largest Index, Traffic Growth

In 2000, Google surpassed all other search engines in delivering the largest index available on the World Wide Web. Supported by an infrastructure of more than 6,000 Linux-based computer servers in multiple data centers by the end of the year, Google’s index comprised more than 1.3 billion indexed web pages. Traffic to the company’s destination site continually broke new records, and by the end of the year, increased to more than 27 million searches per day. Combined with traffic from its customers’ sites, Google provided more than 60 million searches per day in 2000, achieving a 3,180 percent increase from the start of the year.

Business Partnerships and Growth

While traffic to Google escalated, the company successfully launched two advertising programs, and expanded its search service offerings. Google’s Premium Sponsorship Program provided more than 350 advertisers highly effective text-based advertising that targeted their selected keywords with users’ search queries. Google’s fully automated AdWords program, launched in November, quickly became popular among thousands of small businesses. At the end of 2000, advertisers at the Google destination site consistently witnessed an average click-through rate four to five times higher than the industry standard for banner ads.

Google further expanded Google WebSearch and Google SiteSearch licensing program services in 2000 to include a suite of automated options and additional capabilities. By yearend, Google powered nearly 120 corporate customers in more than 30 countries spanning five continents, and included Google WebSearch licensing agreements with Yahoo! and its international properties; NetEase in China; Yam.com in Taiwan; and NEC’s BIGLOBE in Japan. Bellweather customers, including AOL/Netscape in the United States and Virgilio in Italy, renewed agreements with Google in 2000, while Cisco Systems, the US Department of Energy and others signed agreements to receive Google SiteSearch capabilities at their web sites.

Expanded Services, International Reach

In 2000, by being the first to develop the technology that translated traditional HTML pages into text-only wireless application protocol (WAP) information, Google’s search capabilities became available beyond the desktop for wireless devices. By yearend, Google had signed agreements with many leaders in the emerging class of wireless devices, handheld computers and Internet appliances such as Nextel web-ready phones, Palm handheld computers, pagers, ePod Internet appliances, and OmniSky wireless modems.

By the end of 2000, Google also had gained a significant a global presence. Available in 26 languages, powering many portals and destination sites throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Americas, Google witnessed an unprecedented 360 percent growth in six months in non-English search queries. At the end of the year, searches in German led the pack, followed by searches in Japanese and French.

Whether anticipating the increasing expectation for instant information on demand or providing new ways to make searching on the Internet easier, Google expects to continue to innovate, expand and enrich the search experience on any platform, and ultimately strive to set the standards for the next generation in search technology in 2001.

About Google Inc.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry’s most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google’s technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo!, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. More information about Google can be found on the Google site at www.google.com.

Google Contacts:

Hilary Chalmers
(650) 930-3589
hilary@google.com

Cindy McCaffrey
(650) 930-3524
cindy@google.com

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