Google Desktop Search Goes Corporate

New Desktop Search Application Offers Administrative Controls and Integration with IBM Lotus Notes

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - May 18, 2005 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced Google Desktop Search for Enterprise . This free downloadable application enables companies to provide employees with the ability to search for information on their computers with the same quality experience they've come to expect from Google.com. Based on Google's popular desktop search application for consumers, Google Desktop Search for Enterprise adds new enterprise-level security, configuration and deployment controls, as well as the ability to search the full text of IBM Lotus Notes messages.

"Finding information quickly in business is more than a convenience – it's a necessity," said Dave Girouard, general manager of Google's enterprise business. "With the addition of Google Desktop Search for Enterprise, businesses of all sizes can offer their employees one-stop Google search for the desktop, intranet, or web."

Through a collaborative effort between Google and IBM, the new Google Desktop Search for Enterprise provides simple, fast search across Lotus Notes messages.

"E-mail has evolved beyond messaging into a tool where people manage their activities and store critical business information," said Ken Bisconti, vice president of Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software, IBM. "With Google Desktop Search for the Enterprise , we are giving more than 118 million Lotus Notes users greater flexibility in searching for critical business information stored on their desktop."

Google Desktop Search for Enterprise delivers high quality search results, one-stop search, simple deployment and a series of new features designed specifically to meet the needs of corporate environments.

One-Stop Searching for Employees
Search desktop files, the corporate intranet and global Internet all from one search box
Instantly find vital corporate email, files, web history, even instant messages
View web pages visited, even when not online
Centralized Administration and Security for the Enterprise
Administer control of all configuration settings. For example, restrict the indexing of secure sites, specific file types, or particular domains
Test and validate new software versions before deploying
Support for index encryption to protect the search index from unauthorized access
Easy Deployment for Everyone
Free download and unlimited, enterprise-wide use
Easy centralized deployment via the industry-standard installer
Centrally managed software update administration
In addition to Lotus Notes, Google Desktop Search is the first desktop search tool to access the full text of a user's web page history and the only one to search AOL instant messages. Google works with most popular email clients, most popular file types (including text, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, MP3, image, audio, and video files) and web pages viewed using popular browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape).

Integration with Google Search Appliance
Google Desktop Search for Enterprise also offers full integration with the Google Search Appliance and Google Mini to deliver search results and convenient one-stop-searching from the desktop, intranet and Google.com.
Google Desktop Search for Enterprise is free and available at http://desktop.google.com/enterprise/. An optional premium support package is available, which includes access to information and assistance from Google experts, guaranteed response time on requests, and escalation for critical issues.

Google Announces Record Revenues for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2005

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 21, 2005 - Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.

"This was a very strong quarter for Google. We continue to execute well and we have been able to take full advantage of the growth in online advertising" said Eric Schmidt, Google chief executive officer. "In addition, we performed well across our operations with our engineering and product teams delivering dozens of new products and features for Google users around the world."

Google reported record revenues of $1.256 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, up 93% year over year. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs or TAC, the portion of revenues shared with partners.


Income from operations, on a GAAP basis, was $443 million, or 35.2% of revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 compared to $155 million or 23.8% of revenues for the first quarter of 2004.


Income from operations includes a $49 million non-cash, stock-based compensation charge compared to a $76 million non-cash, stock-based compensation charge in the prior year’s first quarter.


Net income on a GAAP basis for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 was computed based on the following income statement or condensed income statement line items. Revenues of $1.256 billion less TAC of $462 million, less both other costs and expenses before stock-based compensation of $303 million and stock-based compensation of $49 million, increased by other income of $14 million and then reduced by a provision for income taxes of $87 million.


Net income on a GAAP basis in the first quarter of 2005 was $369 million or $1.29 per share on a basis of a diluted 286.6 million weighted average shares outstanding. This compared to net income for the first quarter of 2004 of $64 million or $0.24 per share on a basis of a diluted 264.2 million weighted average shares outstanding.


Some Wall Street analysts use non-GAAP measures to analyze our operating results. For instance, they may subtract TAC of $462 million from revenues of $1.256 billion to arrive at a net revenues amount. Also, certain analysts may arrive at net income before stock-based compensation by subtracting traffic acquisition costs of $462 million, other costs and expenses before stock-based compensation of $303 million, adding back other income of $14 million and subtracting our provision for income taxes of $87 million from revenues of $1.256 billion.


Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2005 totaled $530 million as compared to $208 million for the first quarter of 2004, an increase of 155%.


Adjusted EBITDA, which is an alternative measure of liquidity to GAAP net cash provided by operating activities (and is defined as income before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, the non-cash stock-based compensation charge and in-process R&D;), increased by $293 million or 115% to $ 548 million (or 44% of revenues) in the first quarter of 2005 from $255 million in the first quarter of 2004 (or 39% of revenues).

Google Adds New Local Services to its Suite of Mobile Products

Users Can Now Access Google Local and Driving Directions On-The-Go

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 12, 2005 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today released two new local services that enable people on-the-go to quickly and easily connect to the information they want from their mobile phones or wireless device. From local business listings to interactive street maps, users can now access Google Local information via a mobile web browser and driving directions using Google SMS.

"Whether people are traveling long distances or looking for a restaurant in their hometown, Google's new mobile services make it a snap for them to find what they're looking for--without the hassle of referring to paper maps, reference guides, or often outdated directories," said Jonathan Rosenberg, vice president, product management, Google Inc. "Google's mobile search and Google SMS services are important advancements in our goal to provide users immediate access to valuable information anywhere and anytime."

Google Local

When users visit http://mobile.google.com/local on their XHTML-enabled mobile phone, they can enter their search term in the 'What' search box and location in the 'Where' search box to receive results from Google Local. For example, if users enter the query [wifi hotspot] in the 'What' search box and [90266] in the 'Where' search box, they will receive Google Local results of wifi hotspots in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Currently available in the U.S. and Canada, this service enables users to find business listings and driving directions, view an area using Google Maps with zooming capabilities, and click-to-call.

Driving Directions

With Google SMS, users have another choice to access information on-the-go. This service enables users to send a search query as a text message to the U.S. five digit shortcode 46645 (GOOGL on most phones) and receive Google Local, Froogle, finance, weather, and movie showtime results. Today, Google added driving directions to this list. For example, if users enter the query [from jfk to 50 broadway new york], they will receive turn-by-turn driving directions as a text message on their mobile phone or device. Google SMS is available on most U.S. carriers. More information can be found at http://sms.google.com.

Google has been offering mobile services for more than four years. In 2001, Google Web Search was introduced via WML-enabled and iMode-enabled phones (Japan). This past year Web Search, Image Search and several advanced search features were introduced via XHTML, enabling more users to access Google's index of more than 8 billion web pages and more than one billion images from their mobile phones.

More information about Google's mobile products can be found at http://mobile.google.com

2005 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Winners Announced

PALO ALTO, Calif. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 8, 2005 – The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and Google Inc. today announced the winners of the 2005 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship. The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Anita Borg and her efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in computer science and technology. The award is a $10,000 scholarship for outstanding female undergraduate and graduate students completing their degrees in computer science and related fields.

"Anita would be proud to see these young, talented women rewarded for their dedication and achievement," said Dr. Telle Whitney, President and CEO of the Anita Borg Institute. "Together with Google's support, we will continue to honor Anita's vision of finding exceptional women in computer science and technology."

"It is an honor to team up with the institute and continue Anita's efforts to support and encourage women in computer science and technology," said Alan Eustace, Vice President of Engineering & Research, Google. "Google was itself born of college research and we look forward to the achievements of these outstanding young women."

For the 2005-2006 academic year, the institute received 115 applications from students at 80 different universities across the country. Eligible students must be going into their final year of study at a US university or college. Selection criteria includes academic performance, letters of recommendation, answers to short essay questions and interviews with members of the review committee. After three rounds of review, the committee selected 23 finalists, who were then interviewed by phone.

We are pleased to award ten $10,000 scholarships to the following students:

Shiri Azenkot, Pomona College
Lucia Ballard, Brown University
Preethi Bhat, Carnegie Mellon University
Barbara Engelhardt, University of California at Berkeley
Susan Hohenberger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ariadna Font Llitjós, Carnegie Mellon University
Moriah McClanahan, Brigham Young University
Kristine Nagel, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nithya Ramanathan, University of California at Los Angeles
Jenny Yuen, University of Washington
$1,000 awards will go to the 13 other finalists:
F. Zeynep Altinbas, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Himani Apte, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Caitlin Holman, University of California at Santa Barbara
Esther Iserovich, New York University
Agnes Lo, Stanford University
Emily Navarro, University of California at Irvine
Irene Ong, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Bo Pang, Cornell University
Karolina Sarnowska, Mississippi State University
Gwendolyn Stockman, Carnegie Mellon University
Stefanie Tomko, Carnegie Mellon University
Julie Tung, Stanford University
Julie Zhuo, Stanford University


All 23 scholars were invited to Mountain View to meet each other, tour Google and participate in a workshop on educational and career issues of women in computer science. The day will also include discussions with Google engineers and executives, representatives from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and former scholarship winners.

About Anita Borg:

Though Dr. Borg lost her battle with cancer in April 2003, the technology industry continues to support her vision for a future where women's voices, ideas and spirits influence how and why technology is developed. Anita sought to revolutionize the way we think about technology and devoted much of her adult life to dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields.

In 1987, seeing only a handful of women at a systems conference, she started a modest email list-an "online community" before the term even existed-and called it Systers. Today Systers has 3,000 members from all over the world. In 1994, Anita co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. And In 1997, Anita founded the Institute for Women and Technology to further increase women's impact on technology and the positive impact of technology on women. Today her legacy lives on through the lives she touched and the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. For more information see: www.anitaborg.org.

Google Announces More Mini For Less

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 6, 2005 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that the Google Mini has twice the search capacity at an even more affordable price. The Google Mini can now search up to 100,000 documents for a lower price of $2,995.

"Content is dramatically increasing everywhere and it's no longer limited to documents, spreadsheets and presentations," said Dave Girouard, general manager of Google's enterprise business. "With more web pages, weblogs, wikis and other content, businesses of every size are having a hard time keeping track of it all. With Google, you can help your customers and employees quickly find the information they need."

The Google Mini is an integrated hardware/software search appliance that indexes all content within a company's intranet or public website. After an installation process that takes only a matter of hours, users can search for information just as they do with Google.com.

The Google Mini was announced in January and is currently used by hundreds of law firms, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, consulting firms, government agencies and other small-to-medium sized businesses to access and manage their information.

"Our attorneys are continually searching for information. The Google Mini helps them find exactly what they need, when they need it, using an interface they‘re already familiar with," said John Neubauer, Legal Administrator for Blitman & King LLP. "With the increased capacity of the Google Mini, we will now be able to include even more legal research in our index. This will help us leverage more of our firm's valuable intellectual property, making our attorneys more efficient and more responsive to our clients."

The Google Mini comes with one year of support, software updates, and hardware replacement coverage. It can be purchased online, directly from the Google Store with a credit card, check or purchase order. For more information, see http://mini.google.com.

Google Search Appliance Offers Larger Businesses More for Less
The entry-level Google Search Appliance now offers search of up to 500,000 documents (more than three times the previous search capacity), for $30,000 including hardware, software, and two years of customer support. Other versions of the Search Appliance can index 15 million documents or more in a single collection.

"The amount of content on Earthlink's Intranet continues to grow rapidly," said Jon Kerner, chief information officer for Earthlink. "This significant increase in Google Search Appliance document capacity will enable us to provide faster and more thorough searching for employees."

The Search Appliance provides enterprise-wide search across corporate web sites, intranets, databases, business applications and content management systems. For more information on the Google Search Appliance, see http://www.google.com/enterprise.