Google at Age 10 vs Microsoft

I found a little comparison today between Google & Microsoft on the New York Times you might enjoy.

Google applied for incorporation as a business 10 years ago Thursday, according to a timeline supplied by the company. The application was accepted on Sept. 7, which is Sunday.

In that decade, the search engine company has quickly emerged as the most successful business on the Web, and many expect it to dominate the next era of computing as thoroughly as Microsoft dominated the era of personal computers.

Here’s a quick snapshot of Google by the numbers along with some comparisons to Microsoft. The sources of the data are the companies, Yahoo Finance and comScore.

Google’s age: 10
Microsoft’s age: 33

Google’s revenue in the last 4 quarters: $19.6 billion
Microsoft’s revenue in the last 4 quarters: $60.4 billion

Microsoft’s revenue at age 10: $140 million
($279 million in today’s dollars)

Google’s revenue per hour in the last 4 quarters: $2.2 million
Microsoft’s revenue per hour in the last 4 quarters: $6.9 million

Google net income in the last 4 quarters: $4.85 billion
Microsoft’s net income in the last 4 quarters: $17.6 billion

Google employees, as of June 30th: 19,604
Microsoft employees, as of May 31st: 89,809

Google’s revenue per employee: $1 million
Microsoft revenue per employee: $672,000

Market value of Google: $142 billion
Market value of Microsoft: $241 billion

Number of tech companies with a market value larger than Google’s: 3 (Microsoft, I.B.M. and Apple, in that order)

Worldwide searches on Google in July: 48.7 billion
Worldwide searches on Microsoft in July: 2.3 billion

Worldwide searches per hour on Google in July: 65 million
Worldwide searches per hour on Microsoft in July: 3.1 million

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1. Gr8 comparison.

   Learned lot from it.

   Thanks for sharing

   Posted by Web Design Los Angeles on 09/12 at 09:43 PM

2. Very interesting article. Thanks for a great post!

   Posted by San Antonio Attorney on 09/23 at 03:54 AM

3. now if only someone can actually write the history of Google (from it’s beginnings to its current status); that would be a good read. I’m sick and tired hearing about gates’ humble beginnings (ironically, he ain’t humble anymore).

   Posted by jackie @ teak furniture on 10/01 at 11:28 PM

4. This history of Google is well written in a book by John Battelle called “The Search”, which you can find here:
   http://www.amazon.com/Search-Rewrote-Business-Transformed-Culture/dp/B000GUJHBW/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222964263&sr=8-1

   It is not entirely about the history of Google but it contains a lot of it.

   Posted by Alexandre Brabant on 10/02 at 08:18 AM

5. Thanks for sharing the URL, Alexandre. A history of Google would really be a great read.

   -M from Mexico

   Posted by Mayan Palace Riviera Maya on 10/03 at 07:38 PM

6. Not sure what this proves, but the figures are very interesting for sure. Two giant corporations and a role model for many

   Posted by reiki on 10/21 at 07:47 AM

7. Wow, no wonder Bill was the richest man in the world.

   Posted by Mac @ Motorcycle Fairings on 11/19 at 04:35 PM

8. Im really looking forward to see if Google will last longer or in on its way to a terrible crash.

   Posted by Home Decor on 01/06 at 03:56 AM

9. With launch of google’s doc online application, which might have hurt microsoft. because microsoft is having good proportion of chunk from Microsoft office package. if google is dominating this product, then it would be heavy shock to microsoft. Google has emerged as search option only. It has created brand name like “ search means google only”, no any other way around. It has been much successful in this regard. with faster internet google might come along with more powerful web applications…

   Posted by website design los angeles on 06/24 at 08:51 PM

10. What a fantastic comparison between the two giants. I have never seen a comparison like this before.

    Well for me Microsoft is still a leader in software industry however Google is the giant over the internet and I am very very sure no one will be able to beat Google at least for the few up coming years.

    Posted by web design houston on 06/23 at 10:49 AM