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Google has grown significantly since its founding in 1998. It launched new products like Google News in 2002 and Google Maps in 2004. Over the years, Google has also gained popularity through doodles on its homepage celebrating events and people. The company's original PageRank search algorithm was named after co-founder Larry Page, and its logo was not centered on the homepage until 2001.
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