When Google first went public on August 19, 2004 it’s IPO price was $85, and it traded around $100 it’s first day of trading. Less than a year later Google’s stock is now trading around $300, over three times it’s original IPO price.
What has caused Google’s stock to more than triple in less than a year? It is a great company! Their simple and user friendly design philosophy makes their products more appealing than most of the competition. They seem to care first about functionality and user experience and second about making money, which they still make a lot of. They are doing a great job at fulfilling their mission to ?organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful?
I now use many of Google?s products in addition to their search engine, such as Blogger, AdWords, Gmail, Web Alerts, Froogle, Google Maps, Google News, Google Desktop Search, and the Google Toolbar. I also check out the Google Labs every once in a while to see what their up to. I love their experimental attitude of having a lot things going on that sometimes even they don?t know will be useful at first, let alone profitable, but they do it all anyway. Google is such a great company!
