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roughout our history, we have acquired more than  companies. Our goal is to be the
best home for amazing companies that want to be acquired. We acquire companies in all
di erent stages of development, but I will cover some of the larger deals here. We acquired
YouTube a bit more than a year ago, and it has been growing like gangbusters. Eric worked
with YouTube leaders Chad and Steve to establish a largely independent operating structure,
with YouTube remaining in a separate o ce in San Bruno, about  miles from the main
Googleplex.  is is working well.
When we acquired Postini last year, we signi cantly enhanced our enterprise email
capabilities and reinforced our commitment to serve the enterprise market. And by the
time you read this, our acquisition of DoubleClick will have likely been cleared in Europe
as well as the U.S. We are fortunate that DoubleClick’s headquarters is in the same building
as our Manha an Googleplex, which will make for easier communication between the
combined teams, now totaling a few thousand people. I believe DoubleClick’s expertise
in display advertising will be a tremendous addition to Google and will help open up new
opportunities in this important market.
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We have made tremendous strides in our web applications. I am writing this using Google
Docs. I don’t have to worry that my computer hard drive might fail and lose my work,
because it is automatically being saved into the Google network cloud. Sharing what
I write is easy. My colleagues can write and edit the live copy without having to email
endless revisions (my writing needs a lot of revising!). You can also create spreadsheets and
presentations in Docs. Every week, I approve a Google spreadsheet with a summary of every
single hire we are making worldwide. With Google Apps, you can collaborate and share all
types of documents and calendars with other people in your organization in seconds.
Gmail continues to enjoy tremendous growth, and now has a brand new implementation
that’s faster and makes it easier for us to add new features. Instant messaging within Gmail
which works right inside your browser with no installationhas been a big hit. We’re also
planning to roll out a plethora of new features. We are working hard to combine our many
Apps o erings into a more coherent set of products that “just work.” I use Google Apps
every day for all of my work.
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