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Let's break down the major internet events and companies in each of these periods, highlighting the rapid evolution of the web and the emergence of key players in the digital landscape.

### 1993-1995: The Dawn of the Web

- 1993: The Mosaic web browser is released, making the internet more accessible to the general public. CERN announces that the World Wide Web will be free to use for anyone.

- 1994: Netscape Navigator is launched, quickly becoming the most popular web browser. Yahoo! is founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo, initially as a directory of other websites.

- 1995: Amazon.com is founded by Jeff Bezos, selling its first book online in July. eBay is founded by Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb. JavaScript is introduced by Netscape, adding dynamic elements to web pages.

### 1995-1997: Expansion and New Entrants

- 1996: Internet Explorer is released by Microsoft, sparking the browser wars with Netscape. AltaVista, a significant search engine, is launched.

- 1997: Amazon goes public. Netflix is founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph, initially as a DVD rental service. Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, though it wouldn't go public until 2004.

### 1997-1999: The Dot-com Boom

- 1998: Yahoo! goes on an acquisition spree, buying GeoCities and Broadcast.com. PayPal is founded, initially as a company called Confinity.

- 1999: Napster, a peer-to-peer file sharing service, launches, changing how people think about music on the internet. The term "Web 2.0" starts being used to describe interactive and social web services.

### 1999-2001: Bursting Bubbles

- 2000: The dot-com bubble peaks in March 2000, with many internet companies having highly inflated valuations. By the end of the year, it begins to burst, leading to the collapse of numerous dot-com companies.

- 2001: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, is launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. The aftermath of the dot-com bubble continues, with significant layoffs and bankruptcies across the tech industry.

### 2001-2003: Stabilization and Growth

- 2002: LinkedIn is founded, providing a social networking service for professionals. PayPal goes public, and eBay acquires it later in the year.

- 2003: Skype is launched, offering free voice and video calls over the internet. Apple opens the iTunes Store, revolutionizing the music industry by selling songs and albums online.

### 2003-2005: The Rise of Social Media

- 2004: Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg, initially for Harvard students before expanding to other colleges and eventually the general public.

- 2005: YouTube is founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, making it easy for anyone to upload and share video content online. Google goes public in a highly anticipated IPO.

Each period marks significant strides in internet technology and culture, from the foundational building blocks of the web to the explosive growth of e-commerce, the dot-com bubble, and the rise of social media and video sharing platforms.

-Where was Google in all this?

Google played a crucial role in shaping the internet landscape, especially from its inception in 1997 onwards. Here's how Google fits into the timeline I provided earlier:

### 1997-1999: Early Development and Launch

- 1997: The domain name for Google is registered in September by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The idea behind Google, initially part of a research project at Stanford University, was to create a search engine that used links to determine the importance of individual pages on the World Wide Web.

- 1998: Google Inc. is officially founded in September. The search engine quickly gains popularity due to its simple design and highly effective search results, utilizing the PageRank algorithm.

### 1999-2001: Rapid Growth

- Google begins to grow rapidly, moving out of the garage office and starting to monetize its search engine with the introduction of AdWords in 2000, which allowed for targeted advertising based on user search queries.

### 2001-2003: Expansion and Innovation

- 2001: Eric Schmidt is brought on as CEO, with Page and Brin serving as President of Products and President of Technology, respectively. This period marks a phase of professional management and expansion for Google.

- Throughout these years, Google introduces several new services, including Google News in 2002 and Google AdSense in 2003, a program that allowed website publishers to display ads served by Google and earn revenue.

### 2003-2005: Establishing Dominance

- 2004: Google goes public with an initial public offering (IPO) in August, raising $1.67 billion and valuing the company at $23 billion. This was a significant event in the tech world, solidifying Google's financial base and enabling further expansion.

- In this period, Google also launched Gmail (2004), its free, advertising-supported email service, which offered significantly more storage space than its competitors, disrupting the email service market.

- 2005: Google Maps is introduced, providing detailed, interactive maps and satellite imagery of the globe. This period also sees the acquisition of Keyhole, Inc., the mapping company whose technology would become the foundation of Google Earth.

Google's early years were marked by rapid innovation and expansion, laying the groundwork for its eventual dominance in the search engine market and its expansion into various other internet services and products.