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If you've never Googled, you probably aren't finding what you want online. Google operates the leading Internet search engine, offering targeted search results from billions of Web pages. Results are based on a proprietary algorithm -- Google's technology for ranking Web pages is called PageRank. The company generates nearly all of its revenue through ad sales. Advertisers can deliver relevant ads targeted to search queries or Web content. Google also operates the Google Network, a network of third party customers that use Google's advertising programs to deliver relevant ads to their own Web sites. Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page each have nearly 30% voting control of the company.Microsoft Corp
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If your company is seized by the desire to get a better grip on its pricing model, Rapt would like to help. Rapt provides pricing and profitability management software that helps clients analyze and improve pricing decisions, prioritize supply investments, and boost profits. The company's products include Price Director, a platform for coordinating price decisions; Revenue Director, an application that helps companies prioritize inventory investments based on their profit goals; and Business Director, a business intelligence tool that offers a unified picture of profitability performance over time and across geographic, customer, and product line segments. Microsoft purchased Rapt in early 2008.