Google has finally established a direct presence in Southeast Asia, through a new sales and operations office in Hong Kong. The move comes eight years after the U.S. company was founded in 1998.

The popular online search engine runs in more than 130 international domains and supports over 100 languages. Google went public in August 2004, where its shares rose by 18 percent after the first day of trading. At press time, its stock price was valued at US$365.49.
Google's network reaches 80 percent of the world's Internet population, or more than 427 million Web users, where half its search traffic originates from outside the United States.

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