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The Times of India
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TOI World Desk

The one Google rule, 'focus on the user', that helped build a trillion-dollar company

From the beginning as a startup to becoming one of the largest companies in the world, Google’s journey is often credited to factors such as technology, advertisements, and scalability. However, perhaps one of Google's most powerful beliefs is one of the most simplistic: "Focus on the user and all else will follow."

The statement has appeared in many versions of Google's philosophy for years. While the statement seems like an average tagline for a corporation, it has been widely accepted by many product designers as a powerful phrase that Google used as its guiding principle. As a result, the sentence has continued to make an impact in product design and discussion.

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