Google applied for incorporation as a business 10 years ago Thursday, according to a timeline supplied by the company. The application was accepted on Sept. 7, which is Sunday.

In that decade, the search engine company has quickly emerged as the most successful business on the Web, and many expect it to dominate the next era of computing as thoroughly as Microsoft dominated the era of personal computers.

Here’s a quick snapshot of Google by the numbers along with some comparisons to Microsoft. The sources of the data are the companies, Yahoo Finance and comScore.

Google’s age: 10

Microsoft’s age: 33

Google’s revenue in the last 4 quarters: $19.6 billion

Microsoft’s revenue in the last 4 quarters: $60.4 billion

Microsoft’s revenue at age 10: $140 million

($279 million in today’s dollars)

Google’s revenue per hour in the last 4 quarters: $2.2 million

Microsoft’s revenue per hour in the last 4 quarters: $6.9 million

Google’s net income in the last 4 quarters: $4.85 billion

Microsoft’s net income in the last 4 quarters: $17.6 billion

Google employees, as of June 30th: 19,604

Microsoft employees, as of May 31st: 89,809

Google’s revenue per employee: $1 million

Microsoft’s revenue per employee: $672,000

Market value of Google: $142 billion

Market value of Microsoft: $241 billion

Number of tech companies with a market value larger than Google’s: 3 (Microsoft, I.B.M. and Apple, in that order)

Worldwide searches on Google in July: 48.7 billion

Worldwide searches on Microsoft in July: 2.3 billion

Worldwide searches per hour on Google in July: 65 million

Worldwide searches per hour on Microsoft in July: 3.1 million

Source: nytimes.com