Hey Guys,
One of the great things I decided to do at the beginning of 2016 was travel around the United States.
I started my journey in Los Angeles & then went to Las Vegas for the Affiliate Marketing Summit West 2016.
Now, I’m in San Francisco.
Right now, I’m at the Coursera office writing this post (…will give you a tour of Coursera office later; it is a really cool place).
If you are an online worker, you likely have a dream to visit the offices of companies like Google, Facebook & other tech giants.  I certainly do.
When I was researching about how can I take a tour of the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, I quickly learned that I needed to have a friend or someone I knew who can give me a tour.
An enlightened man once said, “You get what you dream for“.  This is exactly what happened with me here.
I have been in touch with a Google team member for a long time as I was helping her with a referral program. I asked her if she could help me organize a tour of Google’s offices when I visit San Francisco, and she happily agreed.
Since we were in a time crunch at Google, this is what I could see in about 2 hours.
Note: This is a scaled down version of all the images. You can find HQ images over here.
My visit to Google Headquarters: 20th Jan 2016
I started by meeting the Google for Work team in Mountain View, CA & this is what the visitors lobby looks like:
I was greeted by Shannon, Brijesh, and Keith & then we had a brief conversation regarding work.
From there we went for lunch & after being in the U.S. for almost 15 days, for the first time I had a delicious & authentic Indian meal.
The Google Mountain View HQ was about 1.6 miles away, but before moving, I took this photo outside the Wishman office.
After a 10 minute drive (and trying to get a parking spot for 5 minutes), we reached Google HQ. It’s a big area with multiple streets, but once I arrived inside the Google complex, I felt like I was home.
One prominent thing I noticed were the bicycles which are readily available everywhere. These bikes are for everyone who needs to move from one building to another. Yeah!
Google’s office complex is pretty huge & using bicycles or walking between buildings encourages employees to stay healthy.
There were plenty of outdoor places where you can eat & enjoy the warmth of the California sun.
Here is a cool dinosaur that is part of their cultural program:
Also there’s this:
Once we were done walking around Google HQ, we went to a designated area for visitors.
That’s called the “Google visitor center – beta”. (Don’t ask me why it’s call beta.)
These are from the Google visitor center (-beta):
From here we went to Google’s shop to get some goodies.
Shannon was super sweet as she gifted me a few Google goodies. These next pictures are from Google’s Merchandise Store:
Once we were done, we moved back to the Wishman office.
And before we said goodbye to each other, we took this final selfie:
In the end, it was great seeing the real people behind those email addresses. Thanks to Shannon & Kathy for hosting me & showing me around.
 I hope you enjoyed this virtual tour of Google’s HQ at Mountain View.  Visiting Google’s HQ was a dream come true & next on my to-do list is to have a tour of the Facebook office. Â
Like the enlightened man said, Â “You get what you dream for.”
P.S: Feel free to use these images on your blog as they are licensed under a creative commons license. If you’d like, you can give credit to ShoutMeLoud.com for these images.
(On the next installment of me giving virtual office tours, I will give you a virtual tour of Coursera, which is a popular website to get degrees online.) (Update: That tour is here.)
Great tour I must say ! I have always wanted to go on a tour to Google’s office too but couldn’t make it each time. I am pretty much determined now. Thanks for sharing pictures Harsh !
Memorable pics and article
Whoa man…you’re Truly an Inspiration to all the Fellow Bloggers and Affiliate Marketers out there!
Kudos to You! 😀
Wow what a beautiful pictures you click. Its looking wonderful.
Hi Harsh,
You had a great time, Congrats your dream has come true and also sharing it with us. I have not any of the blogger to share their moments with their readers.
Congrats on a great journey.
Regards,
kksilvery.
congratulations harsh,
i am a blogger inspired from you. when i see you in these tour’s or interviews, i will get more and more inspiration. But how do you meet google. do you just visited it or ask google employee to see google.
Wow bro,
You’re so successful. You’re an inspiration, really!
Nice Clicks, One Day I also wanna go there 😉
wow Harsh Sir, Congrats to be in Google HQ.
Yeah, every blogger has a dream to visit Google, Facebook and Microsoft’s HQ.
Really Google HQ ‘s Atmosphere is cool and natural.
Lovely, but dude why would you eat Indian food ? Anyways good work !!
Really great that you visited the Google HQ Harsh . It is the dream of every blogger to visit GOG HQ but it is not so easy. You are the lucky one that you made this happen . By sharing this to us you also feel us to see Google closely .
Thanks for sharing Harsh and Great job done . Waiting for your next tour to Facebook Office also .
WOW SIR,
It must be a very fulfilling experience to visit Google’s office. Dream of a blogger comes true.
Thanks harsh ji, You are superb and it is very inspiring to everyone who love blogging.
Hi bro
What an amazing experience you had! Happy to see you there.
Thank you for sharing your experiences…
Nice one Harsh. Can’t wait to see pictures from of your next tour
Hi Harsh!
Google! Blogger’s source and the reason for aspiring Newbies. Thnx for stunning collections of pics.
The Google HQ looks so amazing.
It’s a dream for any Internet user to view the Offices of Google, Facebook and others.
Your hard work pays… I’m too much happy for you.
Good Luck for future!
Awesome wordplace ! Maybe i Will be working there one day ! Thanks for sharing your experience Harsh brother .
I envy you, Harsh. I really want to visit that place one day. Thank you for sharing this. 🙂
Thus is really awesome, Harsh! Visiting the Google HQ must be every blogger’s dream and you’ve made it happen! Congrats!