Document and Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Jul. 19, 2012 Class A Common Stock	Jul. 19, 2012 Class B Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2012
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Trading Symbol	GOOG
Entity Registrant Name	Google Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001288776
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		261,972,044	65,061,280