Document and Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 29, 2012	Jan. 23, 2013 Class A Common Stock	Jan. 23, 2013 Class B Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Trading Symbol	GOOG
Entity Registrant Name	Google Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001288776
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding			267,500,149	62,163,063
Entity Public Float		$ 134,705,433,770