15+ Amazing Facts about Google That You Didn't Know!
Everyone knows what Google is. The ultimate search engine that changed the world. even the word 'google' is used instead of searching.
But there are some amazing things about Google that you didn't know.
And in this post, I am giving you 17 of these awesome facts about Google.
Google was originally named Backrub, the name of Sergey Brin's and Lary Page's search engine algorithm project at Stanford. After only in 1996, they changed the name to Google. Here is an archive of the site.
2) 'Google' is a play...
Google was a word derived from Googol, a play on the mathematical expression for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. Some people may be like you had thought that this was a mistake.
But by this name, Google means that It can give you this amount of data...
3) Google's first doodle was.....
Google is well known for making doodle on its homepage. The first Doodle came in the summer of 1998 when Larry Page and Sergey Brin took a vacation to the Burning Man Festival.
The Doodle they created was simple, with the festival's iconic stick man loitering behind the 'O' meaning they won't be at work to solve any technical issues.
4) Google was first stored in a 4gb hard Drive
Yes, it's true, The Tech Giant's data and algorithm which now in a facility of 352,000 square feet, was first stored in a 4GB Hard Disk with a Lego case.
5) "Don't Be Evil"
According to Google Search, the company's unofficial motto is these 3 words - "Don't Be Evil"
6) Google's First Office was a rented garage!
The world's most famous search engine was actually started in a garage. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, rented a garage from a friend, Susan Wojcicki, in September of 1998.
They worked there day and night for a number of months and developed what we know as Google.
Later, Google Inc. bought the Menlo Park home, the garage where it was made, as part of an effort to preserve another symbol of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship and innovation.
7) Gmail? No, April Fool!
Google released Gmail on April 1, 2004, and as Google was known for celebrating April fool day, many thought the thing we use every day was a Hoax!
8) The First April Fool Suprise!
As I said a sentence before, Google is well known for celebrating the April fool. They first tried this by 'launching' MentalPlex, a joke feature. You can try it yourself by clicking here.
9) Google is available in 140 languages.
That's why it is the best!
10) Google image search came with 250 million photos.
250 million photos! A pleasant surprise for users on day one.
11) Free WiFi!
Google gave free Wi-Fi to everyone in Mountain View, where the company headquarters are located, so that all people can surf the internet.
12) Right-aligned Search
Till March 2001, the Google homepage was aligned to right.
13) First Tweet!
Google's first tweet was " I'm feeling lucky " in binary code.
14) Street-filled!
Google street view currently has more than 28 million miles of photographed roads
15) Google for Goats!
Google rents about 200 goats to 'mow' weed and bush around the company's headquarters.
16) The Exclamation HomePage
Google launched its first homepage in 1998 with an exclamation mark like that of “Yahoo!” after a year of registering its domain name “google.com”.
17) First Playable Doodle!
Google's best doodles are always playable. But the first Doodle which can be played was the Pacman, to mark the game's 30th Anniversary. You can play it here.
18) The Game Job!
foo.bar is a secret hiring tool that Google uses to recruit developers and programmers with superb coding skills. The tool presents itself as a game to its users, asking them to solve coding challenges of growing difficulty. You can try it out here.
Conclusion
There are even more facts about the biggest search engine company and I only selected 18 of them. Anyway, Which of these facts you liked the most? Comment Below!
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