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1. One of the early versions of Google could process 30-50 pages per second.
2. Now Google can process millions of pages per second.
3. Google's original name was Backrub. Based on the system finding and ranking pages based on back links.
4. Google was first stored on Ten 4GB hard drives in a Lego casing. Now showcased by Stanford University. The Lego design would let the founders expand storage capacity easily.
5. The index now has over 100 million GB of data.
6. Yahoo originally said no, but in 2002 offered to buy Google for $3 billion.
7. Google said No and it's now valued at $400 billion.
8. Since the founders weren't looking to start their own business, they tried to sell their search engine system.
9. The company's unoffical motto is "Don't be evil."
10. The name Google was a misspelling. One story says investors misspelled the mathematical term "Googol" as "Google" on a check, and the spelling stuck. Another story says that a fellow student misspelled "Googol" when looking for an available name for the company.
11. Stanford still owns the patent to Google's algorithm named PageRank.
12. The first Google Doodle was an out-of-office message in 1998 when Brin and page were travelling to Nevada to attend the Burning Man festival.
13. The homepage is notoriously sparse because the founders didn't know HTML to make it fancy, and they wanted a simple user interface.
14. At first, you had to press the return key on the keyboard, as they didn't know how to design a submit button.
15. Until March 2001, The Google homepage was aligned on the right side of the page instead of centered.
16. The first April Fool's joke was in 2000 when Google announced its min reading ability for searches called "MentalPlex."
17. The Google street view has about 28 million miles of photographed roads.
18. Dogs with strong bladders and friendly dispositions are welcomed in the offices. but cats are discouraged due to the number of dogs present.
19. Known for providing gourmet food and snacks to employees, the first Google snack in 1999 was Swedish Fish, a chewy candy.
20. Google acquired YouTube via meetings at Denny's.
Enjoy!
2. Now Google can process millions of pages per second.
3. Google's original name was Backrub. Based on the system finding and ranking pages based on back links.
4. Google was first stored on Ten 4GB hard drives in a Lego casing. Now showcased by Stanford University. The Lego design would let the founders expand storage capacity easily.
5. The index now has over 100 million GB of data.
6. Yahoo originally said no, but in 2002 offered to buy Google for $3 billion.
7. Google said No and it's now valued at $400 billion.
8. Since the founders weren't looking to start their own business, they tried to sell their search engine system.
9. The company's unoffical motto is "Don't be evil."
10. The name Google was a misspelling. One story says investors misspelled the mathematical term "Googol" as "Google" on a check, and the spelling stuck. Another story says that a fellow student misspelled "Googol" when looking for an available name for the company.
11. Stanford still owns the patent to Google's algorithm named PageRank.
12. The first Google Doodle was an out-of-office message in 1998 when Brin and page were travelling to Nevada to attend the Burning Man festival.
13. The homepage is notoriously sparse because the founders didn't know HTML to make it fancy, and they wanted a simple user interface.
14. At first, you had to press the return key on the keyboard, as they didn't know how to design a submit button.
15. Until March 2001, The Google homepage was aligned on the right side of the page instead of centered.
16. The first April Fool's joke was in 2000 when Google announced its min reading ability for searches called "MentalPlex."
17. The Google street view has about 28 million miles of photographed roads.
18. Dogs with strong bladders and friendly dispositions are welcomed in the offices. but cats are discouraged due to the number of dogs present.
19. Known for providing gourmet food and snacks to employees, the first Google snack in 1999 was Swedish Fish, a chewy candy.
20. Google acquired YouTube via meetings at Denny's.
Enjoy!
