Google’s 10th Birthday
It has been 10 long years since Google entered our lives and it has gotten better with age. It’s fascinating to know that a company started in a California garage by two Stanford PhD students today dominates almost 80% of its business market and has offices world wide.
Not many people know that the word Google is derived from the word googol which is a mathematical term for a number which has the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. Also, Google was incorporated because one of their first investor s gave the founders a check which said Google Inc in the payee’s column.
You will be surprised to know that Google’s first motive is to improve user experience by delivering most appropriate results for any query which users enter. Earning millions of dollars is just a by product of this. To confirm this we don’t have to go beyond Google’s home page. Considered the hottest property on the internet you will never find an advertisement on it. Just imagine the amount of money Google is willing to let go.
Over the years Google has turned out to be a playful company. You can confirm this by just glancing at the various logos which Google has used over the years. They somehow come up with a new logo for every occasion and have more than 300 different variations of their logo. Phew!! That’s a lot.
Google’s office in Silicon Valley called the Googleplex is an awesome place. You have free food and white boards everywhere. The reason for having white boards on walls of corridors, rooms as well as rest rooms (yes they have one there too) is that you never know when an idea might strike you. Employees are allowed to bring their pets to work and can decorate their own cubicle. Wow that’s a work place I would like to work in.
Well enough for now, more Google info in my next post, till then here’s wishing Google a Very Happy 10th Birthday.
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