[Curiosities] Curiosities about the history of Google

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1. The history of Google starts at Stanford University
Sergey Brin, one of the founders of Google met Larry Page at Stanford University when he was teaching him school, as Page was a new student. Thus, together they created the original document that described how Google works. The idea of both was to go beyond counting the number of keywords used. The software developed took into account other factors, such as the relationship between web pages to more accurately determine their position in the ranking.

In 1997 they registered the domain Google.com. A year later that project would already be available on the web.

 

2. The origin of the term Google
Google celebrates its birthday on September 27, since it was on that date in 1998 when they officially launched their search engine, although in reality, the true history of Google originates on September 15, 1997 when Google.com is registered as a domain . Its curious name is a variation of the mathematical term Googol ("gogol"), which means the number one followed by 100 zeros. The name has always hinted that the main goal of Google's founders Brin and Page is to organize an infinite amount of information on the internet and that this list makes sense. This did not prevent many at first from thinking that Google was a Googol misspelling.

 

3. Stan, the pet dinosaur
If the city of Vigo has Dinoseto, then Google also has its own pet dinosaur. Strolling through Google's headquarters in Mountain View, we can find the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which they call Stan and which they consider the official mascot, exposed. It is 10 meters tall and is named after the creator of Marvel superheroes, Stan Lee. The founders bought it to remind workers not to let Google go extinct, that even the most extraordinary creatures can disappear.

 

4. Google pampers its workers
If any US resident Google employee dies while with the company, then their spouse is issued a check for 50% of their take-home pay for the next decade. The measure applies to any Google employee, regardless of their rank or length of time with the company. Similarly, the spouse can access the company share package to which the deceased employee was entitled. All these measures have favored that great talents have passed through the company, as in the case of Peter Szulczewski, founder of Wish.

 

5. Google trolling with Gmail
In the early days of Google's history, the Gmail email system was used internally for 2 years before being introduced to the public in 2004. It was deliberately released on April 1 (April Fool's Day) by Google to make it think That was a joke and it worked. This service surprised many at the time with its storage capacity, which far exceeded that offered by Hotmail.

 

6. The 20% - 5% rule
Since its inception, Google has used the 20% -5% rule. This means that if at least 20% of people use a feature, it is taken out of its beta phase and implemented. And if at least 5% of people use a search preference, it will be included in the “advanced preferences”.

 

7. The first Google Doodle
A staple event in Google's history is the appearance of its first Doodle, which was actually an "out of office" message. It was created by its founders to warn that during a weekend in August 1998, they would be at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada, in the US. This change was to indicate to users that in case of any incident, it could not be solved quickly.

 

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8. The verb ‘googlear’
The first time the expression “googling something” was used as a verb on television was during an episode of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series on October 15, 2002. Thus, in 2006, 'Google' was added to the Oxford English dictionary. Dictionary as a transitive verb. The company went into litigation over it, fearing it would affect the brand and lost.

 

9. Google in more than 150 languages
In May 2000, it launched its first versions in 10 other languages (French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish). The search service is currently available in 150 languages.

 

10. Google, the big investor
Since 2010, this giant has been acquiring around 2 companies a month. Buy startups and other interesting companies that are complementary related to renewable energies, motor racing, technology, etc. The three most expensive purchases from companies in the entire history of Google have been in this order: Motorola, DoubleClick and Youtube. You can see Google's list of mergers and acquisitions on Wikipedia.

 

11. Classic games and easter eggs
Google likes to play games, and throughout its more than 20 years it has accumulated many hidden games for users to have fun. Many of these games appeared for an anniversary, but to the delight of many they are still available. One of them was Atari Breakout, which was featured in "Google Images." Another is the famous dinosaur game, which appears to entertain you when you go offline.