The online powerhouse Google turns 24. When Google started its first mission on September 27, 1998, few people believed an internet organization could be helpful to the world. Globally, Google now has 4.3 billion users. This information suffices to demonstrate the value of this search engine.
Given below are some facts about Google that may surprise you,
1. Google’s first office was a rented garage.
2. Google planned to soldout in 1999.
3. The Google home page is available in 80 different languages.
4. Jennifer Lopez’s iconic green dress motivated the start of Google images.
5. Goggle internet usage dropped 40% during 5 minutes outage.
6. 33% of all searches from Google come from smartphones.
7. The word Google was officially recognized as a verb.
8. Google’s first doodle was a burning man stick figure.
9. 15% of new Google searches are generated every day.
10. Google was originally named BackRub.
11. Google is a play on the word “Googol”.
12. Google unveiled Gmail on April Fool’s Day, 1st April, no joke.
13. Google was valued as much as General Motors when it went public.
14. Google unofficially kicked off its NewYork arm at a Starbucks in New York City.
15. A mathematical term was the inspiration of Google.
16. Google’s headquaters have goats.
17. Foo.bar is used by Google to recruit people.
18. NASA has runways for the founders of Google.
19. Misspellings of Google’s name are owned by the company.
20. Google provides incredible death benefits.