Today is Google's 18th birthday. Yes, you read it right: Google has turned 18 years old. It seems like a long time, doesn't it?
Since it was founded in Menlo Park, California in 1998, Google seems to have come a long way. Its design and innovation has made the web an easier place, information at the tip of people's fingertips, and has also rocketed several online businesses.
To mark this day, here we give you five interesting facts that you need to know about the search engine giant Google.
1. It's all in the name
The term Google is derived from the mathematical term "Googol," which is a hundred zeroes following the number one. Find some similarity in the name now?
2. An innovative way to Mow Lawns
Google is quite green in nature. To be a part of the green initiative, Google rents goats to mow their lawns. Yes, they have natural grazers for the task with horns.
3. Are you feeling lucky?
After instant search came into Google, the company had to let go of its "I'm feeling lucky" option. This reportedly costs them $110 million every year, for quite a bit of advertisement opportunities go away.
4. foo.bar to recruit employees
Google has an innovative way to recruit employees. It uses a programme called foo.bar. So if you are searching for python on the web, they may just invite you to fill in an application form.
5. Not so much excitement
Back in the year 1999, Google wanted to sell itself to the company Excite for $1 million. The company, then, rejected the offer. Now Google is valued at more than $300 billion.
Bonus fact
Grammar Google
Google owns several misspellings of its name such as gooogle.com, gogle.com, googlr.com. All of them redirect to the same page - its homepage.
Google has come a long way indeed. It has been working on innovations to enhance the entire internet experience. With Google, internet and life seem to be a bit easier.
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