As incredible as it may seem, we previously lived in a world where Google did not exist, and although this search engine has become a standard and a tool used by everyone, only 25 years ago it did not exist as such. Today, September 27, the company celebrates its 25th anniversary and that’s why we’ll tell you how the company was created and how it got to where it is now.
Interestingly, the great technological ideas that have revolutionized our world have similar beginnings, and Google is no exception. It all started in 1995, when two students from Stanford University (USA) named Larry Page and Sergey Brin met and became friends.
From this friendship and passion for computing, the idea was born At that time the project was called BackRub, A system designed to sort and organize search engine results. From here the couple continued working on this project and the following year they put on a show The first site is google.stanford.edu.
The project has been receiving increasing interest from other researchers In 1997 they decided to register the Google domain. com. In less than a year, Google has gained huge popularity among entrepreneurs and investors By 1998 it already had more than 60 million registered pages, Although it was still lagging behind other search engines like Yahoo or MSN.
At that time the company It only showed organic results, with a maximum of 10 per search. But both Page and Brin wanted to be the best and provide fast and accurate online search, and to do that they had to provide more options to users.
for this reason In 2000, the company began to transform into what it is today. First, with an introduction Google AdWords, for him An advertising system that brands paid for To appear as part of search results, but it also means access Google Images, a new way to search using images.
between In 2001 and 2004, the hugely popular Gmail arrived, Company email service. Hence the arrival of many other tools that we consider indispensable today, e.g Google Maps (2005), Android OS Access (2005) or YouTube (2006).
From there, Google continued to grow and grow, cIt mainly focuses on providing the best possible user experience by creating a fully connected ecosystem Which allows you to carry out almost any activity. In 2020 to help adapt to remote work, the company launched Google Workspace And now With artificial intelligence (AI) fever, cold feet.
Best of all, he already integrates it into his other tools so you can combine all his tools into its benefits, and we can be absolutely sure of that. If a new technology came out tomorrow, this giant would sign up for it Because its intention is still and will always be a pioneer in innovation in the digital world.
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