September 1998, Google Opened A Small Office In Menlo Park, California. The Rest? Is History.

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September 1998, Google Opened A Small Office In Menlo Park, California. The Rest? Is History.

We are today all about Google pagerank, Google SEO, and this and that, the list goes on. But I am not here complaining all that. Anyone ever write a blog on Google brief early days?

The start to huge digital "wunderbar" (in German expression, beautiful) we ever known in our entire lifetime. I checked just now on the search bar, can't find any. Or just because of the randomness of my search I can't find any?


A New Name (or A New "Kid" On The Block)

One popular legend, BackRub became Google for a rather humorous reason. Bechtolsheim accidentally made the $100k check out to “Google, Inc.”

May be you guys can make your own guess as to which one of the boys said, “Hey, I have an idea for a new name.”

“What the heck is a “Google?”

It is a play on the word “googol,” which is the mathematical figure 1 followed by 100 zeros.

For all level of your love for math, this is either the greatest or lamest name for a search engine. But Google have turned it into a cultural standard.

Google Beginning, Past, And Future.

  • Larry Page and Sergey Brin co-founded Google in January of 1996.
  • Then known as BackRub.
  • They were in the early twenties and classic computer geeks.
  • Sergey was born in Moscow,
  • Alumni of the University of Michigan and visiting Stanford.
  • Larry was assigned to be his guide.
  • During this visit, they obviously hit it off.
  • Today nobody would give a hoot about linking strategies.
  • Google went public in 2004 with s a stock value of around $250 per share.

“BackRub” may raise some questions, the name is referred to a method for producing search engine rankings.

The BackRub search engine was designed to analyze the “back links” to a site. BackRub developed a following with those in the know but not much happened for a few years.

Anyone in new business, sure in serious cash needs. Yahoo was interested, but initially passed. Of all companies, Sun Microsystems provided an answer.

Andy Bechtolsheim was one of the founders of Sun. With deep pockets and $100,000 later, the new search engine company was about to become the phenomenon.

Things are a bit murky earlier. It seems a week doesn’t go by without a patent lawsuit being filed against the company. MSN and Yahoo have started to raise the level of competition.

Google’s reliance on AOL as a traffic source is also a bit troubling. It is given the continual loss of market share by the company that nearly brought Time Warner down.

Gmail is dogged by patent issues back then. Being question at times about violations of the privacy of users. Things were not as rosy back then but they can hardly be called bad.

They say earlier, Google "will" become just another search engine but now they are not just another. They are, if not the biggest, one of the biggest.

It is normal situation when you first start in any business platform and Google were on the same path too. The evolution of the Internet means the evolving of Google too. From just another next “big thing" to one of the huge internet key features. Even in our sleep sometimes we dream "Google". lol.

It is certainly one of our "way of life" on the net nowadays. So, are you "Google"? Enough "Googling" today? lol.

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Awesome, thank you, Sir!

Thanks and welcome, my friend. Have a great weekend!

Great write up on the all mighty Google. I'll bet they never imagined how big they would become when the first started up back in 1998. Thanks for sharing this.
Jerome

Yes, I am sure they never imagined this worldly success. Now the "funny GOOGLE" are among the most finesse, successful, and expensive ever single KEYWORD in the world! lol.

Have a great weekend, my friend. Continue your recovery program strongly, bro Jerome.

Thanks. Great post. Have a great weekend!

You are welcome. Have a great weekend, too!

Good to know. Thanks

You are welcome, my friend :)

wow, 20 plus years of Google. Did not realize. Thanks, Jay

In 1996, while I am just 15 and EURO 96 was held in England, they start their blueprints. In 1998, World Cup France, I am just 17 and my last year at high school, they launched.

I am just realized about this when I in the "back to the future" moment earlier and directly check if anyone already blog about Google early brief history.

Nowadays, to look for toilet paper also all about "googling", lol, it is nice to invite all my friends at WA community to know or learn a bit of Google history. Thanks, bro.

Google, sounds like a strange name. I doubt they will ever take off....WAIT!!?!

I remember hearing a bout Google, it sounded funny. Now it is the "kleenex of blowing your nose" to the search world.

They have changed a lot about the way we operate as humans, it has been fun to be part of Google and their evolution since 2002 (I missed their first four years as I didn't start within the online space until 2002).

Great post!

Funny strange Google now the "kleenex of blowing your nose" to the search world, hahaha, nice one brother!

By the way, I am thankful for your 4 years late that indeed mould the start of Wealthy Affiliate.

In truth as a newbie earlier, I thought "Wealthy Affiliate" is an exclusive membership site for Wealthy Online People only. lol.

How wrong I am. How I could save my working capital up to USD$35,000 and grow it with WA platform if I join up as early as December 2015.

Thanks, bro!

They are now donating $1billion to non-profits to teach digital technology.

Really? Sounds good.

I first understood Google to mean looking at something. Something good content creators should always be doing!

Nice one, Mr. Kearns!

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