Google Turns 5

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday September 7, 2003 @02:42AM from the make-a-wish dept.

Gantic writes "The BBC has an article on Google's 5th birthday. The popular search engine now handles over 200 million queries a day and the word "Google" is now a noun, adjective and verb. Lets see how long the most popular search engine in the world can last, here's to another 5 years and more Google!"

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Adjective? by Phantasmo · 2003-09-07 02:45 · Score: 4, Funny

Well, that's just about the Google-ist thing I've ever heard!

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Hello, editors??! by henriksh · 2003-09-07 02:46 · Score: 4, Funny

What about a fscking link??

Where can I find this Google company?
Re:Happy Birthday! by Zalgon+26+McGee · 2003-09-07 02:54 · Score: 4, Funny

That song is protected by copyright. Please send your royalty cheque to the RIAA.

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Google by ReTay · 2003-09-07 03:06 · Score: 4, Funny

A boss at work has observed that if WW III were to hit and Google survived they would probibly worship the thing. heh
Re:More Google ... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-07 03:14 · Score: 5, Funny

jeeze, all this censorship stuff and chilling effects of DMCA..... and now a calculator.

I guess that makes google cold AND calculating.
Just in case... by evil-osm · 2003-09-07 03:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Here is the cache for it

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Re:In case it get's slashdotted by ProfessionalCookie · 2003-09-07 03:28 · Score: 4, Funny

In case that gets here's Google's cached verson.

My favorite line is:Google is not affiliated with the authors of this page nor responsible for its content.
Long Life... by willll · 2003-09-07 05:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Lets hope that they can live to be a googol (10^100)