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Google Turns 10

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we'll-always-be-older-and-poorer dept.

Ian Lamont writes "It was on September 7, 1998 that Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc., aiming to provide a better search engine. You can see what it looked like here. Google had a relatively good search engine technology that succeeded in burying many late 1990s competitors, and it eventually developed a successful advertising model and pledged to operate on a 'don't be evil' philosophy. The company now has nearly 20,000 employees and a $150 billion market value, and has been acquiring or developing a host of groundbreaking technologies. When did you start using its search engine? Is the world a better place because of Google?"

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  1. What a historic year 1998 was.... by Izabael_DaJinn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google AND the Big Lebowski make the scene in that fateful year. Coincidence? Hmm.....

    I don't know about Google, but the world is definitely a better place because of the Dude.

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  2. People use Google because... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of all the search engines, Google was the best name to use as a verb.

    "All this time I thought 'Googling yourself' was the other thing."
    -- Marge Simpson

    1. Re:People use Google because... by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

      Of all the search engines, Google was the best name to use as a verb.

      I disagree. Imagine the conversations if Microsoft's service had caught on:

      "Dude, have you seen Japanese tentacle rape?"
      "Yeah, I Lived it!"

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      How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
    2. Re:People use Google because... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only on Slashdot is tentacle rape insightful.

  3. When did I start using google? by stevedcc · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know, well before 2002. I'm sure they know the exact date!

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  4. In related news... by gmuslera · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google Beta Turns 15

  5. The Data Center Decade by 1sockchuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    All the really good evil is coded and compiled deep inside the top-secret Google data centers, surrounded by moats filled with sharks with friggin' laser beams on their heads.

    Conspiracy theories aside, the data centers are a major innovation, and an area where Google has set standards for its competitors to chase. Google's massively scalable infrastructure is a big part of what has set it apart.

  6. Re:It's easy to forget by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah, it's easy to remember how bad search was before Google. Someone has set up a very handy page to remind everyone.

  7. Re:It's easy to forget by kestasjk · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's a second page?!

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  8. Creepy Gmail by rk · · Score: 3, Funny

    I consider not ever getting email from Daniel Brandt to be one of Gmail's most compelling features.

  9. Re:Back in school.. by Alien+Being · · Score: 5, Funny

    Same here.

    One day, when Yahoo was still king, I was having bad luck finding results. I had tried all the search engines I knew about.. Yahoo, Alta Vista, etc.

    Finally I asked Jeeves for the "best web search" and he recommended Google. Well done, Jeeves!

  10. Binary? by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is that 10, base 2? Come on, folks. Let your innner geek out. It should read:

    Google Turns 0x0A

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