Google Turns 10

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?"

Comments

September 7th!!!???!!??

[Fat Wang]

You are two days off Slashdot. Get your shit together.

Re:It's cheezy to forget

[noshellswill]

I seem to remember things like LIBRARIES and card-catalogues and quiet afternoons. Ofcourse you needed skill and time ... and had to develope a really clear concept before searching. Certainly kept out the riff-raff. Oh wait a minute; it still does.

Re:Holy smokes. I feel like a grandparent!

[geekoid]

You're old, we get it.