NEWS:Google celebrates fifth birthday

From: J Corbally (jcorb@iol.ie)
Date: Sun Sep 07 2003 - 07:42:11 MDT

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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3084442.stm

    I guess that makes this year 5AG? So 1997 would be 1BG.

    >The world's most popular site for searching the web, Google, is five years
    >old.
    >It is now an internet giant, used by millions of people every day in more
    >than 80 languages.
    >The search engine site moved to its first office, actually a garage, in
    >Menlo Park, California on 7 September 1998.

    >Back then, Google was just four employees, its search system was still
    >being refined and it was handling little more than 10,000 queries per day.
    >History lesson
    >Now it handles more than 200 million and Google has become a phenomenon
    >that has transcended its online origins.
    >It has expanded beyond just searches to encompass comparison shopping,
    >news, web logs and even a service that blocks pop-up ads.

    Happy birthday, oh Exalted One, oh Great Font of all knowledge.

    *genuflects and backs away, cowering*

    James...



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