27+ Interesting Facts About Google You Never Knew

Reading facts about Google is a fun and interesting topic for people of all ages. Whether you are finding new cafes to explore, educational movies to watch, or places to visit, Google is your one-stop shop. In other words, Google has transformed the way we search for information, communicate, and interact online. In 2024, Google will observe its 26th anniversary on 27 September. As the day is gradually approaching, why not read some new things and new information about it? In this blog, you will learn interesting facts about Google and how the company became successful from its humble beginnings in a garage.

Amazing Fun Facts About Google

1. Google is an American search engine company.

2. Google headquarters is located in Mountain View, California.

3. It offers more than 50 internet services and products including Chrome, Calendar, Drive, Files, Earth, Classroom, Google Chat, and more. 

4. Today, Google has offices in six continents and over 200 cities. 

5. Google celebrated its 25th anniversary on 27 September 2023. 

6. In 2023, Google was the dominant search engine with a whopping 92.8% market share.

7. One interesting fact about Google is that it has 8.5 Billion searches every day around the world. 

8. In 2015, Google became a subsidiary of the holding company Alphabet Inc. 

9. Another interesting fact about Google is that its first international office was opened in Tokyo in 2001. 

10. Google was registered as a domain on September 15, 1997.

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Random Facts About Google

1. The full form of Google is the Global Organization of Oriented Group Language of Earth. 

2. Google headquarters features various random decorations including a T-rex named Stan and Google-colored phone boxes.

3. In 2006, Oxford English Dictionaries and Merriam-Webster added the word Google. 

4. Google uses the term Nooglers to refer to its new employees. They are required to wear blue, yellow, and red hats at their first meeting.

5. Initially, Google was stored on ten 4GB hard drives in a Lego casing. It is now stored on display at Stanford University. 

6. Google bought Motorola in 2011 for $12.5 billion and sold it for $2.5 billion after its unexpected downturn. 

7. If a Google employee dies, their spouse or partner gets half of their salary for 10 years.

8. In 2013, Google had a blackout and temporarily shut down its services for five minutes. This caused a massive 40% drop in the global internet traffic.

9. Gmail was launched on 1 April 2004 which is April Fool’s Day. 

10. The next interesting fact about Google is that its employees have access to free food and snacks at every office.  

11. In 2013, Google earned about 91% of $55.5 billion in revenue from advertising.

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Facts About Google History

1. Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched Google Search on 4 September 1998 from a small garage located in California. 

2. Google was initially called Backrub by its founders before being finally renamed. 

3. The first Google Doodle was published in 1998. It included a man standing behind the second O of Google.

4. In August 1998, Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote Larry and Sergey a check for  $100,000.  

5. In 2002, Google announced the addition of Kingon as a Google language option. 

6. In 2007, Google announced the launch of Google Copernicus Hosting Environment and Experiment in Search Engineering (G.C.H.E.E.S.E.), its first office on the moon. 

7. In 2009, Google hired a local company to bring about 200 goats to mow its lawns surrounding the Mountain View headquarters. 

8. Initially, Google could process 30-50 pages per second. Today, it is capable of processing millions of pages per second. 

9. Until 2001, Google’s homepage was aligned on the right side of the page instead of being in the centre. 

10. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion. 

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