Below are 16 facts I bet you did not know about Google even as an internet surfer.



1. Google was initially called "Backrub"



2. 2 million searches are performed on Google every minute.



3. In 1999, the founders of Google begged to sell Google to a company called Excite for just US$1 million. Excite turned them down.



4. Every day, 16% of the searches that occur are ones that Google has never seen before.



5. If you search for "askew" in Google, the content will tilt slightly to the right.



6. Google intends to scan all known existing 129 million unique books before 2020.



7. Microsoft pays for you to use Bing instead of Google.



8. Google hired a camel to create the Street View of a desert.



9. The "I'm feeling lucky" button costs Google US$110 million every year, becuase it bypasses all ads.



10. Google's First Computer Storage Was Made From LEGO.



11. Because Gmail was first launched on April 1st of 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools' Day prank. (Smiles)



12. Google earns US$20 billion a year from advertisement, more than the primetime revenues of CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX combined.



13. Google owns a programming language called Go.



14. Firefox web browser's lead developer is now working for Google Chrome.



15. Google's first tweet ever was "I'm feeling lucky" written in binary code.



16. Google beats Facebook: it's the world's most visited website.

Learn more at: http://9jaspot.com/201/16-Facts-You-Dont-Know-About-Google

Interesting......

Which is better, YAHOO or GOOGLE ?

Gimme a minute, I have to google it.

BrainnewsNg:


Ask 'Google'

Nah,the word 'GOOGLE' can also be used as a verb.

GOOGLE IS THE BIGGEST SEARCH ENGINE

IF TWO MILLION PEOPLE USE ONLY GOOGLE SEARCH PER MINUTE.

SO GOING BY CALCULATIONS.
1HR= 2M PPL * 60
WHILE ONE DAY IS
2M*60*24.. DTS ABOVW 2BILLION PPL A DAY.

AMAZING TRAFFIC!

BUT


HOW COME GOOGLE IS NOT THE RICHEST COMPANY ??



....thinking.....

SANDOSKI:
Interesting......

My signature please

How does Microsoft pay for us to use Bing instead of google.

make I park here...when lalasticlala moves this to FP I'll come and modify but for now....**crawls away

AyamConfidence:
make I park here...when lalasticlala moves this to FP I'll come and modify but for now....**crawls away

This quote will remain an evidence of ur initial post. Just incase you modify it.

locosis007:
GOOGLE IS THE BIGGEST SEARCH ENGINE

IF TWO MILLION PEOPLE USE ONLY GOOGLE SEARCH PER MINUTE.

SO GOING BY CALCULATIONS.
1HR= 2M PPL * 60
WHILE ONE DAY IS
2M*60*24.. DTS ABOVW 2BILLION PPL A DAY.

AMAZING TRAFFIC!

BUT


HOW COME GOOGLE IS NOT THE RICHEST COMPANY ??



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Alphabet the parent company of Google surpassed Apple to become the world's most valuable company

Just GOOGLE it!

AdmiralDru:
How does Microsoft pay for us to use Bing instead of google.

Traffic Google has taken over

niceee



also love wikipedia!

nice

lemme search for askew

Now Type "do a barrel roll" into Google, click search, and your browser window will do a 360-degree spin.

E don finish?

Best search engine

interesting

Gone are those days when we used google to test network, all thanks to nairaland.

hi dear hw u doing

remsonik:
Best search engine

Interesting


Let me add mine.

Many people confuse "Goggle" for Google.

The former which is a protective eye-glass while the later is a worldwide renowned search engine,that is the subject of this thread.

Thanks

Google my best friend

Back then in school, Google was my Teacher/Guardian.

Some useless lecturers go come class, abuse everybody, dey go comot without saying anything reasonable. If they manage to teach, person no go hear them.

Some of this lecturers no fit teach but their exam questions na die.

Anyway, all thanks to google!!!

Google has been of big help to me..i remember those hectic assignment they used to giv me in school.

OnlineMercenary:
Gone are those days when we used google to test network, all thanks to nairaland.

Now its Nairaland before Facebook, twitter and Google

This is good

Another one

lilslick:


Alphabet the parent company of Google surpassed Apple to become the world's most valuable company

alphabet is damn crazy...they go virtually into anything

Bolustic:
Another one

wow

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Nice one