Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Google facts





Here am going to present before you list of interesting facts about Google.Dive in to read more.......

1)The  name "Google"  was unintentional.Google co-founders Larrypage and Sergey brin christened their company name as GOOGOL which means 1 followed with hundred zeroes .They wanted to name it so which reflects that they want to collect large volumes of information in the internet.The name GOOGLE was a type (Typing mistake) on the first check they recieved and also the name Googol was already taken

2)Have you ever wondered why the Google interface was so simple its the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and wanted a interface instantly. The domain www.google.com was registered on 15Sept 1997 Google started its work in this garage .


3)Google recieves daily search requests allover the world including Antarctica

4)It has largest network of translators all over the world

5)Employees working in google are called Googlers and its headquarter is called as Googleplex.

6)Gmail was used internally for 2 years prior to the launch to the public.They discovered that there were six types of email users, Gmail was designed to suit them all.

7)If u ever wanna send a feedback to google send them they listen to every feedback actively.Mailing them is not mailing to vaccum.

8)Now and then Google make small changes and tests it by giving to set of users and see how they use it.

9)Tom vendetta is the youngest google employee to be hired.

10)Google first employee name is craig silverstein.

11) In the early days of testing Google employees noted people just sitting and looking at the screen. After a minute the tester asked “What are you waiting for ?”. To this the users replied “We are waiting for the page to load”.I too had the same feeling when i had looked it for the frst time.

12) The biggest break in search came when Google introduced their improved spell checker seen as “Did you mean ? ”.This feature doubled their traffic and soon the developers discovered that the ideal placement was at the bottom of the search results.

13) when they introduced their much improved spell checker  “Did you mean…” feature. It instantly doubled their traffic.

14) The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in trials it was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience. Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button.

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