Google one of the fastest growing companies with an outstanding
contribution to the internet world has celebrated its 13th Birthday on
September 27th 2011.
It all started in 1995, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin Stanford computer
science grad students began collaborating on a search engine called
BackRub. In 1997 they thought BackRub needs a new name. After a
brainstorming discussion they decide to go for Google a Mathematical term
“Googol” which means a numeral, 1 followed by 100 zeros or 10 to the power
of hundred. The name reflects Google’s mission: “To organise the world’s
information and make it universally accessible and useful". In 1998,
August, Andy Bechtolsheim co-founder of Sun writes a check for $100,000 for
Google Inc. In September the same year Google sets up a workspace in Susan
Wojcicki‘s garage at 232 Santa Margarita, Menlo Park. On September 4th
Google files an incorporation in Califonia, shortly after which Larry Page
and Sergey Brin open a bank account in their newly established companies
name and deposit Andy Bechtolsheim‘s check. They hire Craig Silverstein as
their first employee; who was a fellow computer science graduate student at
Stanford.
Since it's start Google has been coming up with continuous innovations, making a conspicuous approach in the internet world that has
been advancing with rocket speed. The birthday date has been a topic of
debate as Google had filed incorporation on 4th September 1998, was
established on 7th September 1998 and Google.com domain was registered on
15th September. The dates did change a couple of times. As for Doodles, the
special logos have been around since Aug. 30, 1998. The first Doodle was
created when Page and Sergey Brin attended the Burning Man festival. The
first Google Doodle celebrating their birthday appeared on Sept. 27, 2002,
for their fourth birthday. Every year since then Google has been coming
with birthday-themed Google Doodles on 27th September as a remark of their
celebrations.