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- Founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page
- Launched out of a garage in Menlo Park, California
- Started out answering about 10,000 search queries per day
- First hired employee: Director of technology Craig Silverstein
- Moved to Palo Alto office space in 1999
- Company inspired by paper Brin and Page wrote at Stanford
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The Google search engine was launched in September of 1998, making 2008 the company's 10th "birthday" celebration. The exact date of the site's launch has, according to the website itself, been shifted around slightly over the years.
In September 2008, Google launched the Web site Google 10th Birthday. The Web site includes a timeline with important Google dates and background on the site and its creation. The 10th birthday celebration also included the launching of the Project 10 to the 100th, which will reward ideas that could improve the world and help humans. The project rewards up to 5 ideas with a total of $10 million which goes to implementation of the projects.
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Until 2005, Google celebrated its birthday on September 7, the date the company was incorporated. Since then, the "official" birthday has been moved to September 27, which marked a major expansion of the site.Official Google Blog: We wanted something special for our birthday... (September 26, 2005) -
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Google Birthday Questions
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Jennifer Aniston birthday song - anyone have a video? 1 AnswerWow, tall order! I haven't heard much about the birthday song other than it was indeed written (so says People magazine), so can't imagine there's a video of it... read more
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OSS General (google): Microsoft drops open-source birthday gift with FAST - Register http://bit.ly/91rqzg Full http://bit.ly/9SYJOS
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All I want for my birthday is tickets to see either Avatar or Sherlock Holmes. :D Google Buzz
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My birthday is on the 20th, anything google down that day anywhere? SD,LA,SF, or anywhere in between???
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Happy birthday siwon! <3 I heard from my friend super junior and bigbang coming to singapore! I need to go google now.
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