Google's 8th Birthday Already?

[pyost 0]

Wow, I'd never say that Google is already eight years old. It seems as if it appeared on the Internet only 2 or 3 years ago! What's more, it looks like no one knows that it is its birthday today. Even Google didn't boast - they just created a new, birthday logo You can see it here.

 

Google has really grown a lot for these eight years. It started off as just another search engine, but it didn't take long for it to become the best search engine. But that's wasn't it. Google continued to develop, and created numerous services, out of which the most important ones, in my opinion, are Blogger (well, they do own it), Google Earth, GMail and AdSense/AdWords. You can take a look at the rest over here.

 

It's not like they only created new products. Google also worked a lot on the search engine(s). Here and here you can see various search "hints" that really can help a lot. There is also that new game, Google Image Labeler, which makes it easier to find images - now who would think of that except Google?

 

Happy birthday, Google!

[kgd2006 0]

Wow, its been 8 years since they came into our lived? Boy, to think the years before I been without google, I had to use more than 1 search engine from research papers. Search engines such as yahoo and msn, askjeeves and the such were the usual search engines that I have used for my english papers back in the day. Ever since its development and rise in the world, its been the only search engine I trusted for accurate results.Now today I continue to use google, not only as a search engine but for my E-mails, directions, videos, and image searches. Eight years in and it has evolved to become a very sucessful service for the internet community. Happy birthday google, and lets hope you can offer us more of what you have already given us.

[Chesso 0]

Wow, really, 8 years???.I haven't even been using the internet and computers in general for nearly half as long and the first year or two I had no idea about Googles existance.....They've obviously done a fair bit since then, but I feel they could have done alot more eh.Well, happy birthday I guess none the less lol.

[niran 0]

Google starts into business on the year 1998

But the discussions were started in the year 1995 itself!

We all love the great products from Google!

If you need to see the whole history of Google, then checkout this:

https://www.google.com/about/company/history/

[Mafamba Team 0]

It feels like the day I first learnt how to use a computer, Google was my friend, and now its come this far, 8 years is a big achievement.They should give 8 Free Things to all of its users.YAY!!Happy Birthday Googleh!

[Alegis 0]

8 years? Whoa. I still remember when I heard google for the first time. Was still using other search engines back then. I think it was 4 years ago.

They sure made some remarkable progress ever since. Use it now for picasaweb, mail, searching, blog ... Especially the mail feature I adore.

 

Damn they made some break into the internet world over the years. Something that small immediately competed with big microsoft that fast. I like competition. Before Gmail, Hotmail inbox was only a mere 2 mb.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAMNIT!

[Hercco 0]

I would actually thought it was older. I remember I heard about Google 1999 and I wasn't then the Internet addict I'm today

[xboxrulz1405241485 0]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOGLE!Wow, who would've known?xboxrulz

[seec77 0]

Wow, that's quite impressive, Google. :PYeah, I remember using Hotbot all these years. How can I compare that bloated slow interface to the slick and charming interface of my favorite web search engine? Google and Wikipedia are the two best things to happen to the internet lately, not speaking in terms of technology. They both (and sometimes while joining powers) provide me with so much information that is so easy to access!I can't really imagine that Google is older than my cousin! I remember the day she was born... I was still in 2nd grade back then. I can't actually believe that back then Google was already operating and I wasn't using it! What a shame! :PAnyways Google! Thanks for all the great time, and all the romantic sea-side dinners... I'll always be your friend!

[Arbitrary 0]

Well, it certainly doesn't seem like eight years...but that's probably due to the fact that even if it did start out in 1998, no one knew it existed until many years later. I remember using Yahooligans (because it was so pitifully recommended by the school) at first. Eventually I switched to Google for a very stupid reason--I liked their design! To think that it's possible to like Google's very bland design. >_> I must've been a freak back then.

 

Now of course...I use it all the time, mostly for search, but also for other stuff. XD It takes far less time to load than either Yahoo or MSN. It has also turned into my Internet-connection checker--if Google's not working, then my Internet must be down. Never mind the fact that there was one domain-name-switching accident with Google. Hahaha.

 

And of course there's Gmail. I can never forget about that--especially its interface, the storage space, the spam filter, and most importantly, the ability to forward all your emails. XD So, in conclusion, happy birthday Google!!

[justlikepaper 0]

I noticed this when I got online. Google has been my homepage for over 3 years, so I am very glad it is 8 years old. It seems like it just had its 7th birthday, because I remember a post about it on another forum.

 

Well, Google has gone further over the years. With Gmail, it made it get way more popular. I was invited by my friend to get a Gmail account and now I use it for business stuff.

 

Happy Birthday Google!

[Anthony_ 0]

its been that long ? LOL8 years wow

[Quatrux 4]

Personally, my first search engine was google and I always used google as my search engine and never really liked to use any others, they were very lame and didn't show anything.. Something in the years of 2001-02.. but for some time now other search engines also provide nice results, but as a lot of people including me are used to use google, they continue to do so, even though I know some people who only use yahoo, due to they say google show stupid search results and etc. But sometimes I agree that when they, I mean google, started to use pagerank, the first top sites are actually different from what I am searching and I find what i need by scrolling a little bit down or on the second page. :SNevertheless, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Even though I am a bit late

[toby 0]

I played that Image game once, wasn't amazing though. I never knew about the calculator. And of course, nice cake.

[CaptainRon 0]

My favourite before Google was Altavista. I remember when it was at the peak of its fame, and had a darn bulky front page. I used to have a site back then called RedStarAF and I remember doing SEO with it. I had to work out with 10 different search engines like Lycos, Altavista, Yahoo etc.Seriously speaking it was a world of chaos. Not a single search engine provided 100% satisfaction.Then came Google, to unite the web under it! And hey presto! Altavista seemed like a fat man with a paunch falling ill... lost all its weight within a few months... I remember monitoring Altavista daily and watching it slim down day by day it was funny.