15 extremely interesting secrets about Google you may not know

Google is one of the "tycoons" of search engines that almost everyone knows. However, that is not enough because Google still has many interesting mysteries that not everyone knows. Below are some surprising secrets about the Google brand that TipsMake has compiled. We invite you to find out.

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1. You should thank Jennifer Lopez for bringing the Google Image feature

One of the great things about Google is the image search engine Google Image. Not only news, you can search based on images of websites through Google. However, have you ever wondered where this great image search tool comes from?

15 extremely interesting secrets about Google you may not know Picture 2 Image of Jennifer Lopez at the Grammy Awards in 2002. Photo source: © GETTY IMAGES

Eric Schmidt - President of Google, said: ' In 2002, when famous actress Jennifer Lopez wore a see-through blue dress at the Grammy Awards, many people searched about this. But of course they weren't looking for a description of the dress, they were looking for pictures. Google took note of this and from there, Google's image search engine was born .

2. Google used to have a bad name

15 extremely interesting secrets about Google you may not know Picture 3 BackRub was the first name of Google.

When founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin started their search engine at Stanford University in the mid-'90s, it was called BackRub . This not-so-prestigious name refers to the operating mechanism of this tool through backlinks to provide results to users.

Luckily, the duo realized this was not a special nickname to conquer the Internet, and they came up with a newer name - Google . Interestingly, this name is a misspelling of Googol - a mathematical term.

According to David Koller from Stanford University, Google's founders, including Larry Page and Sergey Brin, sat together to name their search technology. At that time, Sean Anderson suggested the name ' googolplex ' (10100) to refer to the large amount of data that this search engine processes. After that, everyone agreed to shorten this name to " googol ", but when looking up the registered domain name on the Internet, Anderson mistakenly typed it as " Google ". Interestingly, Larry Page loved the name and just a few hours later, " google.com " was registered.

3. Google owns Googlesucks.com

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Being the largest company on the Internet is not easy. Besides the praise and praise, there are also a lot of gossip and pranks on this search giant.

To avoid misuse of its name, Google had to buy back all website addresses with vulgar, misleading names or simply strange names related to Google. Domain names that Google already owns are: Googlesex.com, Googlepoo.com, Googleporn.com, Googlereligion.com and of course Googlesucks.com .

4. Google owns a fossil model of the T-rex dinosaur outside its headquarters

15 extremely interesting secrets about Google you may not know Picture 5 Fossil model of T-Rex outside Google headquarters. Photo source: © GOOGLE

You can see Google's penchant for Android-themed statues sitting on the front lawn of its offices, but they're not the most interesting decorations at its headquarters in Mountain View. This honor probably belongs to the " real " T-Rex dinosaur model , named Stan .

The Tyrannosaurus Rex was cast from fossils dug up near Google headquarters. Stan has been placed in a guard position on Google's campus in recent years. If anyone wants to go to Jurassic Park, they can visit Google.

5. Google was once offered for sale for only $1 million

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Owning Google is the dream of many famous companies in the world. Let's imagine back in the 90s, when you had the opportunity to invest in Google, not knowing what you would be like at that time.

At that time, Yahoo and Excite ( one of the first Internet portals ), both had the opportunity to buy Google in the late 90s for a dirt cheap price of only about 1 million USD but they passed it up and saw this as is a nightmare. However, now Google's value has reached more than 500 billion USD.

6. Google prefers dogs over cats

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Google's official slogan is: " Don't be evil - Don't become evil ". This was the slogan given by Paul Butcheit , during a meeting on corporate values ​​in the early 2000s. Paul Butcheit later explained that this was " like a stab at other companies ", especially competitors. controversy, accusing Google of exploiting users to some extent.

However, this slogan is also mentioned to criticize Google itself, such as when Microsoft said that Google had abandoned the spirit of its slogan, refusing to separate search results and advertising.

Google's corporate code of conduct clearly states: " Google's affection for canine friends is an indispensable aspect of our corporate culture. We like cats, but we are a company that loves cats." dogs, so as a general rule we feel cats visiting offices will be a source of stress ."

7. Google Doodle started with an "out of office" notice

15 extremely interesting secrets about Google you may not know Picture 8 Google's first Doodle celebrates the Burning Man festival.

We probably all like Google Doodle . On major holidays of the year or to celebrate special events that happen that day, Google will change its logos to celebrate. But did you know that Google Doodle is the creation of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin for the " out of office " announcement ?

At the end of August 1998, former Google engineers took a week off and wanted to inform everyone that they were out of the office because they were celebrating Burning Man. And so Google changed the site's icon to the Burning Man logo .

Readers can visit here to see other Google doodles.

8. Google uses goats to weed its headquarters

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With strong financial potential, the giant in the technology market Google has unique actions that are quite expensive. For example, to mow the grass in front of its office, Google does not hire workers but has a herdsman bring goats to graze .

In 2009, Google itself decided to do that. Now, whenever there is a need to cut grass, a herder will bring about 200 goats to Google's lawn to let them leisurely " enjoy " the green grass. This method is said to be much more comfortable than using a cutter. These goats usually stay here for a week and complete their tasks quite well. According to Google officials, using goats costs approximately the same as renting a lawn mower but is much cuter.

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9. Apple founder - Steve Jobs, once edited the Google logo

15 extremely interesting secrets about Google you may not know Picture 10 Google's logo was once edited by Steve Jobs. Photo source: © AP PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA

Former vice president of Google, Vic Gundotra , once said: " One beautiful Sunday morning, Steve Jobs called him and said he did not like the yellow tone on the second 'O' in the Google logo when it appeared on the iPhone's screen. Apple's legendary co-founder assigned an engineer to fix this 'emergency error' for Google ."

10. Google's first office was a rented garage

Google started in September 1998 in Susan Wojcicki's garage, located on Santa Margarita Avenue in Menlo Park, California. Wojcicki was Google's first chief marketing officer.

11. Gmail was launched on April Fool's Day

On April 1, 2004, Google's new email service, Gmail, was launched on April Fool's Day. At that time, many people wondered if this was a joke.

12. Incident in 2013

On August 16, 2013, Google was inaccessible for 5 minutes. Global Internet usage fell 40% during that period.

That shows how important Google is and until now that has not changed. In January 2017, Google held about 90% of the worldwide search engine market share.

13. Google's first storage unit was covered in lego blocks and had a capacity of only 40GB

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Google's first storage unit only had a capacity of 40GB, approximately and much lower than today's personal storage electronic devices. But at that time, it could be considered a supercomputer.

Google uses Lego blocks to cover hardware with the purpose of preparing it in case additional storage drives are installed.

Currently, this system still exists and is on display at the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center, at Stanford University.

See more: "Examine" the design details on the Google logo

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Kareem Winters

Update 23 June 2024