Search engine giant, Google is celebrating its 19th birthday today.
It has created a google birthday surprise spinner Google Doodle to mark this occasion.
The company was founded in 1998 by Larry page and Sergey Brin. Though no one seems to know the real birth date of the company, it has adopted September 27 as its birthday. It adopted this day from 2006; the year before it had it on September 26.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUa6tmyjoxs
As the story goes, “In 1997, one of Google’s co-founders, Larry Page, had just arrived at Stanford University to pursue his P.h.D in computer science. Of all the students on campus, Google’s other co-founder, Sergey Brin, was randomly assigned to show Page around. This chance encounter was the happy surprise that started it all.”
Billions of searches later, perhaps the happiest happenstance has been how Google has grown throughout the past 19 years. Named for the number “googol” (a 1 followed by one hundred zeroes), Google inches closer to its namesake each year, currently serving more than 4.5 billion users in 160 countries speaking 123 languages worldwide.
Upon clicking today’s Doodle, Google invites you to explore 19 surprises they have launched over the past 19 years – including its brand new Search Funbox: Snake Game! So give it a spin and enjoy
So go over to the Google homepage, click on the spinner, and opt either to play the option you’ve been given or have another go.
