Webbers Corner

The google name?  Where did it come from?
Google was meant to be called Googal, the mathematical number of 1 followed by 100 zeros but a typo meant that the spelling google stuck.

The google founders?
Accroding to the Sunday Times Rich List, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the joint 34th richest people in the world with £7.3 billion each!

Interesting google.
Google is the largest aggregator of personal information online.  By default, it collects information on everything you do on Googles sites, and potentially every site that you go to until (by default) at least 2038"

How long it would take to do a manual search of Google's 3 billion Web pages, at one minute a page?
5,707 years

How long it usually takes Google to search its database?
0.5 seconds

Market capitalization of publicly held search companies Overture, LookSmart, InfoSpace, FindWhat and Ask Jeeves.
$1,948,000,000

Market cap of Google, if it traded at 3 times estimated 2003 revenues (Google is a privately held company and aren't traded on the stock market, that is why this was just estimated)
$2,100,000,000

Number of languages in which you can have the Google home page set up, including Urdu, Latin and Klingon.
88

Google's share of global English-language searches.
33%

here are some from google - http://www.google.com/press/funfacts.html


just makes you cringe when you read them profits!

lol, those are some pretty cool facts

go to google, click on language tools.  All languages are in Alphabetical order down the page a little, under the title "Use The Google Interface in Your Language." Scan the columns for languages starting w/ the letter E.  Click on the hyperlink that says Elmer Fudd.



Enjoy.

Yes, you can find random things in their website that are just jokes, its rather funny!

I think that is what makes part of google friendly image.

It's also cool how they update their logo every so often, especially during a holiday or season. It still says Google, but with a different effect, for example, the current logo has two kangaroos in it.

Thanks for the info, Google ahs really grown to be big in their arena.

This seems to have been written couple years ago as well. They must have grown even bigger by now.

I almost purchased Google shares when they first came on Nasdaq, but was worried about all the hype. The stock price went up 4 folds in couple years.

nothing google does ever fails.

google ftw!