Some Facts About Google

 Some Facts About Google

When Google was founded, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the founders tossed a coin to decide what position they would take.

Did you know that Google logs each search queries into its systems to enhance future searches?

Google earns 97 percent of its revenues from advertising alone. This amounts to $20 billion.

Google has the largest network of translators in the world; this is needed for continuously integrating searches and indexing web pages into their engine.

The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in traits it was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience. Users wanted it to be kept. It was like a comfort button.

Notice the logos appearing on your Google homepage around major events or holidays? This is known as the Google Doodle. The first one was dedicated to the Burning Man festival in 1998. You can check out past Google doodles at google.com/logos.

Gmail was internally used for nearly 2 years prior to launch to the public. They discovered there were approximately 6 types of email users, and Gmail has been designed to accommodate all of these.

In 2007, Google became the most visited website with 700 million users. It beat the next popular website, Microsoft.com by over 200 million hits. In March 2010, Facebook overtook Google!

There isn’t any restriction for proper dress code in the Google offices. This is to ensure comfort and a productive working environment. So one may dress up in pajamas or even as a superhero.

Employees at Google are encouraged to use 20 per cent of their time working on their own projects. Google News, Orkut are both examples of projects that grew from this working model.