When is Google’s birthday? Some Cool Facts About Google

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Google has been the most popular search engine for a long time, and we all know what Google Search is. However, today we will tell you some cool facts that you might not be aware of.

When is Google’s Birthday and When it was founded?

Google Birthday Doodle

Google was founded on September 4, 1998. Google Celebrates its Birthday every year on September 27. Google released a New Doodle on its birthday every year. The first Google’s Birthday Doodle was released on 27 September 2002 on its 4th Birthday. On 18th Birthday Google Released a cool animated Doodle with Balloons and Flying Google logo.

Why Google Celebrates its Birthday on September 27 when it was launched on September 4?

Google has been confused itself about the birthday celebration. Google was founded on September 4, 1998, but Google has celebrated its birthday on 4 different dates; 7th, 8th, 26th, and 27 September, and even Google Confirmed it in 2013. The first Birthday Doodle was released on September 27, 2002 when Google was celebrating its 4th Birthday. Google celebrated its 5th Birthday on September 8, 2003, the 6th birthday was celebrated on September 7, 2004, and the 7th Google Birthday Doodle was released on September 26, 2005. Finally, Google chose September 27 and this has been Google’s Birthday date since 2006. So don’t get confused between its foundation and birthday.

Who Founded Google?

Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin on September 4, 1998. It was founded when both of them were Ph.D. students at Stanford University, California.

When Google Released First Doodle?

Have ever wondered when Google started making Doodles? It was the same year when Google was founded. However, the First Google Doodle was released before its official foundation. Google released its first Doodle on August 30, 1998 (4 days before its foundation) on the occasion of Burning Man Festival. Just like Google’s Birthday and Foundation date, Doodle release date is also confusing, but that’s the truth. Here is how the first Doodle was like.

Burning Man Festival Doodle

When Google Project Started?

Larry Page and Sergey Brin started a research project in 1996, named as BackRub. They both were Ph.D. students at Stanford University in Stanford, California. Later, they changed the project name from BackRub to Google. Google has chosen to keep the word Googol in mind, rather Google is also known as the misspelling of the word Googol. Googol means a large number 10100. So Google intends to provide a large amount of information and search result. Both of the founders were not experienced in HTML language to design the web. So they made a simple design. Here is how it used to look like at its early stage.

Google Project design

How Google Search Result Looked like in 1998 When it was launched?

Google Search Result looked in a different way when it was launched. You can have a look at the image below to know how it used to show the search result when Google was officially launched.

Google in 1998

Larry Page’s and Sergey Brin’s Net Worth

Larry Page and Sergey Brin have earned enough to list their names among top richest people in the world. According to Last year data, Larry Pages’s Net Worth is $35.2 Billion and Sergey Brin’s Net Worth is 34.4 Billion. They hold 12th and 13th position respectively among the world’s richest people.

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