Google Turns 18!
Google is officially an adult. However, instead of having a slightly awkward family party at the local sports club and having a few too many drinks like many 18 year olds; the internet giant is celebrating with an animated Doodle shown on web browsers across the world.
The company, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998, traditionally marks its birthday on the Google homepage on September 27.
However, interestingly, not even Google seems to really know when it was formed. Since 2006, it has celebrated its birthday on September 27, but the year before that, it was September 26.
In 2004, its 6th birthday Doodle went online on September 7 and in the year before that, it was September 8.
In fact, none of these dates seem to have any particular relevance. The company’s own history lists its incorporation date in 1998 – the nearest thing to a corporate birthday – as September 4.
And of course, the idea for Google began years earlier in 1996, as a research project at Stanford University.
Google mentioned the confusion over its birthday in 2013, admitting it had celebrated its birthday on four different dates, but September 27 now seems to have stuck. The company may have just chosen the date because that’s when they created the first Google Birthday Doodle in 2002.
18 years after it was founded at Stanford University, Google is one of the world’s most powerful companies. It is second only to Apple in value, with a market capitalisation of £417bn.
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Many Thanks to The Telegraph for providing the inspiration for this post.
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