Google in 1998

About Google in 1998

• Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin
• The search engine was initially called "BackRub" before being renamed to Google
• The name "Google" is a play on the mathematical term "googol" (1 followed by 100 zeros)
• The original Google homepage was known for its simple, clean design
• In 1998, Google was processing about 10,000 search queries per day
• The "I'm feeling lucky" button was introduced to take users directly to the first search result