To the It was Google was born 25 years ago. Time passed quickly, as quickly as entering the powerful Internet search engine and finding photos, news, curiosities, maps, videos, remedies, beauty or mechanical tips and anything else you can think of.

It “seduce” Internet users so much that even “search on Google” became a verb: “grow” and everyone, with more or less intensity, in practice conjugates it once a day or a week.

On September 4, 1998, Google was founded, Forbes recalls, “the Internet’s best-known search engine and the world leader in online advertising.”

The company’s name, taken from “Googol,” a mathematical term denoting a 1 followed by 100 zeros, symbolized the goal of organizing the vast amount of information available on the Internet.

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At the turn of the quarter century, Google was, the Mexican publication adds, “one of the most influential companies in the history of technology.”

The 25 years of Google: what is the history of the search engine

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Leading company

The technology company is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

According to Forbes, Google does more than 150,000 employees and it is the fourth US company to reach a market capitalization of more than a trillion dollars.

Alphabet’s largest source of revenue, he claims, “is advertising space on its various online platforms, which reaches more than 80% of total sales.”

Google has grown from a search engine to a search engine The Google universe“which has provided some of the most important tools for technology development and also has other very popular services such as Chrome, YouTube and Android.”

Between January and June 2023, won $33,419 millionpublished Cinco Días, from El País.

Alphabet – parent company of Google and also of YouTube – announced, according to the aforementioned Spanish media, that “the company earned $74,604 million in the second quarter of 2023, 7% more year-on-year, and a net profit of 18,368 million”.

The spelling googlear is a hybrid formed from the English name Google and the Spanish ending -ear.

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Five incredible numbers from Google in its 25 years

1. More than 5,000 scribbles

The data is provided by Google, which is expanding: In addition to the 5,000+ Doodles we’ve created internally at Google, the team receives approximately 7,000 submissions annually from Googlers and users (including Doodle for Google participants!) There is a public archive where you can see all the Doodles we’ve published and learn more about them and the artists who created them.

2. In Google Lens: 12 billion

That very high amount is the visual searches done with Google Lens every month.

3. Say “Speak”. 133 languages

That’s the number of languages ​​Google Translate supports.

4. Information for photographers: 1.7 billion

That’s the number of photos edited in Google Photos each month.

5. Keep this figure in mind: 200 It’s very interesting!

How many estimated years can you save per day by typing Search AutoComplete?

When you start typing in the search bar, the autocomplete feature lets you predict searches instantly.” We estimate that AutoComplete reduces typing in Search by approximately 25%, which equates to a savings of approximately 200 years of typing time per day.”

It’s just 25 years of dizzying changes and innovations and good sales.

In 2020, the most popular search was for Jennifer Lopez’s dress at that year’s Grammy gala.

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With what the future holds and the growth of artificial intelligence, it’s time to guess: what will the world look like when Google turns 50 years old? Have no doubt that the Google universe will continue to surprise. (JO)