Can you believe Google has made it to ten years old already. Google seems like something that has been simultaneously around forever, as well as a real newcomer.
Google has made a pretty big point of their milestone, with their Project 10 thingymabob (its a word now). Some of it is quite interesting in particular their April Fool's Day jokes from their long and illustrious history. PigeonRank has got to be one of their best...
They have also released a copy of their 2001 Search Databases. I haven't had a chance to fiddle yet, but further reading reveals some interesting things:
"September 11" yields a bunch of random dates and places.
"Paris Hilton" goes to the actual Hilton Hotel in Paris
"Kevin Rudd" you've got to go to result #5 to get to our idiotic PM
Any Search engine that relegates Krudd to fifth spot has got to be good...
But on a more serious note, has anyone noticed that not only is google eerily good but it has entered society to such an extent that it is both a common noun and a verb.
If there's one thing Google can be happy about it's that has anybody actually heard someone say "Just go Live Search it".
Anyone?
I Didn't Think So...
Google has made a pretty big point of their milestone, with their Project 10 thingymabob (its a word now). Some of it is quite interesting in particular their April Fool's Day jokes from their long and illustrious history. PigeonRank has got to be one of their best...
They have also released a copy of their 2001 Search Databases. I haven't had a chance to fiddle yet, but further reading reveals some interesting things:
"September 11" yields a bunch of random dates and places.
"Paris Hilton" goes to the actual Hilton Hotel in Paris
"Kevin Rudd" you've got to go to result #5 to get to our idiotic PM
Any Search engine that relegates Krudd to fifth spot has got to be good...
But on a more serious note, has anyone noticed that not only is google eerily good but it has entered society to such an extent that it is both a common noun and a verb.
If there's one thing Google can be happy about it's that has anybody actually heard someone say "Just go Live Search it".
Anyone?
I Didn't Think So...
1 comment:
Ah yes, those hilarious April Fools Day Jokes.
What's also interesting is that YouTube's search traffic hit #2 on the ranks, putting the two most popular search engines under Google.
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