Things You Never Knew About Google


LEGO Bricks

Google's first server rack was built from LEGO's, as the team considered it a more cost-efficient (and expandable) way to secure 10 4GB hard drives.

Google As Computer Manufacturer

Since Google makes all of its own servers, it is one of the top 5 computer manufactuers in the world, right up there with HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Apple.

Google Doodle

The first-ever Google Doodle, a design made in honor of the 1998 Burning Man Festival, was originally used as an "out of office" message for co-founders Page and Sergey to inform employees they would be unavailable while in attendance at the event in Nevada.

Page Rank

The company's search algorithm referred to as PageRank, which provides rankings for every page indexed on the Web, was officially named after co-founder Larry Page.

Because Larry Page created the famed PageRank algorithm while at Stanford, the university holds the patent. In exchange for long-term rights to the patent, Google gave the school 1.8 million shares of stock, which resulted in $336 million.

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