Things You Never Knew About Google


Googol!

The search engine was originally named BackRub, but Page and Brin decided to change the moniker to the word googol, which translates to the number 100100, playing off the suggestion of infinite search results. However the name “Google” was created by mistake after the co-founders made a spelling error over the original name: googol.

Stanford Days

Brin and Page would hang around the Stanford campus loading dock hoping to "snag computers as they came in," according to Page.

First Data Center

Google's first data center was opened in The Dalles, OR. in 2006 for $600 million. To not alert other companies of its expansion plans, Google joined the town's Chamber of Commerce to keep it all a secret. It now owns and operates 13 in seven countries.

However Page's dorm room served as Google's first-ever data center in 1998.

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