Google Birthday
The Google.com domain turned 10 years old today.
I read earlier somewhere that Google.com was about to be a decade old, so I checked the whois record and yep, it’s true. Google.com was registered September 15, 1997 to be the domain for a search engine project begun by Larry Page and Sergey Brin which they had orginally called “BackRub.” Think of the enormity of impact that this domain has had on the Internet and world.
At a personal level, my life has been positively affected by the technologies available on the Google domain. My career, finances, relationships–everything seems to have some intertwining with Google. I’ll take it a step further. I am happier, richer, wiser and more socially satisfied because of what began happening on Google.com after it’s registration 10 years ago. So, I say happy birthday Google.com and keep hosting life-changing technologies for webmasters. And, please, please don’t forget to renew.
September 17th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Interesting perspective on the value of Google.
Making me think…
September 27th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Interesting. The google logo for today shows it’s actually it’s 9th birthday….
September 27th, 2007 at 7:08 am
Yeah, there are actually many different ways of counting Google’s birthday: domain, date the founders began the BackRub project, date of incorporation, etc. I am just counting it from the perspective of the domain registration date.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:19 am
I am glad I am not the only one who is very thankful to google for these ten years of providing a search engine.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:46 am
I totally agree my life is what it is because of google. Google gets us 95% or more of our clients. Google helps us pay the mortgage, feed our selves, and buy diapers. I can’t imagine how poor I’d be if we had to pay to advertise, instead people who need a service can use google to find us. HAPPY BIRTHDAY google.
Jonathan McInerney
Pearse Street
September 29th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Google was nine?? Mann. we’re old..
October 1st, 2007 at 7:19 am
yep - seems like yesterday doesn’t it….
October 10th, 2007 at 4:55 am
thanks google which is continuously providing web services to all over the world.
October 17th, 2007 at 12:28 am
Google is best and is the world’s most useful search engine.