There are many people who haven’t heard of Google. But here are 28 Interesting Facts About Google That You May Not Know, the most popular search engine.
2Google believe academics is worthless
Google has found GPA’s and test scores to be “worthless as criteria for hiring”; they have teams where 14% of their employees haven’t gone to college. This is one of the interesting facts about Google.
3Ask Google for askew and it tilts
If you search for “askew” in Google, the content will tilt slightly to the right.
4The first Doodle was for Burning Man
The first Google Doodle was dedicated to the Burning Man festival attended by Google founders in 1998.
5Google takes care of your Family
When a Google employee dies, their spouses receive half pay from the company for 10 years and their children US$1,000 per month until they turn 19.
6Google wants to scan all the books
Google intends to scan all known existing 129 million unique books before 2020.
7Searches are new for Google
Every day, 16% of the searches that occur are ones that Google has never seen before.
8Google hired a camel.
Google hired a camel to create the Street View of a desert.
9Microsoft pays you for not using Google
Microsoft pays you to use Bing instead of Google.
10“I’m feeling lucky” is too costly for Google
The “I’m feeling lucky” button costs Google US$110 million per year, as it bypasses all ads.
11Google’s earning is more than News Channels
Google earns US$20 billion a year from advertising, more than the prime time revenues of CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX combined.
12Google is quite busy
Every minute, 2 million searches are performed on Google.
13Gmail was not taken seriously
Because Gmail first launched on April 1st of 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools’ Day prank.
14Firefox lead is now Googler
Firefox web browser’s lead developer is now working for Google Chrome.
28 Interesting Facts About Google That You May Not Know
15Google’s first tweet was binary
Google’s first tweet ever was “I’m feeling lucky” written in binary code.
16Self Programming Computer by Google
Google is developing a computer so smart it can program itself. Now, This is one of the best facts about google.
17Google beats Facebook
Now, Google beats Facebook: it’s the world’s most visited website.
18Google is just an accident
Google got its name by accident. The founders misspelled “googol”, which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
19Google is dog lover
Google prefers dogs to cats. Their official code of conduct specifically states they are a dog company.
20The Internet depends on Google
On August 16, 2013, Google went down for 5 minutes and in that time, the global Internet traffic dropped by 40%.
21Google has more computing power than NASA
A single Google search requires more computing power than it took to send Apollo 11 to the Moon. One of the interesting facts about google.
22Google calculates your speed
Google Maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road.
23The size of Google’s Earth
The total size of Google Earth’s database is over 20 Petabytes. Now this is one of the biggest facts about google.
24Google delivers best results for you
Google takes over 200 factors into account to deliver the best results for any query in a fraction of a second.
25When Steve Jobs called Google
Steve Jobs once called Google to tell them the yellow gradient in the second “O” of their logo wasn’t quite right.
26Nicaragua accidentally invaded Costa Rica because of Google
In 2010, Nicaragua accidentally invaded Costa Rica because of a mistake in Google Maps.
27Facebook’s first annual challenge was won by Googler
Facebook’s first annual Hacker Cup coding challenge was won by a programmer at Google. He showed up at Facebook headquarters to collect his prize wearing his Google employee badge.
28Once Land Lady later became CEO
The woman who rented her garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 when they were creating Google later became the CEO of YouTube.
