Birth of Google

iJeff · 02-28-2005, 10:04 PM

Ah, some of you were around on the net during the beginnings of Google, some of us, including me, was'nt (I was like 8 when google first came out!)
So I was amazed when I saw the very site which started it all.

I found all of the following on the wayback machine.. it's an amazing archive of the internet. over 100 terabytes of stored websites.

Google.com
November 11, 1998
http://web.archive.org/web/199811111...://google.com/
December 02, 1998
http://web.archive.org/web/199812022...ww.google.com/

As you can see, Google released the Prototype of their search engine script. They also had a very interesting logo, a 'GOOGLE!" with an exclamation point.

You can go to:
http://web.archive.org/web/199901170...ww.google.com/
to view the weblog of Google.com from 1998 to the present, including every update.[/code]

Andromeda · 02-28-2005, 10:37 PM

That's so intriguing! Hee hee, something about that font makes me think it came out a lot earlier than 1998. *Laughs.* What an excellent website. ^_^

cvrk3 · 02-28-2005, 10:38 PM

hi thanks for the link! it amazes to know the history!

iJeff · 02-28-2005, 10:46 PM

Yeah, i love this sort of thing, oh, btw search a website (direct url) in the top bar of the wayback machine to view the log of that website

earliest is 1996 I believe..

geekerati · 02-28-2005, 11:01 PM

Thanks Configuration, that is very enjoyable. Those Stanford guys had a plan for sure. I use the wayback machine a lot. I'm using Firefox and they have an extension that you can use to enhance all of your searches, which includes the Wayback Machine. McSearchPreview 1.6 Google has come along ways in a short period of time. Good post and glad to have you here.

iJeff · 02-28-2005, 11:03 PM

I used to use that.. I was looking for it! forgot about it.. Thanks

I'm glad to be here

darrenstraight · 02-28-2005, 11:41 PM

Thanks for the info but I already knew about it, as I have posted about it before, you wouldn’t know this unless you would have done a search but no worries as its always good to hear what new members have to say:

http://www.googlecommunity.com/post-14301.htm

iJeff · 03-01-2005, 09:33 AM

ah, didnt know.. forgot to search.. so late..
lol

darrenstraight · 03-01-2005, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Configuration

ah, didnt know.. forgot to search.. so late..
lol

No worries seen as your thread tells people about the website who didnt know.

Stuff2Do · 03-01-2005, 10:29 AM

well i didnt know, thats great, thanks

02-28-2005, 10:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
iJeff Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 210 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Birth of Google Ah, some of you were around on the net during the beginnings of Google, some of us, including me, was'nt (I was like 8 when google first came out!) So I was amazed when I saw the very site which started it all. I found all of the following on the wayback machine.. it's an amazing archive of the internet. over 100 terabytes of stored websites. Google.com November 11, 1998 http://web.archive.org/web/199811111...://google.com/ December 02, 1998 http://web.archive.org/web/199812022...ww.google.com/ As you can see, Google released the Prototype of their search engine script. They also had a very interesting logo, a 'GOOGLE!" with an exclamation point. You can go to: http://web.archive.org/web/199901170...ww.google.com/ to view the weblog of Google.com from 1998 to the present, including every update.[/code]

02-28-2005, 11:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
darrenstraight Microsoft Student Partner Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 5,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Thanks for the info but I already knew about it, as I have posted about it before, you wouldn’t know this unless you would have done a search but no worries as its always good to hear what new members have to say: http://www.googlecommunity.com/post-14301.htm __________________ Visit my Tech Blog!

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