The Jewish Chronicle
On this day: Google is founded
September 27 1998: The start of the internet as we know it
September 27, 2010 14:09
By, Jennifer Lipman
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September 27 1998: The start of the internet as we know it
September 27, 2010 14:09By, Jennifer Lipman
Can it really be only 12 years since Google began? The search engine was developed by Stanford University students Larry Page, of Jewish descent, and Sergey Brin, the son of Russian Jews who emigrated to America in 1979.
The pair met in 1995 and soon began working on computer projects together, developing a groundbreaking system for ranking web pages. They came up with the name Google from a misspelling of the mathematical term for a large number and the company was officially founded in September 1998.
Well-known to boast the slogan “Don’t be evil”, Google has faced criticism for its reluctance to remove offensive websites from high search rankings and its willingness to operate in China.
Despite this, the company has become arguably one of the most influential in the world. In 2006, the verb “to google” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, meaning, “to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the internet.” In November that year, Google took over video sharing website YouTube.
