Facts About Google Most People Don't Know

Search engine giant Google was incorporated in 19 years ago on 4th September 1998 by Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Google homepage is simple as founders didn't know HTML

Worlds largest search engine Google's homepage looks simple and minimal because its founders had limited knowledge of HTML.Google Co-founder Sergey Brin was once quoted saying " We didn't have a webmaster and I don't do HTML." Google still maintains the minimalistic look nineteen years after its incorporation on 1998.

Google got its name because of a misspelling

Technology giant Google's name originated from the misspelling of the word "googol" which is a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros.The name reflects founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin 's mission to organize an infinite amount of information on the web.

Jennifer Lopez' dress led to the creation of Google Images

The green Versace dress worn by Jennifer Lopez at the 2000 Grammy Awards led to the creation of Google Image Search, Google's ex-CEO Eric Schmidt revealed in 2015. It became the most popular search query at that time, making the search giant realize that an image was required to answer the most popular search, sparking the creation of Google images.

Larry Page tried to sell Google for $1 million in 1999

Search giant Google's Co-founder Larry Page and Sergey Brin were willing to sell Google for around $1 million to internet portal Excite in 1999, but Excite rejected the offer. Notably, Google's parent company Alphabet is currently worth $649.5 billion, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world.