Google is the most popular search engine but there are a few things you might not know about it. Below, you can find some of the most interesting facts about Google for us.
Most Interesting Facts About Google
The most interesting Google facts and things you didn’t know about.
Alphabet Domain Name
Right after announcing a domain name, one Microsoft fan apparently redirected own abc.wtf and abc.fail domains to Bing search engine.
Google Name
The name Google is originated from a mathematical term Googolplex, which represent the number 1 with a 100 zeroes after it.
Google Domains
Google owns domains that are commonly misspelled, but are related to the main google.com website – such as:
gogle.com,
gooogle.com,
goglr.com,
wwwgoogle.com,
foofle.com
+ many more.
Google also owns 466453.com domain name – cool!
Google process over 50k searches each second!
Google processes over 50,000 search queries every single second! This is over 4,3 billion searches daily and over 1,5 trillion searches per year! (source)
Google takes over 200 different factors into account before delivering you the best results to any query and all of that is happened in a fraction of a second. Google regularly update their algorithm to provide the best possible results on their search engine.
90% of revenue comes from advertising
In 2014, about 90% of Google’s $66 billion revenue came from advertising alone. In 2014, revenue from advertising was 99%. (source)
Google has 100,000,000+ GB search index size
The size of Google search index is well more than 100 million gigabytes in size! It would take 100,000 personal drives of 1TB in size to contain the same amount of data. (source)
It’s all about reducing the amount of time people spend on site
Google might be the only company with the goal to actually reduce the amount of time people spend on its site instead of increasing it.
Their business model does not rely on time user spend on the site, but rather number of clicks they get.
The first Google doodle ever
This doodle was created by guys at Google and added to the homepage to let users know they where out of office and couldn’t fix any technical issues if happened.
Google logo was not centered until 2001
A popular Google minimalistic design is considered as a classic design in the modern online world. Google logo was not actually centered on the page until March 31, 2001.
$110 million a year for the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button
The “I’m Feeling Lucky” button you probably used once in your life costs Google over 110 million dollars per year in ad revenue!
Once you click on this button, Google directly takes you to the top search result for that query – which bypass all the other top 9 results and also the ads that get displayed alongside them.
35% of services/products are shut down
An amazing 35% of Google products and services are shut down. (source)
Street View cars have driven over 5 million miles
As of 2012, Google Street View cars have driven over 5 million miles and taken over 20 petabytes of photos. This means that the street view cars have traveled enough miles to complete 10 round trips to the moon! (source)
2 new companies monthly
Google has acquired 24 companies in 2014 alone – which is about 2 companies per month.
300+ hours of video are uploaded every minute
Over 18,000 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every hour. YouTube generate billions of views each day and half of them are from mobile devices. (source)
Hand-write Recognition
Google is a much more than a “regular” search engine. You can also explore some additional features and functions integrated in Google search engine, such as these:
Atari Breakout Game
Search for Atari Breakout through the Google Image search and enjoy playing a legendary game right now.
Play Zerg Rush
If you regularly search for a “zerg rush” term then you can play an interesting game that will test your mouse-clicking ability.
Play Pac-Man
Google recreated Pacman and made a very nice playable doodle for it on Pacman’s 30th anniversary.
Setup Timer Easily (with sound)
If you search for ten minute timer or 10 min timer, it is going to run a timer for you and notify you with a sound when it goes off.
Pronounce numbers
Are you intimidated by huge numbers? If you type “=english” (without quotes) after any number you want – it is going to pronounce it for you in a second. This works up to 12-string numbers.