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Google is 20 TODAY: Google marks 20th anniversary with historic Google Doodle youtube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I_CIy3Uqx0

The video takes a stroll down memory lane and shows popular google searches around the world from the past 20 years.

Some of the searches featured in the adorable video include the Royal Wedding, an avocado toast and Pluto losing its status as a planet.

The video ends with a grateful thank you note from Google.

The note said: “Twenty (ish ??) years ago, two Stanford Ph.D. students launched a new search engine with a bold mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

“Though much has changed in the intervening years—including now offering Search in more than 150 languages and over 190 countries—Google is still dedicated to building products for everyone.

“Today’s video Doodle takes a stroll down memory lane by exploring popular searches all over the world throughout the last two decades.

“So whether you’ve searched for the status of your favorite object orbiting the sun, the latest on the world’s biggest events, or how to impress on the dance floor.

The search engine was founded on this day in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford Ph.D. students.The aim was to make information from around the globe accessible for all.

The aim was to make information from around the globe accessible for all.

Much has changed since the launch of Google, today it is known as the world’s most used search engine and is available in more than 150 languages and over 190 countries.

Google is also responsible for producing android phones and hardware alongside software including Google Earth, Google Search and Google Maps.

The company’s net worth is approximately £83 billion ($110 billion) and is expected to keep growing.

Google’s flagship Google Earth platform was initially formed via the acquisition of Keyhole Inc in 2004 and acquired YouTube in a £837 million deal ($1.1billion) finalised by 2006.

Although Google’s 20th birthday is today, the concept was formed much earlier.

Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin thought of Google’s concept as early as in 1996, when they were working on their Ph.D.’s at Stanford University.

Google.com was registered in 1997, but the site was officially born in September 1998, when Mr Brin and Mr Page received a check for £76,000 ($100,000) from the German electrical engineer Andy Bechtolsheim.

Initially, the search engine was going to be called 'Backrub' but later changed to Google, which is a play on the mathematical expression for the number one followed by 100 zeroes.

The name was supposed to represent the amount of information the engine could analyse.

The company has not provided definite statistics on exactly how many queries it processes, but have previously stated there are ‘trillions’ of searches made every year.

Since the humble beginning as a university project to the forefront of technological innovation, Google has also extended its roots into the physical world and invested millions into wind farms in North Dakota.

Google also forms the basis of the NORAD Santa tracker, which tracks a 3D Santa across the world as he makes deliveries.