Like any good Pokémon, things evolve over time, including internet giant, Google. This week, Google turns 23. That’s 23 years of searches, ads, doodles, software, laptops, phones, and social networking (we still remember you fondly Google+).

BridgeWeb has been building websites for an identical amount of your time. So we thought it absolutely was fitting to require a fast relive at how Google developed into the business it's today.

The Beginning

Launched back in September 1998 from a rented garage based in California, Google came to life because of computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin. From there it grew into the behemoth it's today. At the time of launch, only organic search terms were displayed, oh how things would soon change.

Google Ads

Fast-forward, some years and Google, had moved into the advertisement business. Google had already begun to display integrated banner adverts into their search results. It wasn’t until midway through 2000 when GoogleAds (or AdWords because it was known at the time of launch,) began to gain some attention from business big and tiny. Who soon began to realize they may use this new tool to their advantage. AdWords came with the identical basic fundamentals that Google’s organic searches were famous for, the adverts would only be relevant to the user’s search. This principle has remained identical throughout the past 19 years. The placement of ads has moved around a touch bit over the years. Who remembers when ads want to be down the right-hand side of a page, for example? However, if a user explores “Web Design Darlington”, they'd be served with ads that followed that search term.

Universal Search

You can pinpoint when Google expanded its growth, and it followed the introduction of universal and vertical search. What does that mean? Well, its searches we regard granted today; maps, news, videos, images, shopping – all additional search functions that allow you to seek out just about anything online in seconds.

You might not realize you are doing it, but rather than typing during a URL into a browser, what number people just “Google It”? Well, this is often where Google really began to dominate the program game.

Gmail

How many of you had a Hotmail email address? Well if you were a 90’s kid, you almost certainly did. Fast forward to today, and over 1.4 billion people use Gmail as their email provider, including the bulk of the BridgeWebBots. What started off as a secret email project by a developer, grew into the biggest website platform within the world!

YouTube

It is hard to believe that in 2017, YouTube was valued at $160 billion. Youtube was purchased in 2016 for a fraction of the price. Actually, the 2017 valuation was roughly 100 times what Google got it!

Docs

Back within the day you either had to pay a fortune for Microsoft Office, otherwise, you had to suffice with Open Office. Nowadays you have got data processing, spreadsheets and presentations bushed the cloud, because of Docs. Combined with Drive integration, Docs is that the go-to for an economical office package. it's hard to believe that Docs is free and the way widely utilized it's. This blog was actually created using Docs!

Phones, Android, Chrome, and Apps

Many people thought that Google couldn’t make it outside of the software game. However, Google moved into the hardware game with the Nexus line of mobile phones, powered by their own software, Android. After steady growth with its Android platform, the main focus was shifted over to the Pixel smartphone. round the same time, because the first Android device hitting the shelves, Chrome was also launched and has become the foremost dominant application in history!

Hello Alphabet

In 2015 Google decided to restructure itself with a replacement parent company, Alphabet. Things didn’t really change, we didn’t start saying “Alphabet It” rather than “Google It”. The changes came to be to assist shareholders to understand Google’s financial position, without a number of the opposite programs and investments Google had running by the side.

OK, Google

Depending on which room you're in at BridgeWebHQ, you'll be able to sometimes say “OK, Google” followed by a command. this is often thanks to Google’s launch of the AI assistant program and devices. Smart technology is that the future and Google are at the forefront with the likes of Apple playing catch up.