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Google was the brainchild of Larry Page and Sergey Brin.0:29
They met in 1995 at Stanford University, USA while they were studying computer science.0:34
You could say Google started with an argument, as at first, Sergei and Larry didn't really get on.0:42
In fact, they argued and disagreed on just about everything.0:49
However, there was one thing they did share a commitment to making the Internet more user friendly.0:54
At that time, Internet search engines were slow and complicated.1:02
They listed search results according to the number of times the search term appeared on a page.1:08
Larry and Sergey found this frustrating.1:15
An idea came to why not list search results according to a website's popularity?1:18
So they set about creating a search engine that could calculate how important a particular webpage was.1:27
At first, their research received a fair amount of criticism from experts.1:35
But the two friends didn't give up and managed to raise enough money from investors, family and friends to support themselves.1:40
While they were developing the search engine, Larry and Sergey realized it needed a catchy name.1:50
They were inspired by a mathematical word, googol, which means one followed by a hundred zeros.1:57
They thought it was a really good name considering the endless amount of information available on the net.2:06
And so Google became Google.2:13
In 1998, Larry and Sergey set up their office in a friend's garage and Google went online.2:17
Soon they were answering thousands of search requests per day.2:26
People really liked Google's simple, neat design and of course, its speedy performance.2:30
Before long, Sergey and Larry moved their operations to a new headquarters they called Googleplex.2:37
In 2000, Google introduced 10 foreign language versions and officially became the world's most popular search engine.2:45
Google now responds to about a billion search requests per day, and its success shows no signs of fading.2:55
For most people seeking information, Google is the place to go.3:04
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