Google was Google was the brainchild of Larry Page and Sergey Brin.0:20
They met in 1995 at Stanford University, USA, while they were studying computer science.0:36
You could say Google started with an argument, as at first Sergey and Larry didn't really get on.0:44
In fact, they argued and disagreed on just about everything.0:52
However, there was one thing they did share.0:57
A commitment to making the internet more user-friendly.1:00
At that time, internet search engines were slow and complicated.1:05
They listed search results according to the number of times the search term appeared on a page.1:10
Larry and Sergey found this frustrating.1:17
An idea came to them.1:21
Why not list search results according to a website's popularity.1:23
So they set about creating a search engine that could calculate how important a particular webpage was.1:29
At first, their research received a fair amount of criticism from experts, but the two friends didn't give up and managed to raise enough money from investors, family, and friends to support themselves.1:38
While they were developing the search engine, Larry and Sergey realized it needed a catchy name.1:53
They were inspired by a mathematical word, googol, which means 1 followed by 100 zeros.2:00
They thought it was a really good name considering the endless amount of information available on the net, and so Google became Google.2:09
In 1998, Larry and Sergey set up their office in a friend's garage, and Google went online.2:20
Soon they were answering thousands of search requests per day.2:28
People really liked Google's simple, neat design, and of course its speedy performance.2:33
Before long, Sergey and Larry moved their operations to a new headquarters they called Googleplex.2:40
In 2000, Google introduced 10 foreign language versions and officially became the world's most popular search engine.2:48
Google now responds to about a billion search requests per day, and its success shows no signs of fading.2:58
For most people seeking information, Google is the place to go.3:06
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