Google

Google is company next to our own hearts. Not only is it something we use, encourage, and teach, but it was started by two PhD students. While attending Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were working together on a research project funded by the National Science Foundation. They wanted to study the mathematical properties of the Internet and its linking system. 

Larry and Sergey looked at measuring the importance of webpages on the Internet. They created an algorithm to list websites in order of importance, and called it Google, a misspelling of the word 'googol,' which refers to the number 1 followed by one-hundred zeroes. The first edition of Google was added to Stanford's website with the designation google.stanford.edu (which remains today, Google it!).

Google.com was registered on September 15, 1997 and has become something we do, not just a website. Whenever we're unsure of something, we simply 'Google' it. In fact, 'google' was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006. The definition reads, "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet."

Original Google Home Page- 1998 by Wikipedia

This week we'll be talking, demonstrating, and giving examples of some of the popular ways we use Google. 

To get it all started, we recommend this great explanation of how Google Search Works:

If you'd like to see even more, visit the Google Channel on YouTube for more than 1,300 great videos.