WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:06.480 Google's identity as a company has always been worth a sensible chuckle 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:10.880 before being named after a misspelling of a really large number it was a 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:13.920 research project called backrub and although it wasn't the first search 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:18.240 engine by any means it worked in a fundamentally different way than most of 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:23.599 the other options out there including backrubs entire lack of a friendly 00:00:21.240 --> 00:00:27.640 Butler that would fetch search results for you most early search engines gave 00:00:25.720 --> 00:00:32.840 you results based on how many times words you searched in a string appear on 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:37.280 a page so if you typed lonus instead of articles about Linus tals Linus from 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:42.039 peanuts or Linus Tech tips you might instead see some random fanfic with a 00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:47.520 main character named lonus along with some other guy named Luke or something H 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:51.559 anyways backrub ranked search results based on how many times other Pages 00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:56.800 linked to them using a system called page rank the idea was that a page that 00:00:54.359 --> 00:01:01.120 had lots of other Pages linking to it was more important and more likely to be 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:06.400 what people were searching for and although Google's current algorithm has 00:01:02.879 --> 00:01:09.159 grown to be much more comprehensive page 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:13.920 rank back then was such an innovation that it gave Google a massive Edge over 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:19.119 its competitors that spurred its rapid growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:24.640 forcing it to quickly move from its original homes of Stanford University 00:01:21.479 --> 00:01:26.560 servers and cliche incoming a garage in 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:32.200 a Silicon Valley House Google's popularity was also boosted by its clean 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:36.840 simple layout remember how cluttered and AD filled other web portals of the time 00:01:34.759 --> 00:01:42.079 were now don't get me wrong Google did sell ads but their unobtrusiveness did a 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:46.600 great deal to keep them popular and they made lots of money by targeting the ads 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:50.600 based on what users were actually searching something that took its 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:55.520 competitors longer to catch up on back in 2002 Google started making its first 00:01:52.920 --> 00:02:00.079 real foras into products besides standard web search such as Google 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:05.680 shopping and Google Books then a couple years later the now near ubiquitous 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:08.520 Gmail showed up on April freaking Fool's 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:13.200 Day of 2004 which led many people to believe that it was a joke at first I 00:02:10.440 --> 00:02:17.760 mean a gig of web storage for free back then that was crazy and since it was 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:22.120 invite only to start accounts were highly coveted leading it to become 00:02:19.959 --> 00:02:27.519 hugely popular when it released to everyone so maybe it's no huge 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:32.920 coincidence that Google went public later that year making some long 00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:36.200 googlers very wealthy shortly after Google's initial public offering they 00:02:34.519 --> 00:02:41.000 rolled out a lot of services that are now Google Staples Maps Earth Transit 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:47.319 street view calendar and the everpresent g chat all hit the scene between 2005 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:49.959 and 2007 with Google acquiring YouTube 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:55.840 in 2006 and introducing their faster than a potato gun Google Chrome in 2008 00:02:53.879 --> 00:03:01.319 which is the world's most used browser today by a large margin even though it's 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:06.080 become a a little more bloated since then Google's freely available Android 00:03:03.480 --> 00:03:10.319 OS launched in 2008 which now has Chrome built-in which has probably contributed 00:03:07.640 --> 00:03:15.599 largely to that previous statistic made Google a major player in the mobile 00:03:12.440 --> 00:03:18.480 market leading to the more recent dive 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:22.680 into the world of hardware and I mean other than that like search Appliance 00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:29.400 thing for businesses that they rolled out back in 2001 I'm talking about the 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:32.120 2009 release of the Chromebook a lowcost 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:37.040 line of laptops built around the Chrome browser which you can learn more about 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:42.280 up here that was followed by Nexus phones and tablets the next year 2009 00:03:39.959 --> 00:03:47.480 and 2010 also saw Google's search algorithm revamped to focus on adding 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:52.120 real time and recent content meaning that Google could now be used not only 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:57.040 as a repository of existing information but as a true source of current news 00:03:54.599 --> 00:04:01.599 very timely considering the explosive growth of devices with Google search 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:07.000 functionality baked in allowing people to punch in a wider variety of queries 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:10.159 even current weather and sports scores and still get relevant 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:17.079 results so with their own software and Hardware now nearly everywhere at this 00:04:15.480 --> 00:04:23.800 point including their new pixel smartphones which you can learn more about up here Google is even dabbling in 00:04:21.799 --> 00:04:28.320 infrastructure projects like Google Fiber an internet service that's been 00:04:25.840 --> 00:04:32.039 rolled out in seven American Metro areas since 2013 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:36.720 and with other ongoing Google projects like driverless cars and balloons that 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:43.720 can provide internet access to underserved areas Google's reach has 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:46.440 amazed some but also concerned others 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:51.440 who worry they'll become the real world by and large and considering their 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:56.280 absolute dominance of the search and data mining business their tax avoidance 00:04:54.080 --> 00:05:01.360 strategies that have been described as ethically questionable and their 00:04:58.520 --> 00:05:06.440 abandonment of the don't be evil as a corporate slogan who knows all I know is 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:10.919 that I would definitely stick to duck ducko if you want to see how many other 00:05:08.919 --> 00:05:15.720 people think Larry pagee kind of looks like a bond villain for non-members of 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:19.800 Dollar Shave Club if you join today you will get your first month of razors for 00:05:17.840 --> 00:05:24.479 free 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