This was the chance encounter that started the entire Google phenomena.īoth the geniuses, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, came together and started to develop a common goal: to organise the entire world's information and make this organisation into something that is useful and accessible to everybody in the world. In an act of random coincidence, Google's other co-founder, Sergey Brin, was assigned to show Larry Page around the campus.

In 1997, Google's co-founder Larry Page arrived at Stanford University in order to pursue a PhD in computer science. This includes a version of the popular classic game, Snake. To mark its 19th Birthday, Google has integrated a spinning wheel, which is a simple and fun way to explore the 19 surprises that Google has launched over the past 19 years. In other words, today is Google's 19th Birthday. This is because today's Google Doodle commemorates Google's 19th year of existence on earth. Nineteen years later, Google is now serving more than 4.5 billion users in 160 countries speaking 123 languages worldwide.Today's Google Doodle is sure to be a special one. Recalling how Larry Page and Sergey Brin started the company in a garage on September 27, 1997, Google's official blogpost said: 'Billions of searches later, perhaps the happiest happenstance has been how Google has grown throughout the past 19 years.'Īnd why name it Google? The founders named the company after 'googol', which meant a one followed by 100 zeroes. The tic-tac-toe was introduced on a random mid-week last year. The Stick Cricket, for instance, was created during the times of ICC Champions Trophy. These games are not new to regular Google users. The Google birthday spinner doodle, an interactive spinning wheel, allows the user to play 19 games, including the classic Pac-Man, and Snake.

But Google users were offered a surprise, 19 to be precise, on the search engine giant's 19th birthday. We know Google celebrates birthdays and anniversaries with its special doodle.

Google birthday surprise spinner