How Google Got So Big #Shorts

How did Google go from a search engine developed by a couple of Stanford students to one of the world's most valuable companies? #Shorts

[TazerXI]

Ads being not intrusive now just feels like a side effect of Google trying to hide the fact they are ads
Edit: spelling

[flyngshp]

Also, Mozilla recieves funding from Google to make Google the default search engine in Firefox.

[trossk]

"Non intrusive ads"
Top 5 searches...ads
Top searches...paid for to be on top

[Mondoblasto]

So Google actually owes its 'colour icon' scheme to the LEGO Group?

[youdontknowme]

I remember before the turn of the millennium, pundits were predicting that Yahoo would "take over the world." Nope. It was Google.

[Aymelia-colon]

Imagine an alternative universe where Ask Jeeves became the top search engine. Someone asks you something and you say "I don't know, I'm gonna ask Jeeves."

[huyivant]

Remember when AOL and Yahoo were the big fish?

[chrisfoxwell]

And then they started filtering the results turning a google search into an Easter egg hunt.

[Snafu]

I remember when Yellow Pages were the main search thingy.

[mattellinger]

When he says "Simple and Clean" I can't help but think of Kingdom Hearts

[SianaGearz]

I remember Altavista and occasionally going through a few pages of results and reaching the end of Internet.

[Teumessus]

Google was an amazing search engine a mere 6 years ago. But they've changed their algo or something since then - it's almost as bad as Bing now...

[TheBigExclusive]

I used Google because I had a slow internet connection, and I needed a homepage that loaded fast

[DelinaSilence]

If I get an ad about Chrome in YouTube
Does that count as self-advertising?

[Tau-]

Hmm. Once again something I’ve wondered and tech quickie has answered. Thanks Riley!

[vannersp]

They also used to have good programmers, but that was back when they had the "don't be evil" motto.

[jaysons]

I hate how Google has changed over the decades when it comes to search results. I used to be able to type what I wanted to find using a certain keyword or phrase and actually get helpful links to a specific site, message boards, or articles. Now I mainly get mainstream news sites or some big corporate media sites loosely related to the subject. Even browsing through several pages, it's the same shit

[grafando]

I can't find anything on Google anymore. Sometimes I spend so long looking for something, but never find it and actually have to GIVE UP.

[nickinportland]

I remember being resistant to switching over to google 😂. I was all in on Jeeves.

[thedrifter]

Ads are very intrusive when they stop you from getting the actual result you want and could possibly lead to scams