Google Celebrates 25th Birthday

Just like every year you have a birthday and turn one year older, Google has a birthday every year too! Today Google is celebrating its 25th birthday! 

Twenty-five years ago today, Google was launched. The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Scott Hassan was the third member of the group but he left the project before Google was launched. He started his own company named Willow Garage in 2006. 

When Google was originally created, it was named BackRub. The name Google comes from the rearrangement of the letters of the word “googol” which is the name of a very big number. This was to show that Google had a lot of information to provide to users. 

To celebrate its 25th birthday, Google created a Google Doodle, where you can see the different logos of Google over the years. If you search “happy birthday” on the search engine today, you will see paper fireworks on your screen.