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Phases of Google
Here are the last 8 years of Google.com, compiled via Archive.org’s Wayback Machine:
In 1998, Google was
almost cluttered. Back then there was still some emphasis on “Stanford
Search,” showing the roots of where Google comes from. Also,
right on the front-page you could subscribe to the Google Friends
newsletter. And of course, Google – with the not so pretty
logo co-founder Sergey made in GIMP – was still in Beta… See
Google in 1998.
In 1999, you can
see Google realizes its search engine can stand on its own, and
focuses on something the competitors at that time were slowly losing:
total focus on search, with a completely uncluttered homepage. Google.com
would never again have as little links as in 1999. The logo at that
time is still a bit ugly… and Google still feels the need
to explain what it does (“search the web using Google”).
See Google in 1999.
In 2000, after having
survived the Y2K bug (and about to be surviving the dotcom crash),
Google localizes with a language box, and also offers jobs and an
about page highlighted with blue bullets. In 2000, Google –
out of Beta now – was proud to be named “Best Search
Engine” by Yahoo Internet Life. Google is also pushing its
WAP services on the front-page. On a side-note, I can see “SM”
instead of “TM” next to the logo… Disclaimer:
I don’t know if this Archive.org depiction of Google.com,
with the non-centered logo, is completely accurate. See Google
in 2000.
In 2001, some days
after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Google offers
condolences to the attack victims. Along with the Madrid bombings
years later, this would be about the only time Google shows news
and support links on the front-page. See Google
in 2001.
In 2002, Google changes
its mind about where to put additional links (which grow in number),
and introduces blue tabs on top of the search box. The index size
is now advertised in the footer position, and the three links to
the right side of the search box are what we’re having today
(advances search, preferences and language tools). Also in 2002,
one of the first (the first?) weblog on Google started,
and it soon became highly popular. See Google
in 2002.
On this screen from 2003,
Google celebrates Valentine’s Day. Not much else is new on
the homepage, but the index size increased a whalopping 1 billion
pages (not a huge increase by today’s standards perhaps, but
those were different times only three years ago). See Google
in 2003
In 2004 (here showing
with an Olympics logo), Google got rid of its tabs on top of the
search box, making the page simpler again, while taking their company
public. They now had a list of links (Web, Images, Groups, News,
and Froogle – no more Directories), as well as a “more”
link to get to Google’s list of services. This approach scales
a little better, but still only the most popular Google services
(by the traffic they get, from what we know) will ever make it on
the select few homepage links. See Google
in 2004
In 2005, Google’s
index size almost doubled from last year. Google introduces Google
Local to the front-page and gets rid of its “Business Solutions”
link at the bottom. See Google in 2005
In 2006 (the year
Google somewhat lost their innocence due to search censorship cooperation
with the Chinese government), chances are high you’re logged
into one of the many Google services with your Google Account. That
means you’ll also be seeing the somewhat awkwardly positioned
personalized links pane in the top right. Other than that, the “Business
Solutions” link returned, and there’s no more index
size indicator in Google’s footer. Still, search for two wildcard
characters and you might see something in the range of 25 billion
indexed pages… we’ve come along way. See Google
in 2006
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