Google is 5 today.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-09-09 09:29pm

5 Years of Greatness

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-09-09 09:32pm

Happy birthday!!!

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-09-09 09:57pm

Hurrah for the greatest and bestest and all around Googlisest search engine evar!

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-09-09 09:59pm

and all the knock-off it's spawned!

(oh, and Google-Fight, that's cool)

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-09-09 10:02pm

Al Gore would be proud!

J · Post by J » 2003-09-09 10:04pm

Ever tried typing your name into Google to see how many hits you get? My name gets something like 4 pages of results and most of them are about me. It's scary how much info is out there on the internet, even my BF's name gets a few hits and he's a terminal paranoiac.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-09-09 10:08pm

jmac wrote:Ever tried typing your name into Google to see how many hits you get?

My name had about 3000 hits.......I have to find these others....maybe get a unification......meeeh~Jason

Happy Birthday Google.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-09-09 10:16pm

Yay Google!

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-09-10 12:54am

Google just rocks. Can't believe it is that old already. Where does the time go. Now, that I think about it, I cant remember when I found google for myself. Or how.

Ive googled my handle before. In the past it would bring up some Unreal Tournament related statistics about games I fought in.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-09-10 04:14am

jmac wrote:Ever tried typing your name into Google to see how many hits you get? My name gets something like 4 pages of results and most of them are about me. It's scary how much info is out there on the internet, even my BF's name gets a few hits and he's a terminal paranoiac.

Yep, and I have 6 months to wipe out that electronic trail. *sigh*

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2003-09-10 07:52am

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you.
Please-keep-your-meta-spyware-away-from-my-searches-for pornography, Google...
Happy birthday to yoooooou.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-09-10 10:04am

Luckily, my name is so common that Googling for my name is useless

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2003-09-10 10:17am

I have 244000 pages with my name

and no, my name is not John Smith

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-09-10 10:18am

Ace Pace wrote:I have 244000 pages with my name

and no, my name is not John Smith

It's probably something like Yonatan Smith...And I still need to get a font-set in Hebrew and Arabic...

FireNexus · Post by **FireNexus** » 2003-09-10 11:23am

My name is the same as a 45ish year old female christian singer. You can see me, err... her, in Wichita, KS the 13th, 14th, and 15th.

Hell, she even has my name registered as a website. I KNEW I should've registered it when I had the chance....

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2003-09-10 12:30pm

vorlon, its not that commen a name, and where can I get a font set for hebrew, some virus killed that font.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2003-09-10 12:32pm

I play for New Yorks american football team!!! W00T!!!

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2003-09-10 12:34pm

and I am a famous biological scientist, the things google will find...

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-09-10 04:35pm

Vorlon1701 wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:I have 244000 pages with my name

and no, my name is not John Smith
It's probably something like Yonatan Smith...And I still need to get a font-set in Hebrew and Arabic...

It's actually the Vietnamese equivalent of John Smith, or at least close to it, IIRC.

Ah, 5 years ago...remember when everyone used Yahoo!

Shogoki · Post by **Shogoki** » 2003-09-10 04:41pm

Andrew J. wrote:
Vorlon1701 wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:I have 244000 pages with my name

and no, my name is not John Smith
It's probably something like Yonatan Smith...And I still need to get a font-set in Hebrew and Arabic...
It's actually the Vietnamese equivalent of John Smith, or at least close to it, IIRC.

Ah, 5 years ago...remember when everyone used Yahoo!

5 years ago i used altavista, i never liked yahoo.

Shogoki · Post by **Shogoki** » 2003-09-10 04:41pm

Gah, double post.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-09-10 04:47pm

Wow. 554 finds for Iannazzo. I think this finally puts to rest my theory that I must be the only greaseball on the Internet.

My handle, however, turned up 884 links. Including this bizzare fanfic site where I caught a glimpse of Darth Vader vs. Cinderalla...

StimNeuro · Post by **StimNeuro** » 2003-09-10 05:27pm

Mwhahaha. Googling my name reveals 3 pages about someone who died over a century ago.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-09-10 05:41pm

Ace Pace wrote:and I am a famous biological scientist, the things google will find...

You're a clone of Darwin?

I found my USCF chess rating and a link to Wiccan witch Health Page.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-09-10 06:21pm

lol, about 78,600 pages for me... Someone who graduated in 2001 put up a lot of websites about himself... I also share a last name with a kinda famous actor... It doesn't help that its a common name.

(oh, and look at all the companies named after me! WHEEE! I am a Search and Rescue team! and a Mineral Club!)