Today marks a milestone for Google; it is Google’s 8th birthday. It is hard to believe it, but the search giant has been around for almost a decade. I can remember not so long ago, when my favorite engine was Lycos.com followed by www.Excite.com. I would use Yahoo every now and then, but not too much. Then one day, in 2001, a friend told me about this site, Google.com. I remember thinking to myself. This will never take off, no pictures, no banners, and so many great search engines out there, like the ones I use, plus dogpile, northern lights, web crawler, etc. Well, I am happy to admit when I am wrong and boy, was I wrong on that one.

Google wrote on its history page (http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html), “Google opened its doors in September 1998. The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake. “