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Going Like Sixty
40 Ways Google Has Changed the World
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Google was incorporated ten years ago. Let’s step into the Wayback Machine. I Google searched it so you would know that this was a cartoon gimmick before it was a website. Do you remember the first time you searched using Google Search? Do you remember the first time you Google searched your own name? Do you recall the first Google Bomb? Why are there still other search engines? And of course without Google, we would have no AdSense and with no AdSense there would be no Trend Hunters, and with no Trend Hunters… ((((shudder)))) Via: trendhunter |
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Beijing Olympics on Google Earth (GALLERY)
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Cuil Fever (GALLERY)
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1 Trillion Pages Indexed (GALLERY)
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Google Wrap Dresses (GALLERY)
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Google Moon (VIDEO)
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3D Social Networks (VIDEO)
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Google Street View of Tour de France
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Google's Instant Messaging for Mobiles
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Google TV Ads (VIDEO)
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Impromptu Pool Parties With Google Earth (VIDEO)
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Disney Google Earth Tour (GALLERY)
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Google News Spoofs
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Google Earth Tours
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Universal Social Networks
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Designer Homepages (GALLERY)
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See-Through Billboards (VIDEO)
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Google Earth Games (GALLERY)
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Bringing Refugee Camps Into Focus (GALLERY)
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Extendads
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Top Secret Online Encyclopedia
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Google Pranks
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