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  • (Score: 2) by TK-421 on Wednesday April 08 2015, @09:01PM

    by TK-421 (3235) on Wednesday April 08 2015, @09:01PM (#167984) Journal

    A personal anecdote, I gained knowledge of Google in a what I felt was an odd way. I was at the hospital after the birth of my oldest child. There was a fellow new parent in the nursery who happened to be wearing an official Google shirt. This was before their IPO. The shirt just had their traditional multi-colored name and no indication as to what they were or did. I am not even convinced it was a marketing inspired shirt but it worked.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by WillAdams on Thursday April 09 2015, @07:38PM

    by WillAdams (1424) on Thursday April 09 2015, @07:38PM (#168461)

    Yeah, I probably still have an e-mail which I got from Gibson Research Consulting 'bout this new, interesting search engine w/ the unlikely name of "Google".

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by FakeBeldin on Friday April 17 2015, @07:13AM

    by FakeBeldin (3360) on Friday April 17 2015, @07:13AM (#171924) Journal

    I was at University at the time. Suddenly, the kids who knew computers better than me were always on this almost-blank page. I asked them what it was and they said it was a search engine. I couldn't believe it - there was nothing on that page! I mean, you didn't even have to search for where to enter your search!
    And yes, despite using AltaVista and Yahoo regularly, I had been hunting for the search field - the only reason I visited these sites anyway.

    I used it once, and it worked. The complete clarity of the landing page was so brilliant, I never went back.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 21 2015, @04:07PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 21 2015, @04:07PM (#173569)

      How ironic, given how the "UX" of Google has been going in recent years...