10 Interesting Facts About Google
October 22nd, 2008 | 
Author: I did come across an “alternative” version from Sin Chew Daily
, which I am not sure where it is quoted from. Since similar resource couldn’t be located online, I will translate it to English here.
1. Swedish fish is the first (on the list) take-away snacks Google orders to its office.
2. Google celebrates Halloween every year in the office. The funniest dress-up was lava lamp in 2007, which I can’t visualize how it looks like though.
3. There are no restrictions on Googlers dress code in the office, in which pajama, ugly sweater and even super hero costume were on the records.
4. The youngest Google employee was 7 years old. (Not sure about this, the only thing searchable from the web was a 15 years old.
5. Google publishes variety of logos commemorating holidays and events. The first one on the books being a self-made “Burning Man” logo by the founders themselves.
6. The first real person that named after “Google” is a Lebanese with full name of Oliver Google Kai. He is now three years old and owns a website(!?), which is probably run by his father Walid Elias Kai, a vertical search marketing consultant.
7. Google products appear in 117 type of languages, including 5 “fake” languages like Elmer Fudd and Swedish Chef. Spanish, German, French and Japanese are the most used search language besides English.
8. Thinking of working in Google? Well, think again if you can’t answer their mysterious and challenging puzzles. Google setup a billboard in Silicon Valley by 2004, stating “First 10 digit prime in consecutive digits of e”. Geeks who got the hint would have visited http://www.7427466391.com/ (which is not available now) with further puzzles to be solved before they were recruited.
9. “Teaching is like learning again”. Since 2000, Google encourage teaching and learning activities among its employees, from the subject of learning Chinese to Ulysses from Greek mythology.
10. Google has a tradition of perpetrating April Fools’ Day hoaxes. In 2008 alone, 16 hoaxes are created by Google worldwide. The most memorable one though was the Google TiSP (short for Toilet Internet Service Provider) in 2007.
*This list is compiled by C.K.Wong who writes for Malaysia Crunch and can be contacted on malaysiacrunch at gmail dot com.
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really an interesting post….nice to read the facts about google..points 3 & 8 great
Interesting post.
I remember number 10. Last year in April I was browsing and came across the TISP system. Coming from google I could not believe my eyes… Than I realized what it was going on. However, the first 5 minutes were a shock… Like FTW???
LoL Nice collection…
I really think you would benefit from a little editing. Read what you write out loud, and if it doesn’t sound right, then change it. For example:
“The first real person that named after “Google” is a Lebanese with full name of Oliver Google Kai. He is now three years old and owns a website(!?), which is probably run by his father Walid Elias Kai, a vertical search marketing consultant.”
It should be:
“The first real person who was named after ‘Google’ was a Lebanese with the full name…”
Get it?
Ya know, I loved this little list. Especially the one about Google recruitment. I know everyone thinks they are big brother, but I really love their little company. I just was on their little Google Webmaster Chat this morning, and it was pretty cool. They just seem so laid back and enjoyable.
This was their little chat-up thing if anyone is interested: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/10/join-us-for-our-third-live-online.html
Have a good one!
The billboard one is photoshopped…You can tell.
It is really amazing what Google has become from a couple of college kids with a vision.
There are no restrictions on Googlers dress code in the office, in which pajama, ugly sweater and even super hero costume were on the records.
Interesting article but since English is clearly not your first language I suggest you get someone to check your grammar and phrasing.
Wow, Google people are nerds. Just kidding they rock. =]
If you idiots are so smart why don’t you do a grammatically perfect website in Chinese? She does quite well. She writes better than our outgoing President speaks.
FIRST!
Am I the only person getting tired of “Google worship”?
If a Google employee took a dump in the middle of the street, people would gather around in awe…
Kelly, I agree with you for the most part. Why pick on grammar on this site? But I find it interesting that you choose to defend some Chino/English blogging Google worshipper at the expense of the President of the United States.
those are really cool facts about google, but I also tried looking for a 7 year old employee there and haven’t come up with anything – i’m sure thats just a a rumor/hoax, google is such a famous company I dont think they would want to start breaking child labor laws when they would probably be caught quickly
You forgot to add that you need to be a raving leftist to work for Google.
Interesting finding
Interesting fact. Cool story.
Very interesting, can you give more information about 7 years old employee of Google?
The youngest Google employee was 7 years old – that is a bit hard to believe.
You know, google is really starting to become too big, and too powerful.
the very fact that their company slogan is “do no evil” means that they already have enough power to be evil.
in point 9… ulysseys was from roman mythology. it was odysseus in greek. i studied the odyssey in english last year. trust me. i know.
maybe you should try writing in your native language next time? this is barely coherent.
Just a small correction; Ulysses is from ROMAN mythology. Well, at least, that’s the Roman name. Odysseus is the Greek.