If you had visited Google.com 25 years ago, it would have shown as a largely basic homepage with a white backdrop. At the time, you would not have imagined that google would eventually become an indispensable part of your life and serve as a mentor, teacher, friend, and many other things.

When larry page and Sergey Brin founded google in 1998, it was an online search engine. Today, google is a technological behemoth with interests spanning several industries. people reflect on their past interactions with a commonplace search engine that evolved into a synonym for search as Google.com marks its 25th birthday.


"The internet was a whole new world to me when I first started using it in the late 1990s. people like myself who were late to the game were able to access the internet thanks to Google's user-friendly design and quick search results. Even though it took me more than ten years to utilise and comprehend it, I considered it to be amazing, said 62-year-old teacher George Samuel to india Herald.

The search engine changed everything for S Abhishek, an IT expert, when he was a teenager. "The number of school assignments and research papers I finished with Google's assistance is too numerous to count. We were all astonished to realise that knowledge was at our fingertips and that we could view and study things that were on the other side of the world. Even the current excitement surrounding artificial intelligence may not compare to our shock at google decades ago, the author continued.

A final-year university student named Abhinaya Mamidanna said: "Google has always been available for my generation. It's like to having a best buddy who always has the solution. I can't picture life without google after growing up with it. It has served as my go-to resource for seeking employment, making travel plans, learning new things, and keeping in touch with classmates.





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