Google, incorporated 10 years ago by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, celebrates its anniversary today.

“Google” actually began in 1996 as a research project by Larry and Sergey while students at Stanford University to create a better search engine then what was available at the time.

They determined the relevancy of a Web site by counting the number of links from other Web sites. The more links a site had determined its importance.

Google, the company, began in a house in Menlo Park on September 7, 1998. Less than a year later, the company moved to offices in Palo Alto and then in 2003 Google moved to its current location in Mountain View, the Googleplex.

Over the past ten years, Google has grown to other areas beyond search. They have a long list of products from their own Labs and from acquisitions. Products that include Gmail, instant messaging, YouTube, word processing, spreadsheets, and now an Internet browser, Chrome.

They have had a major impact on the Internet and how things are done online.

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Our busy take-out lifestyle has helped childhood obesity become epidemic, and I was shocked to hear the recent American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation that cholesterol-fighting drugs be given to some young children. Luckily, DooF (food spelled backwards) the new PBS program that is all about helping kids to make healthier food choices will begin airing in 2009.

DooF-a-Palooza 2008:
Help raise funds for DooF while having family fun - A DooF-a-Palooza admission ticket includes hands-on activities, games, food, music, free stuff, and a silent auction for the adults.

The place to be with the kids this Saturday: Purchase Tickets and Information

Google Headquarters
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View
Saturday, July 12, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.