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No, they had no ads for several years. AdWords were introduced in 02000, at which point Google had existed (initially as google.stanford.edu) for four years, s
by kragen 1y ago
No, they had no ads for several years. AdWords were introduced in 02000, at which point Google had existed (initially as google.stanford.edu) for four years, since 01996, which was 40% of the amount of time the Web had even existed. I started using Google in probably 01998, when people on Slashdot got excited about how much better their search quality was than AltaVista, but it probably wasn't until 01999 that I switched over completely—at first AltaVista still had better coverage.
- zahlman 1y agoWhy the leading zeros on year numbers?
- kragen 1y agoJust for fun.
- defrost 1y agoSo that you ask yourself "Why the leading zeros on year numbers?" If you like Brian Eno it engaged his curiosity also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_07003:_Bell_Studies_for_the_Clock_of_the_Long_Now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_07003:_Bell_Studies_fo...
- a96 1y agoSo you'd know that they're octal.
- zahlman 1y ago... With 8s and 9s in them?