This Is What Google Looked Like in 1998 The search engine looks somewhat similar, though obviously different, than when it launched 15 years ago.
By Jason Fell
This month marks 15 years since the launch of Google. A company that now has a market cap of nearly $300 billion, Google first started in a garage as a research project by Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
You've probably already noticed today's Google Doodle video marking the anniversary. But in the search bar, type in "Google in 1998." You'll see what the search results for the name "Google" were back then.
And here's what Google's home page looked like in 1998, courtesy of the Stanford University Internet Archive. It's pretty neat to see how the site's design has evolved.