I mis-typed a Google URL today and ended up seeing Google's 404 page which looks like it hasn't be updated since the 90's. Check it out here.
This prompted me to see what google was like in the early years by taking a trip back through the wayback machine. The wayback machine, if you don't know, makes an archive of websites and stores them on their server. All you need to do is search for a domain, you will be able to see all the archives it has. I don't know how many sites are currently archived, but I think most sites over 6 months old are.
Here are some highlights from google's archives.Â
The Name
10^100 (a gigantic number) is a googol, but we liked the spelling "Google" better. We picked the name "Google" because our goal is to make huge quantities of information available to everyone. And it sounds cool and has only six letters.
Also, this page has some logos that go back when they called themselves BackRub.
Anyway, checkout the archive of google pages.
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Hi Darren. I couldn't
Hi Darren. I couldn't understand it either. I would understand for a small company to not have a decent 404 in place, but for a company like google to have such an outdated one is just strange
Yes, you would of thought
Yes, you would of thought that the /404 page would be updated with the new logo etc. I do enjoy looking at all of the past Google holiday logos though!