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> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 17:29:39 -0700 > From: Google Newsletter <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: GoogleAlert #1: Google Launches World's Largest Search Engine > >Dear Google Friends, > >We're very excited to announce our new billion-page index! Now you can >search the equivalent of a stack of paper more than 70 miles high >in less than half a second! We think that's pretty cool. >Read on for the official press release. > >And keep on Googlin! >Larry, Sergey, and the Google Team > >_____________________________________________ >GOOGLE LAUNCHES WORLD'S LARGEST SEARCH ENGINE > >Google Now Enables Internet Users to Search More Than 1 Billion URLs, >Providing Quick and Easy Access to 560 Million Full-Text Indexed >Web Pages and 500 Million Partially Indexed URLs > >MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—June 26, 2000—Google Inc., one of the fastest >growing search engines on the web, today announced it has released the >largest search engine on the Internet. Google's new index, comprising >more than 1 billion URLs, offers users the web's most comprehensive >collection of websites, which can be easily searched with Google's >fast and highly relevant search technology. Available now at >http://www.google.com, Google's portal and destination site customers >can also license this new index for integration with their own websites. > >Google's new index is the first of its kind and represents the most >comprehensive collection of the most useful web pages on the Internet. >According to a recent survey conducted by the NEC Research Institute, >there are more than 1 billion web pages online today. Google now offers >users the ability to search almost all of this content, providing >access to 560 million full-text indexed web pages and 500 million >partially indexed URLs. > >Integrated with more than 70 portals and destination sites worldwide, >Google's award-winning search technology will soon power more than 30 >million searches per day on Google.com and its partner websites. > >“Google's new gigantic index means that you can search the equivalent >of a stack of paper more than 70 miles high in less than half a >second,” said Larry Page, Google CEO and co-founder. “This >unprecedented power enables millions of Google users worldwide to >communicate, learn, and entertain like never before.” > >Google's new search index also represents the largest collection of >international websites on the Internet, and is a key part of Google's >strategy to expand its reach to new international markets. Currently, >users can search for content in 10 different languages, including >French, German, Italian and Spanish. The company is aggressively >building additional search services, and will soon launch Japanese, >Chinese, Korean and other customized versions of its award-winning >search engine. > >“Google continues to demonstrate the most innovative >search technology on the Internet. Now with the largest index >available, our users will get not only the most relevant search results >but also the most comprehensive,” said Sergey Brin, Google president >and co-founder. “We remain obsessed with providing our users with the >highest quality search experience on the web.” > >"http://www.google.com/" janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 / PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada visit my website "a new voice" at: "http://www.geocities.com/janet313/"