At the dawn of the new century, the toddler known as Google had about 1.5 billion webpages in its index, a manageable enough size to satisfy the curious with its accurate results.
In the six years since, Google's search index has grown to include an estimated 8 billion pages, and there are no signs of a slowdown. Obviously, with so many pages to sift through, finding exactly what someone's looking for on the Web is far from an easy task, even for Google (Charts).
full story: money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/12/01/8394989/index.htm?section=money_topstories
In the six years since, Google's search index has grown to include an estimated 8 billion pages, and there are no signs of a slowdown. Obviously, with so many pages to sift through, finding exactly what someone's looking for on the Web is far from an easy task, even for Google (Charts).
full story: money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/12/01/8394989/index.htm?section=money_topstories
