Software:BackRub (search engine)

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Backrub
Type of site
Search engine
OwnersLarry Page and Sergei Brin
Launched1996
Current statusName changed to Google

BackRub was an early search engine created in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergei Brin. Considered the Google predecessor, BackRub analysed the quality of website links and ranked them accordingly.[1]

Larry Page was the original creator of the BackRub project.[2] He graduated in 1995 with a degree in Engineering. A year later he started building the search engine.[2] Page quickly brought Sergei Brin on board as a partner.[3] BackRub was written in Java and Python and run on several Sun Ultras and Intel Pentiums running Linux.[4]

Growth and evolution

The name "BackRub" was chosen because the search engine depended on the analysis of back links. Initially operating on Stanford University servers, BackRub grew too large.[5] The project grew more ambitious, and started being referred as "google",[6] a term deriving from the mathematical term googol, which means the numeral 1 followed by a hundred zeroes.[1] Page and Brin unsuccessfully offered BackRub to potential suitors, including Excite, Alta Vista and Infoseek, all showing no interest.[5] BackRub eventually evolved into what is Google, whose domain was registered on 15 September 1997.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 TAPRIAL, VARINDER; KANWAR, PRIYA. Search Engine Optimisation. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Dsak52VmGdIC&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9&dq=%22backrub+was+a%22&source=bl&ots=VXvfnOT0Sm&sig=ACfU3U1zMyFYVF_BwVfNvTHK59cQJzO9Yw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin4NK7sqLqAhVwCrkGHR5PAvEQ6AEwBHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22backrub%20was%20a%22&f=false. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Medal, Andrew. Hacking the Valley: An Overview of the Tech Sector, 2014 Edition. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=M8_xAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA144&dq=%22backrub%22+%22larry+page%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR_dHAwKLqAhUUIbkGHYQgCAIQ6AEwBXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=%22backrub%22%20%22larry%20page%22&f=false. 
  3. Bellaver, Richard F.. Characters of the Information and Communication Industry: 2Nd Edition. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=TmYtq3itd80C&pg=PA422&lpg=PA422&dq=%22backrub+was+a%22&source=bl&ots=DYM83Lkeva&sig=ACfU3U2wwGuw2JbxFJ5JnVpiEWKUcgP8Cw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin4NK7sqLqAhVwCrkGHR5PAvEQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22backrub%20was%20a%22&f=false. 
  4. Henderson, Harry. Larry Page and Sergey Brin. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=iJhbAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=%22backrub%22+%22larry+page%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR_dHAwKLqAhUUIbkGHYQgCAIQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=%22backrub%22%20%22larry%20page%22&f=false. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Gatekeepers Sergey Brin Larry Page and Google. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=lK1S9p59aGUC&pg=PT8&dq=%22backrub%22+%22larry+page%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR_dHAwKLqAhUUIbkGHYQgCAIQ6AEwBHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=%22backrub%22%20%22larry%20page%22&f=false. 
  6. White, Casey. Sergey Brin and Larry Page: The Founders of Google. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=m8_zNHHe6-sC&pg=PA53&dq=%22backrub%22+%22larry+page%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR_dHAwKLqAhUUIbkGHYQgCAIQ6AEwAXoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=%22backrub%22%20%22larry%20page%22&f=false. 
  7. "Happy birthday Google". https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/sep/05/google.mediabusiness. Retrieved 27 June 2020.