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277 Behold the Google But where did Google come from? It was in 1995 that the seeds were first sown, when two graduate students in computer science met at Stanford University, and at first apparently did not get on at all. Larry Page was 24 years old and on a visit from the University of Michigan, while Russian born Sergey Brin was a year younger and selected among a group to act as hosts and gave him a tour. Apparently they spent most of their time arguing with one an- other about this and that and almost everything else, but on one topic they agreed; that a common problem, as computer programs became more and more powerful and contained increasing amounts of data, was how to sort out what was relevant in the compiled data to each and every new request for information. Both were frustrated that so much time had to be spent sorting through what was not required to find something of value to whatever project was being undertaken, and both were determined to do some- thing about it – and do it in such a way that others could use it without the need for a high expense. Settling their differences on other matters, the pair’s mutual re- spect of the other’s abilities caused them to begin a joint venture on a search engine at the beginning of the next year which they named 'BackRub.' This forerunner of Google used a new way of analyzing a web- site’s 'back links' that singled it out from amongst a crowd of other sites. It proved to work very well, and soon word began to spread about it’s effectiveness as a search tool. It works well , but it can work better still ! The pair was encouraged, and as the next couple of years rolled on, they continued to work on and improve their analysis techniques that BackRub employed, and soon realized that they were on to a win- ner. Investing in their project, they looked for bargains whenever pur- chasing disks and equipment; and set up headquarters in Larry Page’s dormitory room.