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Google celebrates its 28th birthday with nostalgic doodle - but how did the search engine mark earlier milestones?

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Howie, M. (2026, September 27). Google celebrates its 28th birthday with nostalgic doodle - but how did the search engine mark earlier milestones? Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/google-birthday-doodle-28th-b1298537.html

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Google marked its 28th anniversary with a nostalgic logo, reflecting on its journey since its inception as one of the world's largest tech companies today. Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, has a market value of approximately $4.2 trillion (£3.2 trillion), making it second only to Nvidia and Apple in terms of market capitalization. The search engine processes between 8.5 billion and 14 billion searches daily and holds about 90% of the global search market share. The article also highlights past Google doodles that celebrated previous milestones.

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Google celebrated its 28th birthday with a nostalgic doodle on September 27, marking three decades since its inception as a tech giant. The company, now part of Alphabet Inc, has a market value of approximately $4.2 trillion (£3.2 trillion), ranking it among the most valuable firms globally, second only to Nvidia and Apple. Google processes between 8.5 billion and 14 billion searches daily, holding about 90% of the global search engine market share. Over the years, Google has used its homepage doodles to commemorate significant milestones in its history.

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The tech titan paid tribute to itself with a doodle from its early years. asserted

titan → pay → years

Nearly three decades later, it’s one of the biggest companies in the world. asserted

it → ’ → world

The numbers pointing to its growth and significance are staggering. asserted

numbers → point → growth

Parent firm Alphabet Inc has a market value of some $4.2trillion (£3.2trillion), topped only by Nvidia and Apple. asserted

Inc → have → Nvidia

Processing between 8.5billion and 14billion searches every day, it completely dominates the global search engine market with a roughly 90% share. asserted

it → process → share

Here’s how Google’s doodles have nodded to previous birthdays. asserted

doodles → nod → birthdays

Google celebrates its 28th birthday with nostalgic doodle - but how did the search engine mark earlier milestones?

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