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Searching in Google

What is Google???  Google is a search engine created in 1998 by two graduate students from Stanford University, ages 25, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.  Now, Google is one of the most used search engines on the web.

Here as some quick facts about using Google's search engine:

  • You can use Google page with almost any browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.), but it has the most functionality in Chrome (Google's browser.)
  • If you log into Chrome your bookmarks will follow you to any computer or device you use where you are logged in to Chrome.
  • Google Doodles are the changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists.  Students can enter the Doodles 4 Google contest to submit their original Doodle creations.
  • You can use Google to: