Google turns 27: The real birthday is not today, the untold origin story of the world’s biggest search engine

Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google, initially named “BackRub,” at Stanford University. The name “Google” originated from a misspelling of “googol.” Although officially founded on September 4, 1998, Google celebrates its birthday on September 27, marking a milestone in its rapid growth from a search engine to a global tech giant.