" If you were confusing of something, just go and 'Google Up'. We always heard of this word -- 'Google Up'. What does it mean? Generally, it means that we would be able to look up and search for whatever information that is needed by surfing Internet using the google software.
Google was developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin who was joined in later in year 1996 when they were pursuing their Ph.D in Stanford University, California. The domain google.com was then registered and incorporated as Google Inc in year 1998. The name ' Google' originate from a common misspelling of the word ' googol' . Its mission is ' to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful'. This search engine had attracted a growing number of users especially teenagers and youngsters who fond of its simple design and useful results since its development.
Nowadays, Google is well known of its web search engine and it even ahead of Yahoo and Live Search. Google consists of billion of web pages to enable user to 'google' for the information they required by merely key in the keywords although sometimes it only generate a maximum amount of 1000 results for specific query. Apart from searching information, Google also included a various type of services such as Image Search, Google News, Google Product Search, Google Groups, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Video, Google Translate, Gmail and so on.
Gmail also known as Google Mail is a free web-based e-mail services. We can use it to search for our daily e-mails. Google Video is another useful and free video sharing websites which enables users to upload, search and watch videos from the larger Internet. It is very similar to YouTube. We can use this provided services to share funny, interesting and meaningful videos with people all around the world. Google Translate is also an useful services cater by Google Inc. It can translate a section of text, messages and even web pages into another language that the user desire. By using this services, languages barriers is no longer a problem to anyone of us, we can select whatever language that is suitable and convenient to us during net surfing.
Another usefulness of Google is fast and convenient. Why do I said so? Well, let's have a 80th flashback. We always heard of our parents, relatives, lecturers said that Y Generation students are so lucky and fortunate as they can easily completed their degree by using advanced technologies. Yup, they are right. Students nowadays are doing easier in their studies compared to our seniors. They are able to complete their assignments and thesis in a shorter time as they would not need to go to the libraries to search and look for necessary information. What they need to do is just finding the relevant information through Internet by " Google Up".
In conclusion, Google is a very beneficial web tool in tackling our daily requirements and problems. It makes our life more interesting and easier. Thus, whenever you are confusing or curious of something, what you need to do is just.......... 'GOOGLE UP'.
Prepared by Chong Hui Qi'
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