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    Discover how Google evolved from a Stanford PhD project called 'BackRub' to processing 8.5 billion daily searches and becoming a trillion-dollar company, transforming from garage startup to global tech giant.

    From BackRub to Tech Empire

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    Google succeeded because they built better technology, but they built it for real users with real needs. They never lost sight of the fact that their ultimate customer was the person typing a query into that search box.

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    From BackRub to Billions

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