How Famous Websites Looked when they Launched and how they got their names

By: kedharinath on 03:55

When you connect PC to internet, definitely you'll go any of below mentioned websites.

Google
Facebook
YouTube
Yahoo
Wikipedia
Twitter...

True or not?
So today's article is about your favorite websites. Let's have a small look on famous websites, how looked when they were first launched.

Google.com - Launched in 1996

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the founders of Google.When they were studying in Stanford University, they worked on a project report to create an online Search engine. Their aim was simple. When someone searched for a keyword, the result should fetch huge number of relevant sites. In fact they wished for Googol number of results.Yes Googol represents a number which is 1 followed by 100 zeroes. Therefore they wanted to name it as googol. But when they submitted their project report for funding to an investor, the investor gave a cheque which was payable to ‘Google’ instead of Googol. So that was a spelling mistake. But Larry and Sergey decided to keep it as Google and that’s how the name came about

Facebook.com - Launched in 2004

YouTube.com - Launched in 2005

Yahoo.com - Launched in 1994

The first name of Yahoo was “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web”. In 1994 it changed its name to Yahoo. The name was taken from a phrase from Jonathan Swift’s novel, Gulliver’s Travels. YAHOO is the short form of the phrase “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”. This word refers to a barbaric and uncivilized youth.

The founders Jerry Yang and David Filo wanted to choose this name as they wanted themselves to be wittingly categorized thus

Twitter.com - Launched in 2006

Wikipedia.org - Launched in 2001

Amazon.com - Launched in 1995

Apple.com - Launched in 1987 (The screenshot from 1996)

he founder of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs used to work in an Apple Farm. When he decided to start his business, he joked with his friends that if they did not suggest a name for his company he will then name it as Apple Computers. Obviously his friends could not come out with a name and hence Steve named it as Apple Computers.

News.bbc.co.uk - Launched in 1997

Msn.com - Launched in 1995

Bill Gates named Microsoft from two words. Microcomputer and Software. In year 1975, Bill Gates wrote a letter to his colleague Paul Allen, he wrote as Micro-Soft. But in 1976 they registered the name Microsoft as a single name.

Nytimes.com - Launched in 1995

Flickr.com - Launched in 2004

Telegraph.co.uk - Launched in 1994

Blogger.com - Launched in 1999 

the last 1 is my favorite b'coz my blog runs on it...