Google Expands Index to 6 Billion Items
Posted on March 5, 2004
Google Inc. announced it expanded the breadth of its web index to more than 6 billion items. Google's expansion comes as the company faces new competition from Yahoo, which recently dropped Google for its own new in-house search engine. Microsoft has also promised to come up with a more powerful search option.
"People worldwide can find more information with Google than with any other search engine," said Larry Page, Google co-founder and president of Products.
Google's collection of 6 billion items comprises 4.28 billion web pages, 880 million images, 845 million Usenet messages, and a new collection of book-related information pages.
Google's Search Services
Other services owned by Google include Blogger.com and Orkut.com, a newly launched social networking service. Google acquired Blogger.com last year but has not incorporated it into its search services.
"Google Image Search has been significantly updated," said Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and president of Technology. "We've doubled the index to more than 880 million images, enhanced search quality, and improved the user interface."