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Google

The question becomes a universe.

Follow the experiments, interfaces and infrastructure that turned a search box into one of the world’s most influential ways of navigating knowledge.

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01 The company in motion

Google turns a product into a point of view.

Follow the experiments, interfaces and infrastructure that turned a search box into one of the world’s most influential ways of navigating knowledge.

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02 The history

Moments that changed the scale.

Move through the decisions, objects and systems that gave Google its distinctive rhythm.

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1998

The index begins

A cleaner way to rank the web makes finding a useful answer feel less like digging and more like seeing.

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03 Keep moving

The next chapter is still being designed.

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