{"id":13066,"date":"2010-08-04T13:33:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T13:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/?p=13066"},"modified":"2010-08-04T13:33:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T13:33:52","slug":"history-of-search-engines-20-billion-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/history-of-search-engines-20-billion-business\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Search Engines &#8211; $20 Billion Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In February 1994, Jerry and David&#8217;s Guide to the World Wide Web began followed by which they renamed it to Yahoo! which stands for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. This continued growing with different options, features and finally became a $20 Billion Business where the core idea is People Search and Search Engines give them results along with making huge money from it. Check out the following InfoGraphic which is going to give you a complete idea on what we are discussing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Search-Business-History-Infographic.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Search-Business-History-Infographic.jpg?resize=762%2C5795\" alt=\"Search Business History Infographic\" title=\"Search Business History Infographic\" width=\"762\" height=\"5795\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Search-Business-History-Infographic.jpg?w=762&amp;ssl=1 762w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Search-Business-History-Infographic.jpg?resize=150%2C1140&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Found this interesting stuff at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ppcblog.com\/search-history\/\">PPC Blog<\/a> which gives us information on how everything started with Yahoo! and is currently trending with Google being the major business leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 1994, Jerry and David&#8217;s Guide to the World Wide Web began followed by which they renamed it to Yahoo! which stands for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. 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