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Ben Gomes, head of Google Search, tells 17-year-old Osine from Nigeria about the early days of one of the world's biggest companies.
In 1998, a small company was launched offering a simple way to search the World Wide Web. That company was Google. Now every day billions of questions are put into the search engine. Ben Gomes, head of Google Search, talks about these early days - and what followed - to 17-year-old Osine from Nigeria.
Producer: Tamsin Barber.
World Wise Web is a co-production between Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Rewind.
Music composed by Nick Thorburn
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Google's search page in 2010 (Credit: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
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World Wise Web
Teenagers talk to technology pioneers who have shaped their lives
